Types/specialities of SOCIAL WORKERS

[evedawn]

Can anyone help me to identify the areaas of expertose of socail workers in the NHS?

I have so far:
CHILD, FAMILY AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS.
##MEDICAL and PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL WORKERS
###MENTAL HEALTH and SUBSTANCE ABUSE SOCIAL WORKERS


I guess that these can then be divided into subgroups.

Don't want to miss any out (doing a subject involving, in part, being ale to decribe the role of the social worker)

[saxy_jag]

Older people.
Looked after children.
Abused men/women in refuges, with or without children.
Learning disabled adults/care in the community.
Young offenders/ex-offenders/potential offenders - often in prisons and YOIs.
Homeless people.

I've also worked with social workers linked to the occupational therapy department, mainly to do with housing adaptations for disabled service users.

It's also worth remembering (not sure what level you're working at) that todays approach to social work is a multi-agency one where, for example, health, housing, education, libraries, jobcentre may all work together on a single case. So a social worker's role will include liaising with all these services.

[pinktwink]

child protection
adoption and fostering
addiction
child and adolescent mental health
intellectually disabled
physically disabled
medical social work
care of the elderly
unaccompanied minors


to me the role of the social worker is not so much in the areas that they work but more in the skills that they use and ther ethics and values. I am a practicing social worker

[evedawn]

Thanks both of you. thats a big help. The subject I am due to write is not social work but rather legal aspects of practice administration and social work is one aspect.