Dignity Health and Aetna are in negotiations.
For more information, call 877-729-2669 or visit www.dignityhealth.org/aetna.
The primary mission of the Clinical Social Work Department is to identify and provide services for patients who have significant psychological, social, emotional, financial, educational and/or cultural needs.
Clinical social workers assess and evaluate your needs in relationship to your:
Clinical social workers are counselors who specialize in helping people of all ages cope with life. Any situation that is causing psychosocial/emotional stress for you or your family should be referred to a clinical social worker for intervention. The ultimate goals are to:
Examples of issues that clinical social workers will assist with include: adjustment to illness/new diagnosis causing stress, adoptions, adolescent pregnancy, adult/child abuse, changes in body image, cognitive impairment with or without medical etiology, death, depression, developmental and physical disabilities, difficult/disruptive patients/families, domestic violence, eating disorders, high risk pregnancy, homeless, mental illness, multiple admissions, non-compliance with medical treatment and follow-up, substance abuse and any crisis.
This group of experts provides crisis intervention, supportive counseling, consultation for mandated reporting, community service linkage and referral, and consultation to the health care team on management of a psychosocial and psychiatric issues.
Clinical social workers are available from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m., seven days a week. For more information, please call (480) 728-7046.
