Enloe Cancer Center

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Program Information

What do Social Workers at the Enloe Cancer Center do?

  • Assist patients and families with the emotional, social, and physical impact of cancer and those coping with advance illness
  • Provide guidance and support to help improve communication with family and friends
  • Support with the emotional impact of diagnosis and medical treatment
  • Offer practical assistance including information related to accessing basic needs such as food and housing and/or community resources that may enhance life
  • Engage with planning for the future, completing Advanced Directives, and education on advanced care planning
  • Collaborate with medical team in order to provide education and consultative services with barriers to care 
  • Assist staff by providing guidance, support, and debriefing needs                     
Health & Safety

Interns are offered PPE as appropriate for any isolation precautions that are necessary.
Additional requirements and/or considerations
  • Computer Literacy
  • Must be 18 or older
  • Pre-Placement Training
  • TB Test
  • Vaccinations
Address 
1531 Esplanade
Chico, CA 95926
United States
Website:
https://www.enloe.org/care-treatment/cancer-care/
Program(s) 
Social Work
Organization type 
Focus Population(s)
Focus Area(s)
Hours of operation 

A student that interns at the Cancer Center could expect to have a shift that begins at 8 AM and ends at 4:30 PM with possibly some variation in hours, two days a week for 16 hours in total.

Minimum required hours 
16
Maximum students 
1