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Show Gwen Squires joins hospital staff on social services team Gwen Squires, MSW, is a new social worker at American Fork Hospital. AlS a member of the hospital's social services team, she will assist all hospital patients who need support or counseling during their hospital stay, and will work extensively exten-sively with patients on the behavioral behav-ioral health unit. In addition, Squires will be available to speik to community groups free of charge on a variety of mental health topics including stress management and depression, depres-sion, through the hospital's speaker's bureau program. "We are pleased to have a social worker with such outstanding credentials cre-dentials on our staff,"' says AFH Administrator Craig Smedley. "Gwen will be a great asset for this hospital and the patients we serve." Squires recently completed her m aster's degree in social work from Brigham Young University, where she was honored with the Joseph Simmons award at her graduation--she was selected by her classmates class-mates as the outstanding student in her college. A Highland resident, Squires has been familiar with this community's people and the hospital hospi-tal for many years. "I completed a social-work internship at American Ameri-can Fork Hospital and I love it here," says Squires. "I am excited to be part of a hospital staff that focuses fo-cuses on personal care and attention." atten-tion." Squires was born and raised in the ProvoOrem area. She earned her bachelor's degree in sociology from Brigham Young University, and then worked for six years in Utah and Nevada as a social worker for the welfare department. During the last decade, Squires hashad extensive social work experience expe-rience in her private life, as well as her professional life. Her family cares for five mentally handicapped handi-capped adults (ages 29 to 42) on a full-time basis in their Highland home. "When these special people first came to our home, they had very low self esteem and were not functioning func-tioning well," says Squires. "They Gwen Squires have since progressed immensely, are fairly independent, and work within the community. They also have personal jobs at home which give them a great sense of fulfill- 1 ment and pride." Squires and her husband, Ray, are the parents of 10 children. |
