Social Worker
About The Position
This position is responsible for providing advanced clinical and consultative social work services to clients and families focusing on how the client’s relationships are affected by their environment. Duties include conducting social and psychosocial assessments, providing individual, family and group counselling services, maintaining client records, attending interdisciplinary clinical/case conferences, identifying applicable community resources for clients and facilitating care throughout the continuum. The Short-Term Assessment and Treatment (STAT) Centre is a community bed-based program, providing specialized assessment and treatment to older adults (generally aged 65 years and older), with physical and/or mental health concerns that co-exist with a combination of age-related psychological, cognitive, functional, and social needs. STAT Centre clients are provided with comprehensive geriatric and psychiatric assessments as well as coordinated diagnostic and consultative services, treatment for illness, strategies for coping with disabilities, optimization of physical, functional, social and nutritional status with the goal of returning home, recreation and activity programming for social engagement, and collaboration with community, mental health, and home health teams to facilitate a seamless transition of care.
Requirements
- Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers (BCCSW).
- Master of Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work and one (1) year post Bachelor of Social Work experience in a health care setting.
- Broad knowledge of systems thinking as it related to social work process.
- Broad knowledge of other health disciplines and their role in healthcare.
- Broad knowledge of research methodology.
- Broad knowledge of counselling skills and clinical practice models.
- Broad knowledge of family, group and change therapy.
- Broad knowledge of legislation and government policies and procedures that relate to the client.
- Demonstrated ability to apply systems theory to practice in Social Work assessment and intervention.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct social and psychosocial assessments.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and influence group and inter-group processes, decision-making and problem solving.
- Demonstrated ability to establish rapport with clients and families in order to explore issues that are beyond the initial presented concerns.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with clients, families, team members, other groups and community agency personnel.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events.
- Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with conflict situations.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
- Skilled in the use of equipment, and in the techniques appropriate for treatment.
- Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
Nice To Haves
- Applicants with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from an accredited School of Social Work, and a demonstrated equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered. If you are applying under equivalency, please clearly outline in your application how your knowledge, education, skills and experience meet Master of Social Work (MSW) equivalency.
Responsibilities
- Conducting social and psychosocial assessments
- Providing individual, family and group counselling services
- Maintaining client records
- Attending interdisciplinary clinical/case conferences
- Identifying applicable community resources for clients
- Facilitating care throughout the continuum
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
- Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
- Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
- Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
- Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
