Pediatric Medical Social Work (MSW)

Pediatric Care

Pediatric Medical
Social Work (MSW)

Practical guidance and family support for the social, emotional, and financial challenges surrounding a child’s care.

What We Do

Pediatric medical social workers help families address barriers that affect the child's health and ability to receive care at home. Support may include counseling, resource navigation, advocacy, caregiver support, and coordination across healthcare, education, and community systems.

Who This Service Is For

We support pediatric patients with a wide range of diagnoses, functional needs, and medical complexities. Common populations may include:

Families adjusting to a new or complex diagnosis

Children whose care is affected by housing, transportation, school, or insurance barriers

Caregivers experiencing stress, financial pressure, or difficulty accessing resources

Young adults preparing to transition into adult healthcare and community services

Areas of Focus

Psychosocial assessment and caregiver-stress support
Adjustment to diagnosis, grief support, and short-term counseling
Medicaid, waiver, financial-assistance, and community-resource navigation
Transportation, housing, food, and other social-needs referrals
School services, IEP/504 resources, and care-team advocacy
Hospital-to-home and pediatric-to-adult transition planning

Specialized Care May Include

Care is individualized according to each patient’s needs, provider orders, plan of care, authorization, and service availability. Support may include, but is not limited to:

Family Support and Resource Navigation

Personalized guidance that helps families understand and connect with available supports.

Benefits and waiver-resource navigation
Caregiver counseling and support groups
Transportation, food, housing, and financial referrals
Coordination with community organizations

Education and Transition
Support

Coordination across home, school, healthcare, and adult-service systems.

School resource and accommodation guidance
Care conferences and family advocacy
Hospital-to-home transition planning
Transition to adult providers and services

Not sure if this is right for you?

Our medical social work team can help identify barriers and connect your family with appropriate resources.

Refer A Patient To Our Care

Healthcare providers can submit referrals easily. Parents can also request appointments for their children.

Refer A Patient

We Accept Insurance Plans

We work with most major insurance providers to make quality
pediatric care accessible to all families.

Where we serve?

Two local offices supporting patients and families across 11 Florida counties and expanding.

LEGEND

Northeast Florida • Region 4

7 Countries
Served

COUNTY COVERAGE

Baker • Clay • Duval • Flagler • Nassau • St. Johns • Volusia

Central Florida • Region 7

4 Countries
Served

COUNTY COVERAGE

Orange • Seminole • Osceola • Brevard

Services offered

Skilled Nursing

Physical Therapy

Occupational Therapy

Speech-Language Therapy

Respiratory Therapy

Medical Social Work

Home-Health Aide

Coverage depends on the service you need.
Contact us to see if our services are available in your area.