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Overview
Palliative care social worker work supports patients with chronic or terminal disease and their families through counselling, practical arrangements, care coordination and emotional support.
In job descriptions, look for end-of-life care advice, family meetings, case management, patient advocacy, crisis intervention, cooperation with healthcare teams, care planning and sensitive communication.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Palliative care social workers support patients and families while illness, practical arrangements and emotional decisions are closely linked. The work can include counselling, family meetings, care coordination, help with options and cooperation with nurses, doctors and social services.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include end-of-life care counselling, case management, crisis intervention, patient advocacy, person-centred care and careful communication with social service users. The role also needs awareness of healthcare routines and the ability to protect people from harm during vulnerable decisions.
Salary context
Pay context should be compared through case complexity, emotional intensity, care-team coordination, crisis work and independence in planning support. A role embedded in specialist palliative teams can carry different responsibility from a general counselling post with occasional end-of-life cases.
Career paths
Development can move toward specialist palliative social work, bereavement support, care coordination, safeguarding, supervision or service development. Experience with family systems, ethical choices and multidisciplinary care plans is often more relevant than a generic social-work title.
Good to know
Read adverts for the patient group, family contact, on-call or crisis expectations, documentation duties and how the social worker coordinates with medical care. The Swedish source label may appear broad, so check whether palliative or end-of-life work is actually named.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
29-2061.00
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Open in O*NETHealthcare Social Workers
21-1022.00
O*NET occupation is broader
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
social worker (2635.3)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/be6d7fd3-2e51-499f-a31d-8aa0bbd32f2a |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2635.3.20 |
| ISCO group | 2635 |
| Concept type | Occupation |