Job Description

• Provide clinical social work services within the defined scope of practice, in accordance with applicable DOH and UAE laws, regulations, ethical standards, professional guidelines, and facility policies.
• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial, cognitive, mental health, and social assessments, including assessment of patient functioning, coping mechanisms, social environment, risks, and safeguarding concerns.
• Develop and implement evidence-based, individualized intervention and care plans addressing patients’ psychosocial, emotional, social, and environmental needs.
• Provide counselling, emotional support, crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, psychoeducation, therapeutic interventions, and appropriate referrals based on patient needs.
• Assess and respond appropriately to suicide risk, abuse, neglect, self-neglect, safeguarding concerns, and other risks involving children and vulnerable individuals, including appropriate reporting and documentation.
• Support children, families, vulnerable adults, elderly patients, persons with disabilities, and other high-risk populations through assessment, intervention, safety planning, and follow-up.
• Collaborate closely with psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, case managers, and other healthcare and non-healthcare professionals to develop and deliver holistic, multidisciplinary patient care.
• Advocate for patients’ rights, dignity, autonomy, confidentiality, access to care, and socio-legal needs throughout the patient care journey, including treatment, hospitalization, discharge, and follow-up.
• Engage and support patients’ families and caregivers in assessment, treatment, discharge planning, and ongoing care to promote patient independence and positive outcomes.
• Assess patients’ social and living environments, identify barriers to care, and coordinate appropriate healthcare, social care, community, governmental, educational, and other support services.
• Maintain accurate, complete, timely, and confidential patient records and documentation in compliance with DOH requirements, UAE legislation, and facility policies.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case discussions, treatment planning, discharge planning, continuity of care, quality improvement, patient safety, and social work service development activities.
• Provide specialized social work support, where applicable, in areas including mental health, child protection, oncology, palliative and end-of-life care, transplant services, bereavement, and other specialized clinical settings.
• Participate in patient and family education, support groups, community outreach, awareness activities, and initiatives that promote social welfare and reduce stigma.
• Maintain professional competence through continuing education, research, supervision, reflective practice, and ongoing development of clinical and interpersonal skills.
• Provide supervision, guidance, and mentorship to social work students and trainees, where applicable.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity, professionalism, appropriate professional boundaries, and respect for differences in culture, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, language, and socioeconomic status.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, colleagues, and external stakeholders and contribute positively to multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Apply quality assurance, patient safety, occupational health, confidentiality, cybersecurity, and risk-management requirements in the delivery of services.
• Recognize personal limitations, biases, and emotional responses, practice appropriate self-care, and maintain professional effectiveness.
• Participate in community education, social welfare initiatives, advocacy, policy development, and social work research as required.
• Complete mandatory DOH and facility requirements, training, and awareness programs within the required timelines.
• Provide services during official working hours and, where required, outside official hours in accordance with facility requirements and applicable policies.

• Provide clinical social work services within the defined scope of practice, in accordance with applicable DOH and UAE laws, regulations, ethical standards, professional guidelines, and facility policies.
• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial, cognitive, mental health, and social assessments, including assessment of patient functioning, coping mechanisms, social environment, risks, and safeguarding concerns.
• Develop and implement evidence-based, individualized intervention and care plans addressing patients’ psychosocial, emotional, social, and environmental needs.
• Provide counselling, emotional support, crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, psychoeducation, therapeutic interventions, and appropriate referrals based on patient needs.
• Assess and respond appropriately to suicide risk, abuse, neglect, self-neglect, safeguarding concerns, and other risks involving children and vulnerable individuals, including appropriate reporting and documentation.
• Support children, families, vulnerable adults, elderly patients, persons with disabilities, and other high-risk populations through assessment, intervention, safety planning, and follow-up.
• Collaborate closely with psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, case managers, and other healthcare and non-healthcare professionals to develop and deliver holistic, multidisciplinary patient care.
• Advocate for patients’ rights, dignity, autonomy, confidentiality, access to care, and socio-legal needs throughout the patient care journey, including treatment, hospitalization, discharge, and follow-up.
• Engage and support patients’ families and caregivers in assessment, treatment, discharge planning, and ongoing care to promote patient independence and positive outcomes.
• Assess patients’ social and living environments, identify barriers to care, and coordinate appropriate healthcare, social care, community, governmental, educational, and other support services.
• Maintain accurate, complete, timely, and confidential patient records and documentation in compliance with DOHrequirements, UAE legislation, and facility policies.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case discussions, treatment planning, discharge planning, continuity of care, quality improvement, patient safety, and social work service development activities.
• Provide specialized social work support, where applicable, in areas including mental health, child protection, oncology, palliative and end-of-life care, transplant services, bereavement, and other specialized clinical settings.
• Participate in patient and family education, support groups, community outreach, awareness activities, and initiatives that promote social welfare and reduce stigma.
• Maintain professional competence through continuing education, research, supervision, reflective practice, and ongoing development of clinical and interpersonal skills.
• Provide supervision, guidance, and mentorship to social work students and trainees, where applicable.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity, professionalism, appropriate professional boundaries, and respect for differences in culture, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, language, and socioeconomic status.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, colleagues, and external stakeholders and contribute positively to multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Apply quality assurance, patient safety, occupational health, confidentiality, cybersecurity, and risk-management requirements in the delivery of services.
• Recognize personal limitations, biases, and emotional responses, practice appropriate self-care, and maintain professional effectiveness.
• Participate in community education, social welfare initiatives, advocacy, policy development, and social work research as required.
• Complete mandatory DOH and facility requirements, training, and awareness programs within the required timelines.
• Provide services during official working hours and, where required, outside official hours in accordance with facility requirements and applicable policies.

• All Clinical social workers are encouraged to pursue professional development in their assigned role.
• BSc in Social Work And Master’s degree in Social Work.
• DOH professional license/eligibility as a Clinical Social Worker, as applicable.
• Two (2) years of experience post qualification in a related field (For Non-UAE National)