gerontology social worker (EN)
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Gerontology social workers provide assistance to elderly individuals and their families helping them to cope with their biopsychosocial needs. They help connecting the elderly with community resources by gathering information about the array of services available to them. Gerontology social workers assess their clients' needs, functional capacity and health problems and liaise with medical professionals when necessary.
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Source aliases (EN)
- geriatric social worker
- older adults community care social worker
- older adults social worker
- gerontological social worker
- social care gerontologist
- social worker
- social work gerontologist
- seniors social worker
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 65
- apply anti-oppressive practices
- provide social counselling
- social work theory
- involve service users and carers in care planning
- work within communities
- meet standards of practice in social services
- empower social service users
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply case management
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply crisis intervention
- legal requirements in the social sector
- protect vulnerable social service users
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- develop professional identity in social work
- provide support to social services users
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- social sciences
- conduct interview in social service
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- geriatrics
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- plan social service process
- older adults' needs
- promote social change
- advocate for social service users
- prevent social problems
- make legislation transparent for users of social services
- negotiate with social service users
- promote service users' rights
- apply person-centred care
- assess social service users' situation
- relate empathetically
- listen actively
- manage social crisis
- manage ethical issues within social services
- review social service plan
- apply decision making within social work
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply holistic approach within social services
- evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- address problems critically
- apply socially just working principles
- promote inclusion
- maintain records of work with service users
- develop professional network
- negotiate with social service stakeholders
- report on social development
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- have computer literacy
- tolerate stress
- apply organisational techniques
- refer social service users
- organise social work packages
- communicate with social service users
- social justice
- consider social impact of actions on service users
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- strategies for handling cases of elder abuse
- company policies
- accept own accountability
- manage stress in the work place
- build helping relationship with social service users
Optional (EN) · 12
- support social service users at the end of life
- help clients cope with grief
- disability care
- disability types
- identify mental health issues
- clinical social work
- advise on mental health
- support social service users to live at home
- palliative care
- promote mental health
- stages of bereavement
- counsel on end-of-life care
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