How do they match: Healthcare Social Workers

  • Healthcare Social Workers

  • Home Health Care Social Worker
  • Health Care Social Worker
  • Healthcare Advocate
  • Healthcare Social Worker
  • Certified Health Care Social Worker
  • Certified Social Worker in Health Care
  • Hospice Home Care Social Worker
  • Nursing Home Social Worker
  • Public Health Social Worker

  • Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family caregivers. Provide patients with information and counseling, and make referrals for other services. May also provide case and care management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.

  • Plan and conduct programs to combat social problems, prevent substance abuse, or improve community health and counseling services.
  • Plan discharge from care facility to home or other care facility.

  • Evaluate potential problems in home or work environments of clients.
  • Plan programs to address community health issues.