St Ann’s Hospice marks World Social Work Day!
Learn the importance of our social workers at St Ann's Hospice
Carina Woods, Joanne Brown, Helen Barnfield, and Joanne Rhodes
St Ann’s Hospice is celebrating World Social Work Day by showcasing the importance of our social work staff.
World Social Work Day takes place, today, March 18 and this year’s theme is ‘Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity for Enduring Wellbeing’, which emphasises the importance of caring and respecting across generations to build strong societies, sustain the environment, and share wisdom for a better future.
The social workers at St Ann’s are a part of our Patient and Family Support Team and include social workers Carina Woods, Jo Brown, and Helen Barnfield. The team is led by Joanne Rhodes.
Social workers at St Ann’s conduct holistic assessments of patients and their loved ones, providing social, spiritual, emotional, financial and practical support.
They explore emotional complexities with patients and families in safe spaces, they help with advance care planning, work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team, and they access support and resources from partner agencies and organisations to meet individual wishes and needs.
Patient and Family Support Team Leader, Joanne Rhodes commented.
“The role of the social worker within a hospice is integral to achieving positive and meaningful outcome for patients and their families. Carina, Jo, Helen and I provide emotional and practical support, advocacy and guidance to patients and their families during a profoundly difficult time.
“We help the patients with end-of-life planning and our presence in the hospice helps to ease some of the challenges involved with end of life care to optimise opportunity for quality time together,” she said.