The role of social work is fundamental because of its ability to consider the patient within a social and family context and its capacity to create a network that facilitates coordinated intervention at different levels (individual, social, family, and community). What do social workers do?

• They intervene in the entire family context
• They detect family factors that may be influencing things.
• They manage underlying family conflicts
• They promote beneficial family dynamics
• They inform and guide us on the available resources
• They attend to the person at different times during their treatment
• They coordinate and connect each family with community services.