Social Worker (MSW), Mental Health & Substance Use Services, Timber Creek

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $44.85 - $56.02 / hour Job Summary

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Detailed Overview

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive therapeutic clinical counselling services to clients and their families, community supports, and interdisciplinary treatment teams to coordinate services, manage cases, and facilitate meetings.
• Maintains an active role in planning for care during the hospital stay, and facilitating optimal discharge planning by interviewing the client and/or family to assess and determine a care plan and type of service required, as a member of an integrated, interdisciplinary team.
• Articulates analysis and decision to members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Conducts comprehensive social work and psychosocial assessments of clients, and families by interviewing the client and/or family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the client and/or family and interpreting the data using a variety of modalities, in accordance with professional standards and clinical policies and practices.
• Educates and provides consultation and support to clients, families, and healthcare professionals on issues related to high risk factors, recovery and current community practice in the field of mental health, child protection, adaptation to illness and disability, protection of vulnerable adults, chemical dependency, community living and support services.
• Maintains client records by documenting client assessments, charting client information, preparing progress notes and reports in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures to meet regulatory requirements and documenting for future reference.
• Arranges meetings to develop and coordinate care plans and community services for clients requiring facility placement and/or community support and collaborates with hospital and community services from a social work perspective to determine appropriate levels of care and the effective utilizations of client resources.
• Communicates/collaborates with mental health and related community service agencies and family physicians by collaborating in the assessment and management of individuals at risk, making referrals to appropriate resources when follow up is required and exchanging relevant information.
• Accompanies and transports clients to pre-placement visits at residential facilities as required.
• Acts as resource to clients and their families by providing information for clients and families regarding community, resources and access to these resources, suggesting contacts to facilitate optimal planning, arranging referrals, and facilitating the development of community resources to strengthen families.
• Participates as a member of the mental health program and local committees and planning bodies by engaging in program/practice evaluation, identifying opportunities for change, assessing available resources, initiating solutions, analyzing outcomes and identifying areas for improved efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery to enhance client care services and reduce service gaps in the community.

Qualifications: Education and Experience

Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited school of Social Work. Two (2) years' recent, related experience in a mental health treatment setting or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers. Valid Class 5 BC driver's license with access to personal vehicle for business purposes.

Skills and Abilities

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of emotional issues related to mental illness and addictions and client and family cultural dynamics.
• Comprehensive clinical counselling skills including crisis counselling, brief therapeutic interventions and group work applicable to clients and families.
• Knowledge of legislation applicable to social work in mental health programs, and ability to apply the principles within relevant Mental Health Acts including the Adult Guardianship Act.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize workload in a complex environment.
• Ability to educate and provide consultation to clients, families and healthcare professionals.
• Ability to provide leadership to the interdisciplinary team in care planning for the effective utilization of client resources.
• Ability to make effective referrals, reflecting in-depth knowledge of community resources and strong collaborative skills in working with community health and social agency personnel.
• Ability to work effectively with others, including working effectively in a multicultural environment, independently, and as part of an integrated interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with clients, families and staff and community agency personnel.
• Ability to develop, coordinate and deliver in-services, presentations, psychoeducational and support groups.
• Ability to initiate, develop and carry out research activities.
• 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.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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