The Nature of the Job Name of the agency The social workers job title Range of the social workers responsibilities and activities The kinds of clients?they work with The kinds

SLWK201 Interview responses

5pts • Name of the agency (1) • The social worker’s job title (1) • Range of the social worker’s responsibilities and activities (1) • The kinds of clients they work with (1) • The kinds of problems or challenges faced by their clients (1)

•Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center • Inpatient Case Manager • Responsible for: 1.) the provision of medical social work services to patients receiving care in the hospital setting 2.) Assesses the social, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial situations, as well as disposition needs for each referred patient 3.) Collaborates with patients, families, healthcare team members, and community organizations, and using strong advocacy skills identifies needs and resources in the hospital and community 4.) Develop and evaluates e�ective transition plans taking into consideration the client diagnosis, prognosis course of treatment, past and present services, short-term and long-term goals, provider options, and/or available health care benefits as appropriate to the continuum of care • sick patients,families, parents,babies in the NICU • No caregiver support, lack of housing, lack of insurance, lack of citizenship, child abuse, adult abuse, guardaniship, etc

4pt •Background to why they chose to become a social worker (including any relevant life or job experiences) (2) •Their educational and field placement background (2)

•First started college with the intent of becoming a registered nurse then the end of her 2nd year in college she failed one of her classes and had no idea what to do now & one of her nursing professors told her that there are many more healthcare professions where you can help people like in nursing and guided her toward the social work avenue and from there she continued her last two years in college majoring in social work and ended up loving it. While in her college years she started a CNA job in her nearest hospital and gained relevant healthcare experience working with patients, families, and medical sta� while also seeing the day to day life of an actual social worker in the medical field. • Graduated with her bachelors from Longwood University. Masters from Norfolk State University and field placement was at Sentara Chespeake Nursing Center

6pt •A typical day in the social worker’s week (1) •How they interact with other professionals(1) •Positive client outcomes that the social worker hopes for (1) •Negative client outcomes that sometimes occur (1) •Three rewarding aspects of the job and three major challenges in carrying out the job (2)

• No idea what you’re going to face each day. Medicare letters, see patients and arrange. Not one day that is the same. Certain units. Get assignments together, what patients you need to assess, who needs follow up, who needs discharging. Fully sta�ed: take a portion of each unit. 5-6 Communication with other departments is very important. 8-4:30pm. Make your own day to day schedule. 30-40 minutes in the pt room sometimes, depending on sta�ng. • Common courtesy, respect • Safe discharge, patients get what they need when they discharge, preference in top choice of rehab. Going where they wanna go. Patient’s choice always comes first. Unless cognitively impaired. • Medicare/medicaid; Kaiser insurance: rehab 8-10 declined (northern virginia) declining parkinson's disease & broken arm. Managed medicare. • Positive: 1.) Gratitude family provides 2.) comfort & safety the patient feels when discharged 3.)knowing u had a positive a�ect in someone's life. Negative: 1.) Not being able to get services for patients that need it, 2.) getting treated badly, 3.) Getting told how to do your job outside of department

6pt •How did this assignment enhance your understanding of social work practice? (3) • How did the information you gathered affect your attitude about the social work profession? (3)

Opinion

During my interview the name of the agency was called (Name of the agency)Sentara

Northern Virginia Medical Center. Jessica, who was the social worker I interviewed,

works at this hospital located in Woodbridge, VA as an (The social worker’s job title) Inpatient

Case Manager.( Range of the social worker’s responsibilities and activities.) As an Inpatient Case

Manager Jessica handles a lot of responsibilities as a social worker. She starts by

assessing the social, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial situations, as

well as disposition needs for each referred patient. As an Inpatient Case Manager

Jessica not only works with the patients at the hospital but also collobrates with the

family , healthcare team members, and community organizations, as well as other

healthcare workers. Her main goal for the patients is to develop and evaluate effective

transition plans for proper discharging. Throughout the duration of time at the hospital

Jessica is responsible with keeping up with the patients beginning with getting a patient

and diagnosis, prognosis course of treatment, past and present services, short-term and

long-term goals, provider options, and/or available health care benefits as appropriate to

the continuum of care. At Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center the Inpatient Case

Managers will typically be assigned their own department and have the opportunity to

work with the same type of people unlike some hospitals where everyday you might

work on a different floor with different types of issues and people. Jessica works on the

NICU unit which stands for newborn intensive care unit. This unit provides specialized

around-the-clock care and monitoring for premature or ill newborns. (The kinds of clients

they work with.)During this challenging time Jessica will be working with the premature

babies and their parents or families. Premature babies are born before 37 weeks, unlike

a normal pregnancy range from 38 to 42 weeks.

For families facing the challenge of caring for a NICU infant, ProgenyHealth’s Case

Managers provide a clinical and emotional lifeline.

8 page Interview with a Practicing Social Worker Paper

The purpose of this assignment is to acquaint students with the range of the services and programs offered by human service organizations, as well as challenges faced by professional social workers providing these services. This assignment will enable students to better understand and appreciate social workers roles, presenting problems of clients, and your affinity for such work.

Use the outline below as a guide to the interview with the social worker. When you complete the interview, summarize your interview in an 8-10 page double spaced paper with a size 12 font. Students must use the rubric below to guide the project in addressing the following:

Part I: The Nature of the Job (5 points) • Name of the agency • The social worker’s job title • Range of the social worker’s responsibilities and activities • The kinds of clients they work with • The kinds of problems or challenges faced by their clients

Part II: The Social Worker’s Background (4 points) • Background to why they chose to became a social worker (including any relevant life or job experiences) • Their educational and field placement background

Part III: The Social Worker’s Professional Life (6 points) • A typical day in the social worker’s week • How they interact with other professionals

• Positive client outcomes that the social worker hopes for • Negative client outcomes that sometimes occur • Three rewarding aspects of the job and three major challenges in carrying out the job

Part IV: Summary Impressions (6 points) • How did this assignment enhance your understanding of social work practice? • How did the information you gathered affect your attitude about the social work profession?

Part V: Organization (4 points) • Ideas are organized effectively and in a clear and organized way that meets the assignment parameters • Language, content, and tone are appropriate for a professional social work audience

Quality and depth of responses

• Your final grade for this paper will be determined by the quality of your responses in each of the four sections.

I interviewed an Integrated Case Manager Social Worker and the file attached will be her answers that can be used to help write the essay. I also started the essay and that can be used to add on to it while making sure it is also reworded to match the rest of the essay.