Each patient is assigned a social worker who is dedicated to making each patient's stay at HPH count. Under the direction  of Kay Seymour, Social Work Director, the department serves as an unlimited resource to patients, multi-tasking all facets of care providing the individual care each patient needs. The goal of making it count doesn't stop with the end of the patient's hospital stay, but coordinating efforts to provide a
smooth transition when
they leave the hospital as well.
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What ever you do,
make it count!
Kay Seymour holds a Master's degree from the University of South Carolina College of Social Work and an undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina.
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Her entire career in the social work professionhas been spent in the state agency setting. She was previously employed with the Department of Social Services, and for the past three and one-half years has been employed with the Department of Mental Health as Director of Social Work at HPH. Director Seymour provides leadership to a staff of 15 social work employees. Ms. Seymour has been a visionary for the Social Work Department at HPH ensuring a high quality of social work services is provided for the patient served.
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Field Replacement for
Master of Social Work Students
Field placement is a part of the Master of Social Work (MSW) student's formal educational requirement. Harris Hospital offers a MSW student the opportunity to train in an inpatient psychiatric setting in collaboration with clinical social workers and other members of a multidisciplinary team. The MSW student receives close supervision from an experienced social worker and has to integrate, utilize, and apply classroom concepts and theory into practical experiences. Social work values and ethics are emphasized while working with a diverse and vulnerable population. The MSW student undertakes psychosocial assessments, financial applications, individual, family, and group counseling, and discharge planning, including arrangement of placement and follow-up after care appointments. |
