Medical Social Worker

The Medical Social Worker, as a part of the multidisciplinary care team, provides counselling support and referral services for inpatients and outpatients. This includes assessment, problem definition and problem solving, and liaison with various Government Departments and Community Agencies to facilitate this process. The Medical Social Worker also helps to enhance the interaction between patients and healthcare providers and facilitates case conferences and bio-ethical consultations, coordinates appropriate resources, and formulates discharge plans relevant to medical treatment.

Primary Responsibilities: The successful candidate performs psychosocial assessments; assessing strength and resilience of the patient, family, and social support systems to help the individual function within the community. He/she is responsible for coordinating and facilitating patient education and mediation – educating the patient and family on the physical and psychosocial needs of its members and ways they can access internal and external resources, as well as mediating familial conflicts.

Qualifications and Experience: The successful candidate must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited institution, with three (3) years of broad-based social work experience working with multi-ethnic and adolescent populations. The candidate must be eligible to register under the Council for Professions Allied with Medicine (CPAM) licensure in the Cayman Islands. He/she should be knowledgeable of community agencies, programs and resources that provide individuals medical/mental health care, protection, and financial support. The candidate must possess excellent writing and verbal communication skills, social work assessment, and counselling skills. The ability to work with diverse patient and staff populations is required. Administrative experience would be an asset.