Hospital social services
You, your family, or those close to you can request assistance from the hospital social services department. They will assess your situation with you (administrative, family, social, and professional). They can intervene in areas such as: home care, referrals to appropriate facilities, and access to rights.
He will also work with all the staff to make your stay in the hospital easier.
Team
- Social Work AssistantInternal Medicine 1, Endocrinology · Diabetology, Orthopedics and Traumatology (10th floor)
- Social Work AssistantNeonatology, Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Medical Pediatrics, Postpartum
- Social Work AssistantEmergency Department, Post-Emergency Medical Unit (PEMMU)
- Social Work AssistantPulmonology, CRCM
- Social Work AssistantMedical oncology, hematology, ophthalmology, consultations and support for returning to work after cancer
- Social Work AssistantGeriatrics, 17th floor, Unit 20, Unit for patients with complex needs (UTAC), Geriatric consultations
- Social Work AssistantDermatology, Infectious Diseases, HIV
- Social Work AssistantNeurology
- Social Work AssistantOrthopedics and traumatology on the 11th floor, Nephrology, Hemodialysis
- Social Work AssistantInternal Medicine 2, Intensive Care, Urology
- Social Work AssistantPediatric Surgery, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Emergency Department, Gynecology, Postpartum Care, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Family Planning, Child Reproductive Technology Center
- Social workerGeriatrics, 17th floor, unit 10, Geriatric Day Hospital
- Social Work AssistantNeurovascular Unit (UNV), Memory Resource and Research Center (CMRR), Day Hospital /Short Stay Neurology, Medical and Resuscitation Service for Neurology
- Social Work AssistantHepatogastroenterology
- Social Work AssistantCardiology, Heart Failure (UTIC)
Team
- Social Work AssistantMedical and Rehabilitation Care
- Social Work AssistantMedical and Rehabilitation Care
- Social Work AssistantMedical and Rehabilitation Care
Team
- Social Work AssistantChild and Adolescent Psychiatry, Perinatal Care, UCHA, HJ, Early Childhood Unit
Team
- Social Work AssistantMobile Intensive Care Team
- Social Work AssistantConsultation: Medical-Psychological Reception Center, Esquirol
- Social Work AssistantConsultation: Medical-Psychological Reception Center, Esquirol
Activities
"The mission of social and educational assistants is to help patients, residents, and families experiencing social difficulties to prevent or overcome these difficulties, to maintain or regain their autonomy, and possibly to facilitate their social and professional integration.".
(Decree of February 4, 2014)
She operates in accordance with a specific code of ethics. She is bound by professional secrecy.
Patients, as well as their families or friends, can request the intervention of the hospital social services department. This department will assess their situation (administrative, family, social, professional) in consultation with the medical and care team.
The social services department can intervene in the following areas: home support, referrals to appropriate facilities, access to rights (administrative procedures, emergency assistance, protection of vulnerable individuals, etc.). It will also work with all staff to facilitate their hospital stay.
The Permanent Access to Healthcare Services
The PASS de la Miséricorde has a branch at the Caen Normandie University Hospital:
Avenue Côte de Nacre
14000 Caen
Level 1 (near the social services for hospitalized patients)
It is open from 2pm to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
The Permanent Access to Healthcare Services (PASS) are medical and social support units that should facilitate access for disadvantaged people not only to the hospital system but also to institutional networks of care, reception and social support.
A team of professionals, consisting of a social worker, a nurse and a doctor, is available to help and support patients.