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- The roles of social workers are increasingly expanding, particularly for social workers practicing as members of integrated health care teams. 21 These new roles are responsible for an increasing number of social workers in health care settings, a workforce that is expected to grow by 20% over the next 10 years. 26 Primary factors spurring the growth of social work in integrated health include the shift in health systems toward prioritizing patients’ behavioral health and increased understanding...
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Dec 20, 2018 · The articles in this issue clarify the roles and practice realities of social workers in integrated health care settings while providing macro system recommendations to support social work and integrated health models of care.
- Lisa de Saxe Zerden Msw, Brianna M. Lombardi Msw, Anne Jones Msw
- 2019
On integrated care teams, it is vital for social workers to identify, understand, and advocate for their role. Social workers have long fought for their seats at any number of tables.
Social workers are making significant contributions to integrated health care—it is time that their contributions to individuals and their families dealing with a multitude of physical and behavioral health problems, to other health care professions, and to society are fully recognized.
May 5, 2020 · Comprising 17 chapters and split into three parts, the book addresses integrated health care focusing on models, frameworks, and the concept of population health and establishes an argument for the need for and benefit of social workers in integrated care.
- Jeffrey Boyles
- 2020
Papers selected for this special issue focused on two themes: (a) defining the expanding roles and functions social workers fulfill in integrated health settings, and (b) identifying organizational and system factors that affect social workers' delivery of interventions in integrated health models.
- Lisa de Saxe Zerden Msw, Brianna M. Lombardi Msw, Anne Jones Msw
- 2019
The articles within this special issue of Social Work in Health Care offer exemplars of the power of social work in integrated settings with the capacity to address the scope of behavioral health, psychosocial, and physical health care needs.
Dec 1, 2019 · Social workers can provide a crucial perspective for interprofessional teams that want to improve health equity, address the social determinants of health, and adapt behavioral health care methods (e.g., screening, assessment, and treatment) to meet consumers' needs in traditional primary care settings. 9 Although social workers are ...
