Woodlands - Medical Social Worker - St. Andrew's Nursing Home (Buangkok)

Roles & Responsibilities

You will:

• Interview and counsel residents and their families to help them alleviate or resolve their medico-social and financial issues by:
• Screening the social background of all new applicants and identifying potential cases that need assistance (financial / Social).
• Liaising with government and voluntary agencies when there are areas of needs.
• Seeking financial support for residents who are unable to pay for nursing home stay.
• Joint consultation with medical staff, nurses, other healthcare professionals to discuss plans for total resident management.
• Participate in resident care conference and family conference.
• Apply for Medifund Assistant and / or other financial assistance for cases that need such help.
• Maintain computerized case records and statistics on residents.
• Field work involving visiting residents at wards, job placement work places, institutions, other social agencies to help residents alleviate or resolve their financial-social problems.
• Prepare social and other related reports for management and other related institutions agencies.
• Undertake to be well informed on government guidelines on healthcare and social services available within community as well as the latest in the field of social work.

• Degree in Social Work / Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work.
• Registered with Singapore Association of Social Workers.
• At least 3 years related work experience. Preferably in ILTC sector.