How do they match: Healthcare Social Workers

  • Family Advocate
  • Family Support Specialist
  • Family Support Worker
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

  • 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.

  • Counsel clients and patients in individual and group sessions to help them overcome dependencies, recover from illness, and adjust to life.
  • Educate clients about end-of-life symptoms and options to assist them in making informed decisions.
  • Organize support groups or counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting the client or patient.
  • Refer patient, client, or family to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness and to provide access to services such as financial assistance, legal aid, housing, job placement or education.

  • Counsel family members of clients or patients.