THE RECORDING and SOCIAL ASSESSMENT REPORT IN MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK SETTINGS

Authors : Ergün HASGÜL

Pages : 363-374

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Publication Date : 2017-11-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract : A social assessment report (often called a social history) focuses on and describes the social aspects of the clients functioning and their situation. Social workers are particularly concerned about the match between client needs and the resources available to meet those needs. Social assessment and reporting are taught in all social work schools that are at the level of bachelor’s degree and these are the important parts of the social work interview.  An occupational activity is aimed such as acknowledging a client and the situation in which he/she is in that is consisting of direct or indirect systems, determining his/her patterns of relationship, evaluating him/her in psychosocial terms, and monitoring him/her in the environment he/she lives.  Social assessment and reporting are effectively used in many fields of social work. The development of medical social work, its regulations in the ministry of health, the models used in practices of medical social work, and the content of the social assessment report filled by medical social work units are mentioned in this study.
Keywords : Social Assessment, Social Assessment Report, Social Work, Medical Social Work