Social work (Late Complications e-learning #6)

This resource has been developed by PICS, Victoria’s Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service. 

As part of our professional development and education resources for health professionals, PICS has developed a series of e-learning videos on survivorship, late complications, and long-term follow-up care for children and adolescents following treatment for cancer.

This is the sixth video in the series, Late complications – Social work.

It describes the role of social work in psychosocial assessment, education, and support for young people affected by cancer and their family members. Topics covered include:

• survivorship considerations
• feelings of patients
• impact on parents
• implications for parent–child relationships
• impact on siblings
• family system
• self-image
• friendships
• supports and linkages
• navigating a ‘new normal’.

Explore the Late Complications series here.