Editing Social work (section)

==Roles and functions==
Social workers play many roles in mental health settings, including those of [[case management (mental health)|case manager]], [[advocate]], administrator, and [[Therapy|therapist]]. The major functions of a psychiatric social worker are promotion and [[preventive healthcare|prevention]], [[Therapy|treatment]], and [[Psychiatric rehabilitation|rehabilitation]]. Social workers may also practice:

* [[Counseling]] and [[psychotherapy]]
* [[Case management (mental health)|Case management]] and support services
* [[Crisis intervention]]
* [[Psychoeducation]]
* [[Psychiatric rehabilitation]] and [[Recovery approach|recovery]]
* Care coordination and [[Monitoring (medicine)|monitoring]]
* Program management/administration
* Program, policy and resource development
* Research and evaluation

Psychiatric social workers conduct [[psychosocial]] assessments of the patients and work to enhance patient and family communications with the medical team members and ensure the inter-professional cordiality in the team to secure patients with the best possible care and to be active partners in their care planning. Depending upon the requirement, social workers are often involved in illness education, counseling and [[psychotherapy]]. In all areas, they are pivotal to the aftercare process to facilitate a careful transition back to family and community.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heinonen |first1=Tuula |last2=Metteri |first2=Anna |title=Social Work in Health and Mental Health: Issues, Developments, and Actions |date=2005 |publisher=Canadian Scholars’ Press |isbn=978-1-55130-278-2 }}{{page needed|date=November 2019}}</ref>