SOCIAL WORK SERVICE
Psychosocial Support Focused on Safety and Wellbeing
Injury, illness and significant changes in life circumstances can affect emotional wellbeing, relationships, independence, housing, finances and access to support.
Forward Path Allied Health provides social work support focused on understanding psychosocial needs, identifying practical barriers and connecting individuals with appropriate services and resources.
Psychosocial Assessment
A psychosocial assessment considers the social, emotional and environmental factors that may be affecting a person's wellbeing, recovery and participation.
Depending on the person's circumstances, assessment may consider:
- Current living circumstances
- Family and social supports
- Emotional wellbeing
- Financial or practical stressors
- Community participation
- Access to services
- Safety concerns
- Barriers affecting recovery
Crisis Social Work Support
When a person is experiencing significant psychosocial stress or an urgent change in circumstances, practical social work intervention may assist with identifying immediate needs and appropriate supports.
Support may include:
- Identifying immediate concerns
- Safety and support planning
- Practical problem-solving
- Service navigation
- Connecting with community resources
- Advocacy where appropriate
Practical Support and Service Navigation
Navigating health, community and support systems can become difficult during recovery.
Social work may assist individuals and families to better understand available services and connect with appropriate supports according to their circumstances.
- Community service connection
- Practical resource identification
- Support service navigation
- Advocacy
- Coordination with relevant providers
- Family and support network considerations
Social Work Following Workplace Injury
Workplace injury can have broader effects beyond physical function. Changes in employment, independence, financial security and family roles may create additional psychosocial stress.
Social work support may assist in identifying these barriers and providing practical strategies or connections to relevant support services.
- Adjustment to changed circumstances
- Social and practical barriers to recovery
- Family or relationship impacts
- Community participation
- Service access
- Practical recovery support
The Social Work Process
Initial Discussion
Current concerns, referral reasons and relevant psychosocial circumstances are discussed.
Psychosocial Assessment
Relevant social, emotional, environmental and practical factors are considered.
Support Planning
Priorities are identified and practical support strategies or service connections are considered.
Follow-Up & Coordination
Progress, ongoing needs and relevant service coordination can be reviewed where appropriate.
Multidisciplinary Support
Psychosocial factors can interact with physical recovery, functional independence and work participation.
Where appropriate, social work may collaborate with occupational therapy, physiotherapy, exercise physiology, nursing and other services involved in the person's rehabilitation.
SOCIAL WORK ENQUIRIES
Need to Discuss Psychosocial or Social Work Support?
Contact Forward Path Allied Health to discuss psychosocial assessment, practical support, crisis intervention or referral requirements.
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