Join Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown and Leslie Duket, MSW, LCSW as they discus the role of an Oncology Social Worker and how this role supports a cancer patient during their treatment. Learn how an Oncology Social Worker's role is multi-faceted and can help you navigate all that accompanies a cancer diagnosis and the healthcare system. What should cancer patients know about the role of a social worker and how the social worker can support the patient before, during and after cancer treatments.
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Leslie Duket, LCSW, OSW-C. Her career at Sutter began in 1996 as a second year MSW intern at Sutter Hospice, Sacramento. After completing my Master’s in Social Work. She became a per diem social worker for both Sutter Hospice and the Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Social Work department. Leslie provided support and guidance to patients and family members surrounding end of life issues, as well as helped facilitate Bereavement support groups. In 2004, she stepped into the role of out-patient counselor at Sutter Cancer Center, She provides counseling services to patients and their families. In this role, she has facilitated both a Cancer Caregiver support group and a Cancer Patient support group. As well as partnering with the Art Therapy program to provide a Parent support group for the parents of children that attend the Children’s Art Therapy support.
Leslie has had the privilege of supervising Social Work interns and serving as the California representative for the Association of Oncology Social Work. In 2017, after years of being inspired by Sutter Medical Center’s facility dog program in the Child Life department, Leslie wrote a proposal to extend the facility dog program to the Sutter Cancer Center. When the proposal was approved, She completed the training process with Canine Companions for Independence and in September of 2019, welcomed Facility dog, Juvy into her practice.
She is excited about this new prospect of serving patients and their loved ones at the Sutter Roseville Cancer Center. In my spare time, I enjoy trail running, hiking and biking, as well as teaching Juvy new commands.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wellness-within/message
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