Summary
PureHealth is hiring a Clinical Social Worker for a healthcare facility in Abu Dhabi. The role provides psychosocial assessments, counseling, crisis intervention, case management, and discharge planning for patients and families. The successful candidate will coordinate care with multidisciplinary teams, support safeguarding, connect patients with community resources, and maintain clinical documentation. A bachelor's and master's degree in social work and 2–5 years of clinical or hospital social work experience are required; DOH, DHA, or MOH eligibility or an active license is preferred.
The posting
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We are hiring a Clinical Social Worker for a leading healthcare facility in Abu Dhabi. The Clinical Social Worker will be responsible for delivering high-quality psychosocial care to patients and families, supporting emotional well-being, facilitating access to community resources, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective patient care.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in hospital-based social work, case management, crisis intervention, and discharge planning, with the ability to support patients across diverse medical, mental health, and social care needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments for patients and families to identify emotional, behavioral, environmental, financial, and social factors affecting treatment and recovery.
- Provide individual, family, and group counseling to support coping, adjustment, grief, trauma, illness management, and behavioral health needs.
- Deliver crisis intervention for patients experiencing acute psychosocial distress, domestic violence, abuse, neglect, self-harm risk, bereavement, or other urgent social concerns.
- Develop and implement care plans in collaboration with physicians, nurses, psychologists, case managers, and allied health professionals.
- Lead and support discharge planning to ensure safe transitions of care, including coordination with rehabilitation centers, long-term care, home healthcare, community agencies, and social support services.
- Advocate for patient rights, informed decision-making, safeguarding, and access to appropriate services and benefits.
- Identify and report safeguarding concerns, including child protection, elder abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and vulnerable adult cases, in line with UAE laws and hospital policies.
- Support patients and families in navigating chronic illness, disability, palliative care, oncology care, mental health conditions, and end-of-life issues.
- Coordinate referrals to internal and external community resources, social services, mental health support programs, financial aid resources, and rehabilitation services.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, case notes, assessments, interventions, and follow-up plans in the hospital information system / EMR.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, case conferences, family meetings, and ethical consultations.
- Educate patients, caregivers, and staff on psychosocial issues, coping strategies, and available support services.
- Ensure compliance with hospital standards, UAE healthcare regulations, patient confidentiality, and professional ethics.
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, policy development, and departmental audits related to psychosocial care services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in social work
- Master’s degree in social work
- Minimum 2–5 years of experience in clinical / hospital social work
- Experience in psychosocial assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, case management, and discharge planning
- DOH / DHA / MOH eligibility or active license preferred
- Strong communication, documentation, and teamwork skills
- Arabic and UAE experience are an advantage