Voices from the Field: Medical Social Work

This program spotlights social workers from different concentration areas. It will be a one-hour virtual workshop for students not limited to those majoring in social work, alumni, and community partners. Speakers will discuss how they selected social work as their profession, their career journey, where they currently work, the roles and responsibilities they hold/have held, and advice they have for future and current social workers.

Panelists:

Nichole Cooper, LSW has been in the field of Social Work since 2007 when she started her Bachelor’s Program. She has worked in homeless shelters, and after-school programs, for The Department of Child Services, Child Advocates, and several hospitals. She went into medical social work due to personal experiences and currently works as a medical social work case manager for Hendricks Regional Health where she is completing supervision hours toward her LCSW. 

Kayleen Jones,  LSW. has over 14 years of experience as a medical social worker in the emergency department, pediatric intensive care unit, med surge, and outpatient clinics, as well as intellectual/developmental disabilities services. Kayleen is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with cystic fibrosis and their families.

Kayleen graduated with her MSW from Indiana University School of Social Work and is currently a Medical Social Worker at Riley Hospital for Children’s cystic fibrosis clinic. She attends the national annual cystic fibrosis conference and has had her research projects accepted and displayed four times. She also understands the patient and family side of the medical field as she takes care of her daughter, who has a chronic illness. Her interests include crafting, cruises with her husband and two daughters, and being a dance mom.

Diane Monceski, MSW, LCSW, very recently retired after almost 19 years as a medical social worker with IU Health. Her experience includes working on inpatient units, and outpatient oncology clinics, facilitating support groups and being involved with research projects on fear of cancer recurrence and cancer-related fatigue. After taking time off to be with family and to travel, she plans to continue working with people affected by cancer, on a volunteer basis. Diane has been active with the IUSSWAA since graduating in 2003.