top of page
Hospital Social Workers & Homelessness
Hospital Social Workers & Homelessness
There for the Moment
​
Combatting Clinician Despair
One Relationship at a Time
Social workers are keenly aware of the suffering created by inadequate resources for homelessness. Confronting that suffering day after day can create challenges among those who are trying to make a difference.
This website supports the frontline hospital social workers assisting homeless patients. It acknowledges the difficulty of this work, identifies some of its side effects, and proposes an approach to helping that makes a difference to social worker and patient alike.
Time & Intention Make the Difference
Not a List of Resources
The thing that matters at bedside is you
Introduction
Demoralization
What it is & when it happens
Being There
The antidote for demoralization. Understanding connection as intervention
Stories
Bearing witness, sharing progress. Colleagues discuss challenges & the power of relationship
Resources
References & resources to strengthen practice
bottom of page