Recommendation to Overcome From Obstacles for SWOP

• To ensure sustainability of the SWOP.
• To ensure proper fund / donors for SWOP
• To ensure the residential nurses for the welfare of the patient.
• Establish hostel facilities for the patients more than one attendant.
• Increase health facilitator and ambulance services for the patient.
• Make health awareness among the patient.
• Ensure good relationships with renewed Medical specialists, experts, Hospitals, clinics and pathological / Diagnostic centers.

Problems of SWOP

Although SWOP provides all types of health facilities to the patient though it has some limitations.

  Limitation of SWOP resources:

SWOP has no own found. It is directed by the ADP fund and other donor agencies. As a result it can not provide services to family.

Contribution of SWOP in Medical Social Work of Bangladesh

Social Welfare Outreach Project (SWOP), is a special Health care project of World Vision Bangladesh. The project had started in 1985 and mostly served secondary and tertiary health services to the poor and oppressed sponsored, non-sponsored children and their families, and community members who came from different world vision project areas.

Problems and Prospects of Medical Social Work in SWOP

Medical social work is a sub discipline of social work. It provides a comprehensive service for human beings. It covers all the aspects of human life, like economic, social, health care, recreational and emotional settings. The development of social work profession was started from medical setting. With the increased understanding that illness can be caused or execrated by a variety of social or psychological factors. social work has gained a more central role in this field.

Strategies of SWOP in providing services

• We register the patients names with other information & case history in our record Books/files;
• „ Arrange accommodations in the SWOP Hostel as long as they need to stay for their diagnosis and Treatment purposes;
• „ The concerned Child Care Officers consult/liaise with appropriate Physicians/Hospitals/Clinics/Chambers and make appointment with them;

Administrative Structure of SWOP

Project Manager 1 person
Accounts Officer 1 person
Health Program Organizer 1 person
Child Care Officer 2 persons
Health Facilitator 2 persons

MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF SWOP

* Contact Doctors/Clinics/Hospitals for facilitating necessary Diagnosis/Investigations and Medical Treatments and follow up for referral patients coming from ADPs.
* Arrange short-term accommodation with appropriate diet/food and serve with other necessary services during their stay at SWOP Hostel.
* Arrange Pathological Investigations, Medicine support, appropriate diet/food and other necessary services for the patients who are under treatments in different clinics/ Hospitals.

Goal and Objectives of SWOP

Goal
To assist the ADPS and Special Projects of WVB to ensure curative Health Services by coordinating and implementing Secondary and Tertiary level of Treatments of the patients for improving the health status of the community of the respective ADPS/Projects

What is Social Welfare Outreach Project (SWOP)

Social Welfare Outreach Project (SWOP) is a special Health Care Project of World Vision Bangladesh. The Project started in 1985 and mostly served secondary and tertiary health services to the poor and oppressed Sponsored, Non-sponsored children and their families, and community members who come from different WV project areas. World Vision Hong Kong has been funding it since the inception of the Project.