Our Clinical Social Work
team is dedicated to providing caring patient
and family-focused social work services to meet
basic human needs, enable clients to reach their
optimal level of psychosocial functioning and
enhance our patients' well-being.
Services can be requested by a physician, any
member of the health care team, agencies serving
the patient prior to or after admission and directly
by the patient and family experiencing the need
for social work services. There is no charge for
these services.
Clinical Social Work Department
Akron General Medical Center
400 Wabash Avenue (2nd Floor)
Akron, OH 44319
330-344-6880
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Social Worker on Call:
Saturday - Sunday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Emergency Department
Monday - Sunday
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Assessment and counseling
For alcohol and drug abuse
Financial assessments
To help determine eligibility for community resources,
medication assistance programs, and entitlement
programs through Department of Human Services
Emergency shelter, food and
clothing
To help to meet the most basic human needs
Crisis intervention
Coordinate services for psychiatric emergencies,
traumas, victims of crime and violence
Geriatric and family assessments
To determine services available for special needs
Diagnosis-related counseling
For life-threatening illnesses or injuries such
as cancer, trauma, stroke, or HIV or chronic illness
Counseling for grief and
bereavement issues
Information and referral to financial resources
for burial funds
Maternal and infant assessment
and counseling services
Referral to support, education and prenatal care
programs, such as WIC, Healthy Start, and adoption
services
Assessments for child and
elder abuse or neglect
In addition to counseling and referrals
Legal issue assistance
Information and referral services involving Advance
Directives, adoption, guardianships, paternity
questions, and other legal or ethical issues
Interpreter Services
Coordination of services for non-English speaking
and hearing-impaired clients
Psychoeducation and support
group services
For caregivers, cancer and heart patients and
their families
Organ donation
Counseling and crisis intervention for
