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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Mediator : They facilitate communication and resolve conflicts between individuals or within families to promote healthy relationships. This is because they develop treatment plans to address mental illness and substance abuse problems, often holding supervisory roles and advocating for human rights within the criminal justice system.

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Maternal Mental Health Matters: A Neglected but Vital Issue

Relias

Many factors contribute to this neglect, such as stigma, lack of awareness, lack of resources, lack of training, and lack of coordination among healthcare providers. Healthcare professionals play a key role in screening, referring, treating, and following up with mothers who are struggling with their mental health.

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How to Talk With Patients About Substance Use Disorder

Gateway Foundation

Remaining sensitive and nonjudgemental while encouraging open communication with your patients can trickle down into mainstream media and popular culture — influencing how society views those with addiction and leading to better treatment outcomes. Let your patients choose how they are described.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

Relias

How to become trauma-informed TIC provides a foundation of sorts for your work as a behavioral healthcare specialist, rather than a set of step-by-step procedures. Trustworthiness and transparency : Clinical and non-clinical staff must be consistent and communicate with clarity, while maintaining professionalism transparency.

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What to Expect When a Child Discharges From a Children’s Psychiatric Hospital

KVC

The therapist provides the family with updates throughout the child’s stay, develops the treatment plan and goals, and works with the family to ensure the client is making progress and can discharge to a lower level of care. The child’s family will also work with other members of KVC’s multidisciplinary treatment team.

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SUPRs — Illinois’s State-Funded Program for First-Time Rehab Clients

Gateway Foundation

Ask the following questions to advocate for yourself and learn what to expect in available programs: What Kind of Professionals Will Be Providing Treatment? Every individual is different, and treatment plans vary according to your goals and needs. Our care coordinators guide each individual through a fast and easy assessment.

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What Care Coordination Is and How To Implement It

Relias

Clients often receive treatment for physical health conditions separately from mental illness and substance use. But in reality, they all impact the success or failure of any single treatment plan. Members assigned to this high-risk category are assigned a care coordinator, which is often paid for by the payer/health plan.