Medical Social Work

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Social Workers. Help Starts Here.
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Medical Social Work

• University of Rio Grande
• BSW

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Social Work Profession

• Professional social workers assist individuals,
  groups, or communities to restore or enhance
  their capacity for social functioning, while
  creating societal conditions favorable to their
  goals. The practice of social work requires
  knowledge of human development and behavior, of
  social, economic and cultural institutions, and
  of the interaction of all these factors.

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Social Work Interdisciplinary Context
bio-psycho-social-cultural
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Professional social workers are found in every
facet of the community and often specialize in
one or more of the following practice areas

• Community Mental HealthMental Health Therapy
  Disaster Relief Military Social Work Rural
  Social Work Adoption Foster Care Child
  Welfare Services Family Preservation Services
  Homeless Family Assistance Eating Disorders
  Genetics Hospital Social Work Crisis
  Intervention School Violence Hospice and
  Palliative Care Depression Institutional Care
  Chronic Pain Outpatient Treatment Development
  Disabilities International Social Work Advocacy
  

• Child Abuse NeglectDomestic ViolencePolitical
  DevelopmentParent EducationFamily
  PlanningHIV/AIDSSchool Alternative
  ProgramsDifficulties in SchoolGerontology
  ServicesCommunity-Based ServicesIn-Home
  ServicesSenile Dementia and AlzheimersAddiction
  s Prevention/TreatmentCriminal Justice Housing
  Assistance Public Welfare Employment Services
• Consulting and Planning
• Employee AssistancePrivate PracticeVeterans
  Services

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American Red Cross Needs Volunteer Licensed
Social Workers The American Red Cross is
recruiting for new volunteer licensed mental
health professionals to meet the urgent and
ongoing need for disaster workers created by
Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and any
additional storms this season. They need
licensed psychologists, psychiatrists,
counselors, marriage and family therapists,
social workers and psychiatric nurses.
Over 40 of all disaster mental health
volunteers trained by the American Red Cross are
professional social workers. (NASW, 2005)
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Medical Social Workers

• Hospitals
• Long-term Care
• Rehabilitation Centers
• Home Health
• After-Care
• Hospice
• Caregiver Support
• Community Education

• Discharge Planning
• Case Management
• Gerontology
• Early Childhood Development
• Administration and
• Management
• Specialized Health
• Clinics

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Why Social Work?

• Sixteen years ago, I would have never imagined I
  would still work in the emergency department of
  an urban pediatric hospital. My first strategy
  was to move to a less stressful environment. As
  experience has proven, there is no such place.
• Amy A. O'Brien, MSWSurvival Strategies in an
  Acute Care Setting 

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Medical Social Workers

• help patients and their families cope with the
  many problems that accompany illness or inhibit
  recovery and rehabilitation, such as economic
  need, disability, and lack of resources after
  discharge to home.
• They also collect and analyze patient information
  to help other health professionals understand the
  social, emotional, and environmental factors
  underlying a patient's condition, or affecting
  their optimal recovery.
• In hospitals, medical social workers often
  coordinate services for home care and equipment
  following discharge, or for referral to
  rehabilitation and long-term care facilities.
• In hospice, long-term care, and rehabilitation
  facilities, they assess patient and family
  functioning on an ongoing basis, providing or
  recommending services as conditions change.
• In outpatient settings, medical social workers
  provide referral services and supportive
  counseling, and coordinate after care and follow
  up services.

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Social Worker employment is expected to grow
faster than average for all occupations through
2012especially in healthcare and gerontology
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2002
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Median annual income of medical social workers in
2002 was 37,380 with the middle 50 percent
earning between 29,700 and 46,540.
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URG BSW Program Highlights

• PREPARATION FOR GENERALIST PRACTICE
• SELECTIVE ADMISSION
• LIBERAL ARTS FOUNDATION
• PROGRAMMED SCHEDULE
• FOUR TERMS OF FIELD ASSIGNMENT
• PREPARATION FOR OHIO LICENSURE EXAM
• ACTIVE SOCIAL WORK STUDENT COUNCIL
• SPECIAL STUDENT LOAN FUND

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PREPARATION FOR GENERALIST PRACTICE

• EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE for professional social
  work practice
• Generalist preparation for work in VARIOUS AND
  DIVERSE FIELDS ie. mental health, childrens
  service, health, aging, substance abuse, domestic
  violence

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SELECTIVE ADMISSION

• Prerequisite coursework during first 2 years
• Minimum C grades in listed coursework
• 2.5 GPA for program admission, retention, and
  completion

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LIBERAL ARTS FOUNDATION

• University general studies and liberal arts
  coursework
• Encourages critical thinking for life-long
  learning

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PROGRAMMED SCHEDULE

• University of Rio Grande
• Semester Course Sequence for Social Work (AA/BSW)
• FALL SPRING
• YEAR ONE
• COM11103 Speech (GE) 3 BIO11104 Fund.Biology
  (GE) 4
• ENG11103 Composition I (GE) 3 ENG11203
  Composition II (GE) 3
• HPE10101 Wellness/Fit (GE) 1 SOC11103
  IntroSociology 3
• LA10101 Fresh.Success (GE) 1 HIS13203
  WorldCivII (GE) 3
• SWK21103 IntroSocWrk 3 PSY11103 GeneralPsy 3
• SSC11103 IntroSocSci (GE) 3 HPE00001
  Elective 1
• POL11103 AmNatlGovt (GE) 3 ENG/PHR
  Elective (GE) 3
• Total Hours 17
  Total Hours 20
• YEAR TWO
• SOC24103 MinorityGroups 3 MTH21404 Statistics
  (GE) 4
• SOC25103 Social Problems 3 CHM/PHY/NSC
  Elective (GE) 4
• SOC25403 MarriageFamily 3 SWK24103
  GeneralistPractice 3
• SWK22103 HBSE I 3 SWK24203 InterviewSkills 3
  SWK23103 SocWelfareInst. 3 SWK25101
  GroupSupervision 1
• ART/FPA Elective (GE) 3 SWK28902
  SWFldObsvRept 2
• Total Hours 18 Total
  Hours 17

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FOUR TERMS OF FIELD PLACEMENT

• 28902 Social Work Field Observation and
  Reporting
• 38903 Social Work Practicum
• 48605 Field Placement A
• 48705 Field Placement B

• 80 clock hours
• 120 clock hours
• 200 clock hours
• 200 clock hours
• 600 total clock hours

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PREPARATION FOR OHIO LICENSURE EXAM

• State of Ohio requires LICENSURE of BSW and MSW
  social workers.
• URG has excellent pass rate of 95
• Licensure requires continuing education, ie. 30
  clock hours each 2 year renewal period and title
  protection

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ACTIVE SOCIAL WORK STUDENT COUNCIL

• Elected officers and regularly scheduled meetings
  during assigned class time
• Community service projects
• Leadership training opportunities and teamwork
• Student mentor program
• Professional affiliation

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SPECIAL STUDENT LOAN FUND

• Willa Breland Load Fund in excess of 200,000
• Low interest loans for tuition for social work
  majors
• Long-term, low payment options start one year
  after studies end.

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BSW at URG

• CSWE (Council on Social Work Education)
  accreditation since 1991.
• CSWMFT (Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and
  Family Therapist) Board licensure required to
  practice Social Work in Ohio.
• (ASWB exam pass rate is 95)

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Certificate in Intergenerational Studies

• A certificate program in the study of
  intergenerational approaches in aging, building
  upon a foundation of lifespan development,
  relational skills and programming.
• Subject matter drawn from a multidisciplinary
  perspective.
• A 100 clock hour volunteer service learning
  assignment promotes theory-in-action.

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Open Enrollment

• 12 credit hour completion pre-requisite.
• For all majors.it is a modest undertaking in an
  area of service learning interest
• For field majors (social work, nursing,
  education).it offers an area of concentration.
• For post-associate or post-baccalaureate
  graduatesit offers a credential for advancement

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Certificate in Intergenerational Studies
3 2 2 2 _ 9 total semester hours
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Social Work and Mental Health

• According to the Substance Abuse and Mental
  Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),
  professional social workers are the nations
  largest group of mental health services
  providers. There are more clinically trained
  social workersover 190,000 in 1998than
  psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric
  nurses combined. Federal law and the National
  Institutes of Health recognize social work as one
  of five core mental health professions.

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Social Work Standards

• Education
• BSW, MSW, PhD
• Licensing
• LSW, LISW
• Credentials
• Social Work Salaries

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Source NASW, PRN, 2000
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NASW, PRC, 2003
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NASW, PRC, 2003
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Source NASW, PRC, 2003
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Source NASW, PRC, 2003
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Source NASW, PRC, 2002
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Source NASW, PRC, 2002
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Source NASW, PRN, 2000.
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• This theme came out of research with the general
  public who see social work as one of the
  essential helping professions. It's simple and
  clear, inviting the public to learn something new
  about the profession, specifically, how a social
  worker can help them. The theme also reinforces
  the point that social workers connect people to
  resources. It also invites people to start with a
  social worker when seeking help for a variety of
  issues. We ask you to use the theme and the logo
  beginning in March to help bring awareness to
  what the profession has to offer, and the
  campaign.

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