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What Social Workers Do
Assessment
Person
Environment
Crisis intervention
Supportive counseling
Linking veterans to services
High risk screening
Assessing vulnerable veterans for support and/or services
Discharge planning
Assisting veterans in their transition back to the community/home from a hospital stay.
Case management
Ongoing individualized care
Individual, family, & group counseling
Advocacy
Working on behalf of veterans both within and outside the Central Alabama Health Care System
Education
Veterans and families (caregivers support groups, HIV, etc.)
Staff consultation/community
Services provided by Social Workers at CAVHCS:
Advance Directives
Advocacy
Assistance with alternative living arrangements (nursing homes, veteran's homes, board and care
Consultation
Chemical dependency assessments
Financial information
HIV Counseling
Home assessment
Information and/or referral to community resources
Individual, family and group therapy
Nursing Home respite care
Psychosocial assessment
Services Coordination
Supportive Counseling
Linkage to community services:
Adult and child protection
Adult day care
Community mental health
community case management services
Domestic violence
Emergency response systems
Financial (GAU, SSI, food stamps, etc)
Homeless shelters
Hospice
Legal assistance
Means-On-Wheels
Medical equipment
Senior center/support groups
Ask for a Social Worker in the event of:
Abuse/Neglect
Addiction
Advance Directive
Caregiver's stress
Death of a spouse
Depression/Grief/Loss
Discharge Planning
Financial Needs
General vulnerability
HIV Pre/Post Test Counseling
Homelessness
Housing Problems
Nursing Home placement/Eligibility
Organ Donation
Pre-Admission Screening
PTSD
Stress from Chronic Illness
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