Understanding Roles in Healthcare and Social Services: A Guide

In health and social care, professionals provide specialized support for physical, mental, emotional, or social challenges. Examples include:

  • Social Worker: Counseling, guidance for poverty, addiction, domestic violence, mental health, child welfare.
  • Occupational Therapist: Assess needs, develop plans to improve independence in daily tasks.
  • Speech Therapist: Help with speech, language, swallowing difficulties.
  • Physiotherapist: Restore mobility and function after illness/injury/disability.
  • Nurse: Patient care: medications, vital signs, wound care, activities of daily living.

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