Social Worker MSW

As a member of the healthcare team, the Social Worker provides direct patient care through the provision of psycho-social screening and assessments; individual and family counseling and treatment; crisis intervention; bereavement counseling; liaison and referral to the community agencies; advocacy and discharge planning.

• Current Certificate of Registration with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers as a Social Worker
• Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work.
• Knowledge of the Healthcare Consent Act, Substitute Decisions Act, Child and Services Act
• Clinical SW experience preferred
• Oncology and counselling experience preferred
• Excellent knowledge of community support and placement services
• Excellent crisis intervention skills
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in end of life issues
• Awareness and counselling experience with quality of life issues related to treatment, side effect and chronic nature of disease
• Excellent knowledge of community support and placement services
• Proven ability to organize and prioritize patient caseload across several programs
• Proven ability to work as a member of interdisciplinary healthcare teams
• Proven ability to organize and prioritize patient caseload across several programs
• Excellent communication skills
• Hospital-based clinical experience in a variety of patient care areas preferred