Psychosocial Care
A child is a growing individual and must continue to grow throughout the course of the illness. This is only possible if the disease becomes integrated into their life rather than creating a pause in it, always with their future in mind. Educating and supporting the child means fostering their full physical, psychological, social, and spiritual potential, nurturing creativity and self-confidence.
The Unit’s psychosocial care team, composed of psychology, music therapy, hospital classroom, volunteer services, and spiritual care, works toward these goals in a coordinated manner, placing the child and their family at the center of its daily work.
- Social Work
- Montepríncipe Hospital School
- Volunteer Services
- Spiritual Care
Social Work
Social Work focuses on supporting individuals in developing their abilities so they can address both personal and collective challenges. It promotes autonomy, adaptation, and personal development, and is centered on identifying services, benefits, and resources necessary for the individual or family receiving support.
From the Unit’s Social Work Department, intervention is directed toward both the patient and their socio-family environment, aiming to ensure social well-being during treatment and in the period that follows. Social intervention is carried out directly with the child, the family environment, the Unit’s interdisciplinary team, within the community setting, and in coordination with other relevant institutions and organizations.
This approach enables comprehensive and interdisciplinary care that considers the biopsychosocial and spiritual dimensions involved in all healthcare interventions.
Montepríncipe Hospital School
The Montepríncipe Hospital School aims to ensure that children undergoing treatment can continue their education as normally as possible.
Teachers across all educational stages (Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, and High School) work in direct coordination with each child’s home school, providing individualized follow-up and making necessary adaptations while maintaining academic standards. The objective is not only academic achievement but also the development of humanistic values that will shape the adults they will become.
On a daily basis, the Montepríncipe School operates like any other educational center: children and adolescents attend classes every day, whether hospitalized or not. To avoid disrupting their academic progress, teachers may provide instruction in the Unit’s rooms or even at the students’ homes when attendance is not possible.
The teaching team includes:
Dr. Marta Fierros, School Coordinator and Science and Technology teacher for Secondary and High School.
Dr. Sergio Yañez, Humanities and Social Sciences teacher for Secondary and High School and Director of the Cultural Space.
Ana Carnerero, Primary Education and English teacher.
Serafín Velasco, Early Childhood Education and Physical Education teacher.
Why Volunteer Services?
Our mission is to accompany the child and their family throughout the illness with empathy, attentive listening, and respect.
Volunteers of the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit at HM Montepríncipe University Hospital are part of a network of more than 30 committed individuals providing unconditional support to children and their families.
Volunteers offer attentive listening, creativity, the ability to engage through play, confidentiality, respect for privacy, sensitivity, and discretion in their interaction with families.
Spiritual Care
Over the years, we have learned that spiritual support for the child and family is essential from the moment of diagnosis and throughout the course of treatment. We do not treat diseases alone; we care for children and adolescents who, at a particular moment in their lives, face a serious illness. Families, schools, and the broader environment surrounding the child are also deeply affected.
From the time of diagnosis, the Unit encourages spiritual support for families, always respecting each family’s beliefs, preferences, and wishes regarding whether they wish to receive such support. Activities are adapted to the child or adolescent and are designed to care for their spiritual well-being as well.
Mr. Daniel Rojo accompanies us and provides his support on a voluntary basis.