Social workers help people better navigate life’s difficulties, usually dispatched from government agencies and social service providers. But they are also found in hospitals and clinics, assisting those being treated for physical or mental maladies but who also need help coping with daily living.
Nursing and Health Care
Melissa Abramowicz’s career had literally already taken off by the time she enrolled in the Master of Arts degree program in emergency management and homeland security (EMHS) at ASU. She had been in a successful career as an emergency/trauma and critical care flight registered nurse.
Legacy Corps, a national organization based at Arizona State University that provides caregiver support services for veterans and military families, has welcomed Phoenix-based Hospice of the Valley as its latest partner organization.
Kelly Huey’s service to the social work profession has taken her from bedsides to boardrooms.
Social workers are often known to serve the economically disadvantaged, and many of them can be found visiting low-income neighborhoods, giving families tools to cope, to survive and even thrive.
Throughout a more than 30-year career, Huey, who received the 2020 Director’s Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession from ASU’s School of Social Work (SSW) in March, has demonstrated the impact social workers also can have in hospitals and hospice care.