[cambridge]

you are criticising a health care professional from the perspective of a health care professional

For example, I wish for my patient to go to rehab hospital and its very difficult for this to happen as the patient is under 65

therefore it's pretty important to know what your actual job is. i'd speculate you're a student anyway.

[karlitob]

Originally Posted by cambridge

you are criticising a health care professional from the perspective of a health care professional



therefore it's pretty important to know what your actual job is. i'd speculate you're a student anyway.

Actually, as I say, it shouldn't matter what my job is.

I am a health care professional working in an acute hospital. I have many years of experience. I would have thought that that was self-evident as I am questioning the role of a MSW within the acute setting from the experiences that I have had over the past number of years.

Now please stay on topic, attack the post and not the poster, as per forum rules.

I have set out a motion that I feel that the MSW is a wasted role in the acute setting as their job has been undervalued to a place where they only provide information about home help, support services, fair deal and organising family meetings. My point is that this can be done more efficiently by a DPC who has clearly more clinical expertise than a MSW will ever have and that a MSW clear role is to provide counselling and other such services that my patients crave and need and MSW are not in a position to provide that service as they are performing the above mentioned role. I go on to say that surely the better alternative is to have DPC on every ward within every directorate and keep MSW in their offices where patients can be wheeled down to them for a counselling session thereby improving and developing the role of the MSW and maximising the time they can spend with patients.

If you have something constructive to say, I would love to hear it. If you want to tell me that I'm biased - well, I have acknowledged it a number of times. Get over it.

[kwearykoru]

To Sunbeam I are sorry you had such a negative experience. I wonder if you have tought about amdking a formal complaint. Complaints should be looked at as opportunities to reflect and learn. If it was HSE service you will find information on their website aboout the complaints procedure.

[cutymonalisa]

OP, an MSW is not a counsellor although emotional support is part of the role. Your assumption is similar to saying a physio is a chiropractor.......

[sam34]

Originally Posted by karlitob

Now please stay on topic, attack the post and not the poster, as per forum rules.

If you have something constructive to say, I would love to hear it. If you want to tell me that I'm biased - well, I have acknowledged it a number of times. Get over it.

leave the modding to the mods please

[karlitob]

Originally Posted by sam34

leave the modding to the mods please

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Please, please leave the modding to the mods
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[karlitob]

Originally Posted by cutymonalisa

OP, an MSW is not a counsellor although emotional support is part of the role. Your assumption is similar to saying a physio is a chiropractor.......

Then what is the role of the MSW.