Medical social worker vs family counselor

Differences between medical social worker and family counselor 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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Family counselor example responsibilities.

• Conduct group check-in and co-lead group psychotherapy sessions to help clients identify and manage problems associate with psychiatric conditions.
• Assist the clients in completing their DCF case plan, helping to remove any hindrances they may encounter.
• Counsele and test patients who requesting confidential HIV testing services
• Collaborate and coordinate patient care with resident/faculty physicians to provide appropriate levels of care to patients.
• Receive and process referrals from DCF and community-base case managers for individuals suspect as substance abusers.
• Utilize PowerPoint presentations to facilitate ongoing new student orientation, ensuring students understand rules and regulations.
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