SOCIAL WORKER

Description

Job Summary: Perform social work activities, providing care to patients and their families, addressing social, economic, and cultural aspects related to health. Key Highlights: 1. Psychosocial support to patients and their families 2. Mediation between the healthcare team and the family 3. Promotion of social reintegration and quality of life Perform social work activities, providing care to patients and their families concerning social, economic, and cultural aspects related to the health\-illness process, proposing measures that contribute to the implementation of medical treatment. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Provide social services to patients of the Institution, identifying and analyzing material, emotional, psychological, or other types of problems, applying fundamental social work processes to assist in patient recovery and promote reintegration into social, familial, and occupational environments; * Diagnose and develop intervention plans regarding the social and emotional aspects of the healthcare team\-patient relationship through social interviews conducted at patients' bedsides, aiming to provide psychosocial support and continue case follow\-up; * Maintain the emotional balance of the patient and/or family through support, modifying attitudes and seeking solutions; * Develop annual planning for actions and initiatives to be implemented, designed, and/or proposed; * Mediate contact between the healthcare team and patients' families, facilitating communication between both parties for clarification of diagnoses and planned treatments; * Assist patients during various stages of illness (hospitalization, convalescence, and community reintegration); * Guide patients' families upon discharge, death, or other events through individual or group family interviews, providing psychosocial support; * Attend to patients dependent on oxygen therapy and home hospitalization by interviewing\-them and their families, guiding them toward available resources offering such services, and referring them accordingly, thereby enhancing quality of life and preventing rehospitalization; * Attend to victims of abuse, conducting interviews with patients and their families, maintaining records, and forwarding reports to the Juvenile and Children's Court, Police Station (CT), Elderly Council, CRAS (Social Assistance Reference Center), and Social Promotion; * Attend to women who are victims of sexual abuse and other forms of violence, providing psychosocial support to both patients and their families; * Attend to indigent patients by contacting municipal shelters to secure vacancies and arranging transportation post\-discharge; * Request ambulance transportation for patients from their municipality of residence in discharge cases; * Accompany family members during patient transfer from Adult and Pediatric ICUs, preparing reports and respective internal referrals; * Evaluate and discuss cases with the multidisciplinary team to obtain comprehensive understanding of diagnosis and proposed treatment. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed undergraduate degree in Social Work; * Active CRESS registration; * Prior experience in the field is desirable. **Additional Information** AVAILABILITY TO WORK FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 1:00 PM TO 7:00 PM. **SPDM** \- Paulista Association for the Development of Medicine is a non\-profit civil association of philanthropic nature, recognized as being of federal, state, and municipal public utility in its headquarters city, respectively by Decrees No. 57\.925 dated 03/04/1966, No. 40\.103 dated 05/17/1962, and No. 8\.911 dated 07/30/1970\. The Association’s primary directive is its integration into the healthcare system, focused on treatment, disease prevention, and promotion of primary, secondary, and tertiary health, strengthening ties with the local community and reaffirming its social commitment to serve all individuals without discrimination. With institutional growth, **SPDM** continues expanding its scope of action through projects currently under development in the fields of Social Assistance and Education. This wide range of activities increasingly consolidates **SPDM** as a large\-scale philanthropic institution pursuing economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Thus, SPDM contributes effectively to the continuous improvement of services provided by Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS), primarily aiming to guarantee universality and equitable access to healthcare essential for human and social development. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive culture embracing diversity, empowering our employees to deliver their best. All qualified candidates will be considered for positions without distinction based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, race, nationality, or disability. SPDM is an equal opportunity employer for all individuals meeting minimum requirements. We value idea sharing, teamwork culture development, respect for diversity, and inclusion. **MISSION** To provide healthcare services with excellence, free from prejudice, distinction, or classification of citizens. **VISION** To be recognized as the Brazilian philanthropic health organization with the broadest reach and highest competence. **VALUES** * Capacity building * Social commitment * Reliability * Entrepreneurship * Equity * Ethics * Humanization * Quality * Ecological, economic, and social sustainability * Tradition * Transparency