On April 25, the first "Boai Social Work Service Station" built with the assistance of the "Red Button Medical Social Work Program" of the Red Cross Foundation of China was officially inaugurated in the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University. Liu Aihe, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Bai Xiaowei, Director of the Social Affairs Center of the Public Welfare Times, Du Bolun, Senior Director of the Life Education Project Office of the Red Cross Foundation of China, and relevant persons in charge of the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University and representatives of medical staff of clinical departments attended the unveiling event.
▲The first "Boai Social Work Service Station" was officially unveiled and opened in the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University
With the support of the Growth Angel Fund of the Red Cross Foundation of China, the Social Work Development Foundation of China Society, and the Public Welfare Times Social Welfare Service, after the opening of the "Bo'ai Social Work Service Station", the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University will send medical social workers to organize and carry out patient care and other related work in the hospital for a long time, so that patients can feel more warmth and humanistic care in the process of medical treatment, and let high-quality medical services benefit more patients in need.
▲Medical social workers of the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University serve patients
The leaders and guests who participated in the event had a discussion with social workers and volunteer representatives to understand the needs of medical social workers and further optimize the work of medical social workers in the hospital.
Launched by the Red Cross Foundation of China, the China Federation of Social Workers, and the Public Welfare Times in January 2024, the "Red Button Medical Social Work Program" is a concrete practice to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's exposition on grassroots governance and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and to adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era. The project promotes the better implementation of the "two-work" cooperation mechanism of "social workers leading volunteers to carry out services, and volunteers assisting social workers to improve services" by aiding the construction of "fraternity social work service stations" and training medical social work professionals, so that humanitarian assistance and humanitarian services can reach more people in need, help the development of the field of medical social work in mainland China, and contribute to the modernization of the social governance system and governance capacity.
In the next three years, the "Red Button Medical Social Worker Project" will help build 100 "Fraternity Social Worker Service Stations" in 100 hospitals, provide capacity building training for 1,000 medical social workers, support the dispatch or appointment of medical social workers to 300 hospitals to carry out humanitarian services in hospitals, and carry out public welfare activities such as "Looking for the Most Beautiful Medical Social Workers".
Source: Red Cross Foundation of China