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Ref: RP174-321
Job description / Role
Our client, a rehabilitation medical facility located in Dubai, UAE is currently looking for a Social Worker. In this role, you will have the following responsibilities:
• Biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment - assessing the strength and resilience of the patient, families, and social support systems to help the individual function within the community.
• Family education and mediation-educating the family on the physical and psychosocial needs of the members and ways they can access internal and external resources, as well as mediating familial conflicts
• Counselling for individuals, couples and families - counselling patients who suffer from poor mental health states (e.g. depression, anxiety), and coping and adjustment difficulties (e.g. due to loss of limb through amputation, loss of hearing, or caring for family members suffering from dementia)
• Risk assessment - assessing risk of self-harm (eg suicide) and to others (eg family violence, elder abuse, child abuse).
• Financial assessment and fund management - identifying and referring cases for financial assistance
• Discharge Planning -working together with medical, nursing and other allied health professionals, patients and their families to develop and implement the post discharge care plan
• Information & Referral Services - linking patients and caregivers to community resources.
Requirements
To be considered for this role, you need to meet the following criteria:
• Must be a bachelor and master degree holder in Social Work
• Have at least 3 years of experience in the same role
• Have strong fluency in English knowledge of another language is a plus
• Must be a licensed social worker or have passed CDA (Dubai) qualification
• Have worked with large hospital or rehabilitation center
CANDIDATES BASED OUTSIDE UAE ARE WELCOME TO APPLY.
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