Geriatric social worker vs clinical social worker

Differences between geriatric social worker and clinical social worker duties and responsibilities

Geriatric social worker example responsibilities.

• Counsele patients and families, provide discharge planning and follow-up services and maintain relevant information regarding ancillary services and referrals.
• Work with relatives of hospitalize patients to accept and cope with patients physical and mental challenges resulting from hospitalization.
• Coordinate care with community providers for follow up if patient are discharged, prepare documentation for admission to inpatient psychiatry unit.
• Complete Medicaid and Medicare applications as needed.

Clinical social worker example responsibilities.

• Understand manage care, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
• Screen, identify, diagnose using DSM nomenclature, treat and manage mental health and/or substance abuse problems.
• Provide clinical services to patients in rehabilitation and oncology including assessment, crisis intervention, grief therapy, and discharge planning.
• Provide individual, group, family therapy, team coordination, discharge planning, utilization review and MSW student supervision.
• Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to determine Medicare length of skil nursing stay.
• Facilitate therapy, symptom management, and rehabilitation groups for mental health clients in partial hospitalization setting.
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