SOCIAL WORKER – Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (COE)

If you are passionate, have integrity and a team player who is results driven then you would be interested in applying for the below position;

BACKGROUND: The Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (COE) is a partnership between Baylor College of Medicine and the Government of Botswana. Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (Botswana-Baylor COE) has two main operational arms being Paediatric Infectious Clinic IPIDC) that serves HIV-infected children, adolescents, young adults and their families and Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (PHO) that provides treatment and care for patients with paediatric cancer and haematological disorders.

SOCIAL WORKER (*1)

Reports to: Clinic Manager

Role definition: Using a collaborative approach, the Social Worker will assess, plan, review and deliver, social work case management services to assist patients and families in making psychosocial adaptations to illness and utilize healthcare and community resources optimally.

CORE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Identify patients and families in need of social work services and case management through participation in clinical rounds, clinical team meetings, the medical direc­tor, nurses, medical management and self-referrals
2. Perform a comprehensive psycho-social intake /assessment Io evaluate patient, family or caregiver psychosocial risk factors and analyse data Io identify problems, barriers and opportunities for intervention
3. Assist in the planning of Camp Hope Botswana and other therapeutic recreational activities
4. Conducts home visits os necessary
5. Work with the department of Social Services Io address problems of children in difficult circumstances
6. Maintain privacy and confidentiality of protected health information for patients/families and/or caregiver by social worker
7. Develop and communicate a goal orientated plan of care with the patient, family and/or caregiver and medical team based on psycho-social inlake/assessmenl, medical records and medical team observation and feedback
8. Provided appropriate therapeutic support and concepts of reflection and motivational interviewing (Patients, families and/or caregivers, grief counselling) when ap­propriate evidenced by the psycho-social intake/assessment
9. Appropriately documents the patient, family and/or caregiver progress, outcomes and continuum of care in the patient’s medical records’
10. Participating in ongoing research activities

1 1. Get informed on latest information for the care and counselling of people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS

Minimum Position Requirements

The job holder should have: A Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Experience: A minimum of three or more years of experience as hospital, community based, or HIV/AIDS social worker is required