Winn Army Community Hospital: Social Work Service

Social Work Service

Social Work Service (SWS) helps to provide professional social work services to all eligible beneficiaries. while promoting emotional, psychological, and social well-being of individuals and families. SWS maintains your confidentiality and follows the highest ethical standards.

Our vision is to advocate for the total well-being of Soldiers, families, and units so they can make a maximum contribution to mission accomplishment.

Our Treatment goals are to;

Focus on client’s presenting problems, conscious thinking processes, and motivations.
Accept an honest appraisal and responsibility for one’s behavior.
Recognize vulnerable feelings and expresses them in non-threatening ways.
Understand dysfunctional family patterns and cycles of ongoing arguments, abuse, or violence.
Gain insight into how childhood and developmental years affect current behavior.
Teach communication, coping, stress and anger management, and relaxation skills, concepts and techniques.

Outpatient Social Work Clinic

SWS provides outpatient clinical and psychiatric social work service to Soldiers, family members, and all eligible beneficiaries by identifying, treating, preventing, and resolving personal problems in collaboration with other members of the behavioral health team. Outpatient services include;

Individual therapy
Marital therapy
Grief therapy
Family therapy
Deployment & reunion therapy
Group therapy
Command consultation

Discharge Planning Services Clinic

SWS provides discharge planning service to help patients make timely and healthy adjustments from care within the hospital to alternative sources of care or to self-care at home when the need for inpatient services has passed. Discharge planning services include;

Coordination of alternate after care services and resources
Help patients and family members understand the nature of the medical problem and its impact and facilitates their adaptation.

Family Advocacy Program Clinic

SWS provides family advocacy program services for the needs of family members within the Fort Stewart community. SWS complies with all Federal Laws, State Statutes, and AR 608-18, The Family Advocacy Program (FAP). Family advocacy services include;

Marital therapy
Family therapy
Sexual assault/rape therapy
Pychoeducational group therapy
Command consultation

Additional Resources

SWS provides 24-hour emergency response to victims of sexual assault, spouse, child, and elderly abuse/neglect. In addition, they ensure that immediate safety and protection is provided for the victim(s).

SWS provides command consultation services on family matters, which may effect unit combat readiness.

SWS provides support groups and classes for Soldiers and their families, prior to deployment and reunion after deployment.

SWS has a Graduate Social Work Internship Program.

SWS collaborates with on-post and off-post community agencies in providing assistance to families when in need. When needed, referrals will be made for;