![⬆️ Photo 1: Althea Sumabat, MSW student, Year 2 (Mental Health and Health) and Valerie Soper and Sally Elders, Registered Social Workers, Emergency Department Social Work⬆️ Photo 2: Althea Sumabat, MSW student, Year 2 (Mental Health and Health) and Monica Cassin and Megan Lawlor, Registered Social Workers, Tory Trauma Program ️ “As a 2nd year MSW student, under the supervision of my preceptors, Valerie Soper, Sally Elders, Monica Cassin, and Megan Lawlor, my experience in the Emergency Department (ED) and Trauma Unit rotation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has strengthened my ethical reasoning, refined my clinical judgement, and enhanced my resilience in supporting vulnerable populations presenting in acute care settings.”“In my ED rotation, I commonly supported patients presenting with injuries related to gender-based violence (GBV), child protection concerns, coercion and trafficking, social isolation, substance use complications, and housing vulnerabilities. Guided by Val and Sally, I developed my confidence in comprehensive and timely psychosocial assessment, prioritizing client safety, autonomy, dignity, and confidentiality, while also fulfilling legal and ethical obligations like mandatory reporting. With a focus on respectful, non-judgemental client-centered care and culturally responsive engagement, I developed strength in crisis stabilization, safety planning, and system navigation for continuity of care.”“In my Trauma rotation, I support patients recovering from motor vehicle accidents, violent assaults and life-threatening injuries. With Monica and Megan, I have deepened my competencies in clinical intervention and therapeutic intervention, focusing on psychoeducation about trauma responses, awareness of possible recovery pathways, interdisciplinary collaboration, brief therapeutic interventions, supporting informed decision making, as well as family mediation during acute stress.”“Overall, I am grateful to my preceptors and Sunnybrook for the opportunity to grow within an environment that actively upholds ethical integrity and reflective practice, consistent with the OCSWSSW Standards of Practice.”— Althea Sumabat]()
⬆️ Photo 1: Althea Sumabat, MSW student, Year 2 (Mental Health and Health) and Valerie Soper and Sally Elders, Registered Social Workers, Emergency Department Social Work
⬆️ Photo 2: Althea Sumabat, MSW student, Year 2 (Mental Health and Health) and Monica Cassin and Megan Lawlor, Registered Social Workers, Tory Trauma Program
☀️ “As a 2nd year MSW student, under the supervision of my preceptors, Valerie Soper, Sally Elders, Monica Cassin, and Megan Lawlor, my experience in the Emergency Department (ED) and Trauma Unit rotation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has strengthened my ethical reasoning, refined my clinical judgement, and enhanced my resilience in supporting vulnerable populations presenting in acute care settings.”
“In my ED rotation, I commonly supported patients presenting with injuries related to gender-based violence (GBV), child protection concerns, coercion and trafficking, social isolation, substance use complications, and housing vulnerabilities. Guided by Val and Sally, I developed my confidence in comprehensive and timely psychosocial assessment, prioritizing client safety, autonomy, dignity, and confidentiality, while also fulfilling legal and ethical obligations like mandatory reporting. With a focus on respectful, non-judgemental client-centered care and culturally responsive engagement, I developed strength in crisis stabilization, safety planning, and system navigation for continuity of care.”
“In my Trauma rotation, I support patients recovering from motor vehicle accidents, violent assaults and life-threatening injuries. With Monica and Megan, I have deepened my competencies in clinical intervention and therapeutic intervention, focusing on psychoeducation about trauma responses, awareness of possible recovery pathways, interdisciplinary collaboration, brief therapeutic interventions, supporting informed decision making, as well as family mediation during acute stress.”
“Overall, I am grateful to my preceptors and Sunnybrook for the opportunity to grow within an environment that actively upholds ethical integrity and reflective practice, consistent with the OCSWSSW Standards of Practice.”
— Althea Sumabat
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