Clinical Social Worker - UAE NATIONAL

Overview

Assists patients, families, and significant others with their psychological, social, environmental, financial, and emotional problems by conducting the needed psychosocial assessments that are related to presenting problems/concerns by providing the necessary interventions needed to enhance patient quality of living.

• Managerial:
  Involved in the daily management of workload allocation within the specialist area, taking into account the changing/competing demands and making decisions about prioritization of caseloads.
• Potential supervision of junior staff and ensuring their abidance to going rules and policies as applied and implemented in the Section/Department/Facility.
• Technical:
  Taking care management responsibility for vulnerable clients, including the production of comprehensive assessments of client needs, formulization of a social care plan, and identification of relevant resources to meet the individual’s needs; coordinating the delivery of social care plans and liaising with appropriate government or charity agencies where appropriate following assessment.
• Carrying out initial comprehensive person-centred psychosocial assessments, planning and implementing individual strategies of care to meet identified needs in conjunction with the service user, caregiver and members of the multi-disciplinary team; updating the patient file history as required by JCI.
• Acting as an advocate for the patient to ensure their expressed wishes are central when planning care to meet long-term care needs.
• Consider any legal issues for patients admitted and liaise with the admitting authority (police, judicial, prosecution) and provide the necessary reports to discharge the patient safely.
• Participate in safe and effective decision making to facilitate a safe, timely discharge from bedded units and community teams.
• Liaise effectively with other agencies including government and charity involved in the care of the individual to maintain and enhance professional working relationships.
• Work closely with patients/families in directing them to the appropriate resources and support when needed.
• Follow up with psychiatric visits from other hospitals to assess the patient case; record unusual conditions/limitations and document examination time and room number.
• Respect the rights of the individual service user and their families, embracing values, spiritual beliefs and customs.
• Follow up with approved ER-exempted cases of needy patients, ensuring treatment coverage is processed and directed to the concerned department.
• Promote awareness of social care/social work context and anti-discriminatory practice to other professionals and facilitate multi-disciplinary working.
• Network and liaise with other professionals and external organizations to provide services and to challenge and question when necessary in the best interests of the user.
• Negotiate a diverse and challenging range of needs to a range of providers/agencies and coordinate the organization of care packages with access to a wide range of resources.
• Promote, enable and empower individuals, families and carers through rights representation, advocacy, and nurturing strengths to make informed choices about highly complex life decisions.
• Maintain and promulgate the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry, reporting, and professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice.
• Manage frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances, maintaining substantial mental effort through concentration.
• Maintain and enforce confidentiality of patient, staff, and other information in accordance with professional codes of conduct and legislation.
• Act as an advocate for the patient to ensure their expressed wishes are central when planning care to meet long-term care needs.
• Respect the rights of the individual service user and their families, embracing spiritual beliefs and customs.
• Provide crisis interventions as needed.
• Participate in complex discharge planning with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure smooth transition of care for patient and family.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss and advocate for patient and family needs (physical, social and emotional).
• Engage in providing clinically appropriate psychoeducation and direct therapeutic interventions as warranted to address patient and family psychosocial needs and concerns.
• Evaluate, assist and counsel children and their caregivers on issues related to child protection.
• Contribute effectively to breaking bad news and the bereavement process to patients and their families following the facility’s process and best practices.

• Qualification:
  
  Special Certificate
• Required:
  
  Two years of experience
• Desired: N.A.

• Job Identification 2403
• Job Category Allied Health
• Posting Date 02/06/2026, 10:36 AM
• Apply Before 02/28/2026, 10:36 AM
• Business Unit SEHA BU
• Legal Employer Abu Dhabi Health Services .Co ( Psc )