Roles in Social Work
This role involves speaking up on behalf of vulnerable individuals or groups to influence decisions.
WHat is Advocacy?
This widely used therapy helps clients challenge unhelpful thoughts and develop healthier behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
“This principle emphasizes prioritizing the needs of others above self-interest and dedicating professional energy to helping vulnerable populations.”
“What is service?”
The Leading Mental Health Treatment Center in New Baltimore, Michigan since 2006.
Harbor Oaks Hospital.
This executive oversees daily hospital operations, ensuring departments run efficiently and safely.
Who is the COO of Harbor Oaks Hospital - Angela Miller
“Beginning at admission and focused on continuity of care, this process connects patients to outpatient supports, coordinates resources, and ensures a safe transition from the hospital.”
“What is discharge planning?”
This therapy focuses on grounding techniques and emotional regulation, often used for highly reactive clients.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
“Social workers advocate for fair treatment, challenge discrimination, and work to remove barriers that marginalize individuals and communities under this guiding value.”
“What is social justice?”
Harbor Oaks Hospital is to be the preferred provider of behavioral health services, in Southeastern Michigan and beyond, by providing care to each patient as if they were a member of our own family.
The Vision
Often the first to observe shifts in patient mood or behavior, this frontline staff member documents changes, maintains milieu safety, and assists with daily living support. This staff member provides direct patient support, monitors behaviors, and ensures safety on the unit.
Who is a Behavioral Health Associate (BHA)?
“Created through interdisciplinary collaboration, this document translates identified problems into measurable goals, outlining the strategies and services guiding a patient’s clinical journey.”
“What is treatment planning?”
This therapy type works with families to improve communication, boundaries, and problem-solving.
What is family therapy?
“This principle requires recognizing each individual’s inherent value, promoting self-determination, and treating clients with respect regardless of circumstances.”
“What is the dignity and worth of the person?”
This type of meeting involves social workers, nurses, therapists, and doctors collaborating on patient progress.
What are interdisciplinary treatment team meetings (IDT)?
Responsible for diagnostic formulation and medical oversight, this discipline manages psychotropic treatment and evaluates patients’ clinical progress throughout hospitalization.
What is Psychiatry?
“This foundational social work role involves connecting clients to needed services and resources. Beginning with assessment and ending with outcome evaluation, this multi-step method guides coordination of services, monitors progress, and ensures clients receive the most appropriate continuum of care.”
What is case management?
“Designed to reduce ambivalence, this collaborative, person-centered approach draws out a client’s own reasons for change using techniques like reflective listening and eliciting ‘change talk.’”
“What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?”
“This standard stresses that connections and interactions among people are fundamental to change, growth, and effective social work practice.”
“What is the importance of human relationships?”
Our Mission
This leader oversees clinical staff and clinical services, ensures quality patient care, manages treatment programs and Ensure High Quality of Patient Care at Harbor Oaks Hospital.
Who is the Clinical Director - Christina Colbert.
“This foundational phase of care gathers biopsychosocial information to identify needs, risks, strengths, and barriers, shaping the direction of all future interventions.”
“What is the assessment?”
“This trauma-focused method uses bilateral stimulation while revisiting distressing memories, helping the brain reprocess information and reduce emotional reactivity.”
“What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)?”
“Social workers continually develop knowledge, skills, and judgment to provide high-quality services under this ethical expectation.”
“What is competence?”
Our Values
Specializing in the psychosocial components of care, this professional coordinates community resources, facilitates therapeutic interventions, and crafts individualized discharge plans.
Who is the Social Worker?