Medical social worker vs behavioral health specialist

Differences between medical social worker and behavioral health specialist duties and responsibilities

Medical social worker example responsibilities.

• Understand manage care, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
• Humanize the medical setting for elderly patients by using appropriate compassion in explaining complex information.
• Provide crisis intervention, supportive counseling and trauma/grief counseling for patients and their families experiencing acute or chronic traumatic events.
• Provide hands-on assessment and monitoring of suspect child abuse and neglect cases of children needing intensive rehabilitation and specialize care.
• Provide social casework to patients having difficulty in social functioning, primarily as it affects their health and emotional rehabilitation.
• Facilitate family counseling, crisis intervention, and assessments of specials population including geriatrics, homeless and substance abusing veterans.
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Behavioral health specialist example responsibilities.

• Provide individualize intervention for problematic behaviors using TCI techniques such as de-escalation, to prevent and/or manage crisis.
• Complete training in CPR, self-defense, and mental health.
• Monitor meals for residents suffering from eating disorders and provide compassion and encouragement when an individual are struggling with eating.
• Work with kids who have special needs.
• Ensure departments are in compliance with MSHA and OSHA regulations.
• Provide daily and weekly detail reports on client and BHP interaction.
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