The services of the Department of Social Work in NIPMR is to provide a comprehensive and effective social work service to patients and their families. In the modern era of varied and complex disabilities for which the medical science is unable to give a complete solution, the functions of a Social Worker attains much importance.
The services of Social Work Department in NIPMR provide a comprehensive and effective social work service to patients and their families. In the modern era of varied and complex disabilities for which the medical science is unable to give a complete solution, the functions of a Social Worker attains much importance. Our Social Work team with their knowledge of the dynamics of human behaviour as well as skills in establishing purposeful relations tries to understand the patient as a ‘person’, his Psychological-biological social and economic conditions, his attitude towards health problems, his relationship with the family, taps the community resources and act as a liaison between the patient and community.
Mrs. Sreeja CS is the Department Head of Social Work; Sreeja is working at NIPMR from 2016 onwards. She has 15 years of experience in the field of Social Work.
View ProfleSocial Workers assess the patient, preferably in their first visit itself with detailed case history on various aspects of biological, psychological, social, vocational, and economical. The focus is on identifying positive factors for habilitation and rehabilitation of these patients. Any barriers for them will also be listed into care plan.
As part of multidisciplinary team, SW’s informs other members of the health care team about various factors which may affect the patients’ health and wellbeing, participation in therapy programmes. And help with the development of effective treatment plan.
Social Work services provide counselling to people with various forms of disabilities to help them adjust to their disabilities.
Parental counselling and family counselling: All couples look forward to having normal healthy babies. The issues of disabilities in their children shake the families and serve as sources of severe psychological disruption to family adjustment. The parents of such children live with many difficult issues and frequently experience trauma, grief and stress. Intervention programmes are necessary part of the process involved in supporting families with children with special educational needs. Most families of children with special educational needs find it difficult to accept them due to ignorance, superstitious beliefs, pride, fear misconception and misinformation. Hence, counselling is very needed by parents, grandparents, siblings etc. of children with special educational needs for enlightening. Families of children with special educational needs need counselling so as to bring about behavioural change, positive mental health, problem resolution, personal effectiveness and decision making (Obi, 1998).
Counselling services to nearby schools students: As part of outreach programmes of NIPMR the Social Workers provides counselling services to the nearby School students
Group therapy is very important for socialisation process and thus Social Workers conduct group therapy for out patients and special school students. Through group therapy even life skills of the child itself changes.
Research indicates that parents of children with special educational needs children are particularly vulnerable to stress, for example, high levels of distress have been found in up to 70% of mothers and 30% of fathers of severely children with special educational needs (Sloper and Turner, 1993). In addition, both the general psychological literature and specific studies of children with special educational needs show that parental distress and family functioning impact on children in numerous ways, affecting their cognitive, behavioural and social development (Wallander and Varni, 1998). Thus, lack of parent support and high levels of parental distress will affect the child’s well-being (Middleton, 1995). Thus we are doing parental support group, currently there are 3 support groups
Home visits are important for many different reasons. As part of case work of each student in NIPMR, the concerned Social Worker used to visit the home of the student and analysis the situations of the child in home environment. And also if needed the Social Worker arrange Home visit of Out patients with Multidisciplinary team.
Visiting the homes of children is important in knowing how to support them
Documentation is necessary as far as any institution is concerned and here Social Workers are responsible for the documentation works.
Mrs. Sreeja CS is the Department Head of Social Work; Sreeja is working at NIPMR from 2016 onwards. She has 15 years of experience in the field of Social Work.
Established social worker in the RARRC Project of Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM) at NIPMR. Mr. Jojo Thomas is specialized in Medical and psychiatric social work and his areas of interest include Social Case work, De-addiction Counseling, Film Therapy and community health programs. His skills in coordination, problem solving and leadership have also been proven by leading various Community Camps and programs.
Passionate professional Social Worker in the RARRC project of KSSM at NIPMR. She has 3 years of experience in her current designated post. Before joining NIPMR she was working as Child Welfare Officer(CWO) at Wayanad Muslim Orphanage, Wayanad and also worked as Field Investigator at Centre for Development Studies(CDS), Thiruvananthapuram. Her area of interest is Psychiatric field of social Work.
Sreejith Vasu is a Passionate Professional Social Worker at NIPMR from 2018 onwards. He has 6 years of experience in the field of Social Work
Passionate professional social worker specialized in Medical and Psychiatric social work. Her area of interest includes Social case work, Medical and Psychiatry, community development settings and child welfare etc.
Sijo A S is a professional social worker, completed Master of social Work (MSW) from St Thomas College, Calicut University, specialized in Medical and Psychiatric social Work. He wholeheartedly believes in the good of everyone, and he feels that social work allows him to connect with, mentor and help others achieve their goals.
