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Gerontology Social Worker

Gerontology social workers provide assistance to elderly individuals and their families helping them to cope with their biopsychosocial needs. They help connecting the elderly with community resources by gathering information about the array of services available to them. Gerontology social workers assess their clients’ needs, functional capacity and health problems and liaise with medical professionals when necessary.

Essential Skills and Competencies

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  • • Accept Own Accountability • Address Problems Critically • Adhere to Organisational Guidelines • Advocate For Social Service Users • Apply Anti-oppressive Practices • Apply Case Management • Apply Crisis Intervention • Apply Decision Making Within Social Work • Apply Holistic Approach Within Social Services • Apply Organisational Techniques • Apply Person-centred Care • Apply Problem Solving in Social Service • Apply Quality Standards in Social Services • Apply Socially Just Working Principles • Assess Social Service Users' Situation • Build Helping Relationship with Social Service Users • Communicate Professionally with Colleagues in Other Fields • Communicate with Social Service Users • Conduct Interview in Social Service • Consider Social Impact of Actions on Service Users • Contribute to Protecting Individuals From Harm • Cooperate at Inter-professional Level • Delegate Activities • Deliver Social Services in Diverse Cultural Communities • Demonstrate Leadership in Social Service Cases • Develop Professional Identity in Social Work • Develop Professional Network • Empower Social Service Users • Evaluate Older Adults' Ability to Take Care of Themselves • Follow Health and Safety Precautions in Social Care Practices • Handle Conflicts • Have Computer Literacy • Involve Service Users and Carers in Care Planning • Listen Actively • Maintain Records of Work with Service Users • Make Legislation Transparent For Users of Social Services • Manage Ethical Issues Within Social Services • Manage Social Crisis • Manage Stress in Organisation • Meet Standards of Practice in Social Services • Negotiate with Social Service Stakeholders • Negotiate with Social Service Users • Organise Social Work Packages • Plan Social Service Process • Prevent Social Problems • Promote Inclusion • Promote Service Users' Rights • Promote Social Change • Protect Vulnerable Social Service Users • Provide Social Counselling • Refer Social Service Users • Reflect on Practice • Relate Empathetically • Report on Social Development • Review Social Service Plan • Tolerate Stress • Undertake Continuous Professional Development in Social Work • Work in a Multicultural Environment in Health Care • Work in Partnership with Social Services Users • Work Within Communities

Knowledge

  • • Company Policies • Geriatrics • Legal Requirements in the Social Sector • Older Adults' Needs • Social Justice • Social Sciences • Social Work Theory • Strategies For Handling Cases of Elder Abuse

Alternative Related Job

  • • Geriatric Social Worker • Older Adults Community Care Social Worker • Older Adults Social Worker • Social Care Gerontologist • Social Worker • Social Work Gerontologist • Seniors Social Worker

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