helpful. It will help to improve the accuracy of case notes recorded.
Personally, for new social workers, I would put in place templates2 so that there
will be a framework which would help to assist them during their work.
In a busy outpatient setting, if you see cases back to back, you might not have the
time to finish documenting and would usually stay back late to do these
recordings. I believe time management is very important. Risk can be very severe
and it can sometimes harm the reputation of the organisation or be damaging to
the patients.
I think the pace of work should also be carefully monitored so that social workers
are not bombarded with a lot of cases. Increasingly, many institutions are going
paperless and MSWs can access and complete their case recordings at home
these days.
Sherri L.