Service Setting Briefing Social Work in Medical Setting (MSS& MSP) Rundown 3:30-4:30 • Mutual Introduction • Brief Overview of Social Work Services in Hong Kong Medical Settings • Exercise 4:30-4:45 • Do’s and don’ts in medical settings 4:45-5:00 • Useful Resources • Related Training and Orientation • Mid-Placement Sharing Where are you posted? • Adolescent Medical Centre, QEH • Patient Resource • Ap Lei Chau Clinic Centre, QEH • CancerCare & Support, • MSSU (HA), KH (+HK QMH Eye Hospital) • Community & Patient • MSSU (Psy.), PYH Resource Department, • MSSU (Psy.), YFSPC PYH • Health Resource Centre, YCH Where are you posted? Implication? Clustering of HA Service Hong Kong West Cluster • Grantham Hospital • MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre • Queen Mary Hospital • The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay • Tsan Yuk Hospital • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital • Tung Wah Hospital • Why should I be bothered by things happening in HA? • I’m a social worker doing social work in a medical setting only HA Strategic Plan 2017-2022 • Provide patient-centred care: ensuring patients have timely access to high quality and responsive services which place patients firmly at the heart of their care 1. Improving Service Quality 2. Optimizing Demand Management Hospital/Clinic = Secondary Setting => Meaning to me?? Improving Service Quality • Promote day services to reduce reliance on inpatient care • Strengthening service coordination and collaboration through the development of cluster/network-based service • Enhancing community-based care • Promote partnership with patients by empowering patients for self-care, engaging patients in shared decision-making about their care… Optimizing Demand Management • Raise the capacity of priority services of HA, particularly for high demand services having regard to the projected demand arising from a growing and ageing population… • Share out the demand with community partners, such as through public-private partnerships C.R.1 24/8/2018 Pt’s e. dtr. S.I.O. CMO referred Pt for soc. Ax., DA, and Dis. Planning. W/M sent Pt’s dtr to see MSW. A brief Soc. Ix was done Med. Hx of Pt Pt: with chronic Schiz., c irregular F/U & poor drug compliance, ADL ok., Aud. Ho++. Had a T/A on 20/7/2018 (crossed a road neglecting the red light as a voice told her to). Admitted to Ortho c multiple #, ® b/k Amp and POP to # (L) N/femur Soc. Background Hd Retired x 10 yrs. due to Ca Colon, c colostomy and RT, on remission. Had CVR ® with aphasia 4 wks ago, presently convalescing at SH, w/c bound, undergoing active OT & PT, just started walking with frame for a few steps E. Dtr: Married & L/A, a HW c a 6-yr-old dtr; living with m-i-l, who had a Dx of CRF & just started CAPD, and f-i-l, who had HT, DM, CHF but ADL independent 2nd Dtr Married & L/A, a HW c 2 sons (2; 6 mths resp.) E. son was suspected to have delayed development, recently referred by GP to CAC for Ax. Appt. scheduled in 11/2018 Expectation of Others Roles and functions of MSWs (working group on MSS, HKCSS) • Psycho-social assessment • Counseling/therapy, crisis intervention to individuals & their families • Educational, self-help & therapeutic groups • Pre-admission planning • Discharge planning • Practical assistance • Multi-disciplinary team work • Empirical research • Mobilising community resources Helpful Resource http://www21.ha.org.hk/smartpatie nt/SPW/zh-CN/Welcome/ Orientation Program/Training • Infection Control Training: 12 September (Wednesday) 2:15-5:30 pm • For SWD placements: 30 August (Thursday) 2:30-5:00 pm (Students who attended can count the above training hours towards the placement hours) • Agency Visit: Would notify you via email after the arrangement is settled Mid-phase Sharing A time of Re-Charging through peer sharing and mutual support Early Jan 2019 (Further details would be given later) .