Social Worker, MSW, BCMHSUS
PHSA
Social Worker, MSW, BCMHSUS AgencyPHSA Labor AgreementHealth Science Professionals Posting #177832-2428087 GradeP1 DepartmentDT-General Social Work UnionHEABC Paramedical - H.S.A. Work Site2745 Lougheed Hwy, Coquitlam StatusTemporary Position DurationUntil return of incumbent Salary Range$42.27 - $52.81 / Hour Position StatusFull-time FTE1.00 Hours of Work0800-1600 Work DaysMon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Days OffSat, Sun, Stat Position Start Date10-Feb-2025 Position End Date03-Aug-2026 Applications Accepted Until 10AM17-Jan-2025 Job Summary
Job Summary:
In accordance with the Purpose, Vision, Values and Coast Salish Teachings, and strategic direction of PHSA, safety, including both patient and employee safety, is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA. As such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.
The Social Worker reports operationally to the Clinical Services Manager and for discipline/practice general supervision reports to the Professional Practice Leader, Social Work. The Social Worker works collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team and within a trauma-informed, recovery oriented, culturally safe model of care, and is responsible for providing advanced clinical and consultative social work services to the defined client populations with complex concurrent disorders and their families and focusing on how the client’s relationships are affected by their environment. Duties include conducting mental health, social and psychosocial assessments and substance use assessments as required; providing individual, family and group counselling services, maintaining client records, and attending interdisciplinary clinical/case conferences. The Social Worker facilitates care throughout the continuum by such methods as identifying applicable community resources for clients, liaising with community services, coordinating resources, consulting with teams, collaborating with community agencies, and participating in education, program planning and research.
Duties/Accountabilities:
1. Conducts comprehensive concurrent disorder, mental health and psycho-social and family assessments and substance use assessments as necessary by methods such as interviewing the client and/or family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the client’s family, environment, living situation, and financial status, and interpreting the data to therapeutically impact the client's and family's coping abilities. Formulates assessment and plan of intervention and intervenes in cases of complex social-emotional or family issues.
2. Provides clinical intervention in the context of evidence-based care to clients and their families through individual, family, and group therapy. Provides individual, family and group counselling services by exploring emotional responses to illness/injury, identified problems, personal concerns and treatment objectives in order to facilitate change in coping style, behaviour, attitude, feelings and adaptive responses to an adverse life event. Refers to community services for follow-up as necessary.
3. Collaborates with designated care management personnel to facilitate the management of cases with complex discharge needs. Receives referrals from care management personnel and other members of the interdisciplinary team to assist patients/families with complex emotional or social presentations, as well as facilitate care through the continuum.
4. Establishes and maintains effective collaborative and constructive liaison relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, including clients and families and others, such as community providers, MCFD social worker, schools, hospitals, and other agencies in order to coordinate services across the continuum of health care.
5. Supports clients and their families by providing education, short-term counselling and crisis interventions during adjustments to the assigned health care setting, new diagnosis of health, concurrent disorder, mental health and/or substance use issues, child welfare and custody proceedings and change or loss in health functioning.
6. Attends and/or leads clinical/case conferences as a member of an interdisciplinary team for client reviews, admissions, and discharges as per program requirements by methods such as providing input from a social work perspective on a variety of care issues related to the client, and to ensure proper and effective treatment of the client.
7. Provides consultative and direct services to clients, families, staff and community health professionals regarding issues such as adult guardianship, child welfare, advanced directives, domestic violence, abuse or neglect, immigration, housing, financial concerns, or matters concerning government agencies (public trustee) and authorities (courts, police). Advocates for the client and family for resources within the healthcare setting and the community by determining financial and other material needs through assessment and working in coordination with community resources to meet these needs.
8. Prepares and maintains client records by methods such as documenting client assessments, interventions, evaluations, modifications and client goals, charting client information, preparing progress notes and reports in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures, to meet regulatory requirements, and provide evidence and rationale that support findings and intervention plan.
9. Participates in program/practice planning, development and evaluation as part of an interdisciplinary team within their defined program, the BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, and the continuum of health care by methods such as identifying opportunities for change, assessing available resources, analyzing outcomes, and identifying areas for improved efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery to enhance client service and reduce gaps in services in the community. Identifies, promotes and participates in program strategies to enhance system processes and resources for clients and their families.
10. Maintains broad knowledge of developments in the Social Work profession and sets measurable goals and objectives within a team or individual environment, by methods such as reviewing literature in specialty areas, consulting with clinical and community experts within the field, evaluating clinical practice, participating in professional development activities, and developing a plan in collaboration with the Clinical Services Manager, Professional Practice Leader Social Work, and as appropriate, the Director of Professional Practice for professional development; reviews progress to ensure that goals are achieved within established time frames.
11. Maintains a variety of records such as workload statistics by methods such as recording information into approved formats, collating data, analyzing trends, accounting for variances, and recommending an action plan to the Clinical Services Manager and Professional Practice Leader, Social Work.
12. Participates in practice and program sponsored interdisciplinary research by methods such as conducting literature searches, administering surveys and collecting and collating research data for further analysis. Ensures that clinical practices and protocols are consistent with current research findings.
13. Attends and/or leads meetings, in-services, and corporate initiatives by methods such as presenting relevant materials/topics to remain informed of departmental/practice activities and to contribute to hospital initiatives.
14. Provides orientation to new employees and social work staff by explaining the scope of practice within the program.
15. Provides preceptorship/supervision to social work students as assigned, by performing duties such as demonstrating and explaining procedures and processes and providing input and guidance regarding progress. Provides Students with the opportunity to observe and take an active role in the treatment of social work clients.
16. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education, Training and Experience
• Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work.
• Minimum one (1) year recent, related experience working in a health care setting with the designated population group in the applicable program area/setting, such as individuals with complex concurrent psychiatric disorder
Job Summary:
In accordance with the Purpose, Vision, Values and Coast Salish Teachings, and strategic direction of PHSA, safety, including both patient and employee safety, is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA. As such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.
The Social Worker reports operationally to the Clinical Services Manager and for discipline/practice general supervision reports to the Professional Practice Leader, Social Work. The Social Worker works collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team and within a trauma-informed, recovery oriented, culturally safe model of care, and is responsible for providing advanced clinical and consultative social work services to the defined client populations with complex concurrent disorders and their families and focusing on how the client’s relationships are affected by their environment. Duties include conducting mental health, social and psychosocial assessments and substance use assessments as required; providing individual, family and group counselling services, maintaining client records, and attending interdisciplinary clinical/case conferences. The Social Worker facilitates care throughout the continuum by such methods as identifying applicable community resources for clients, liaising with community services, coordinating resources, consulting with teams, collaborating with community agencies, and participating in education, program planning and research.
Duties/Accountabilities:
1. Conducts comprehensive concurrent disorder, mental health and psycho-social and family assessments and substance use assessments as necessary by methods such as interviewing the client and/or family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the client’s family, environment, living situation, and financial status, and interpreting the data to therapeutically impact the client's and family's coping abilities. Formulates assessment and plan of intervention and intervenes in cases of complex social-emotional or family issues.
2. Provides clinical intervention in the context of evidence-based care to clients and their families through individual, family, and group therapy. Provides individual, family and group counselling services by exploring emotional responses to illness/injury, identified problems, personal concerns and treatment objectives in order to facilitate change in coping style, behaviour, attitude, feelings and adaptive responses to an adverse life event. Refers to community services for follow-up as necessary.
3. Collaborates with designated care management personnel to facilitate the management of cases with complex discharge needs. Receives referrals from care management personnel and other members of the interdisciplinary team to assist patients/families with complex emotional or social presentations, as well as facilitate care through the continuum.
4. Establishes and maintains effective collaborative and constructive liaison relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, including clients and families and others, such as community providers, MCFD social worker, schools, hospitals, and other agencies in order to coordinate services across the continuum of health care.
5. Supports clients and their families by providing education, short-term counselling and crisis interventions during adjustments to the assigned health care setting, new diagnosis of health, concurrent disorder, mental health and/or substance use issues, child welfare and custody proceedings and change or loss in health functioning.
6. Attends and/or leads clinical/case conferences as a member of an interdisciplinary team for client reviews, admissions, and discharges as per program requirements by methods such as providing input from a social work perspective on a variety of care issues related to the client, and to ensure proper and effective treatment of the client.
7. Provides consultative and direct services to clients, families, staff and community health professionals regarding issues such as adult guardianship, child welfare, advanced directives, domestic violence, abuse or neglect, immigration, housing, financial concerns, or matters concerning government agencies (public trustee) and authorities (courts, police). Advocates for the client and family for resources within the healthcare setting and the community by determining financial and other material needs through assessment and working in coordination with community resources to meet these needs.
8. Prepares and maintains client records by methods such as documenting client assessments, interventions, evaluations, modifications and client goals, charting client information, preparing progress notes and reports in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures, to meet regulatory requirements, and provide evidence and rationale that support findings and intervention plan.
9. Participates in program/practice planning, development and evaluation as part of an interdisciplinary team within their defined program, the BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, and the continuum of health care by methods such as identifying opportunities for change, assessing available resources, analyzing outcomes, and identifying areas for improved efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery to enhance client service and reduce gaps in services in the community. Identifies, promotes and participates in program strategies to enhance system processes and resources for clients and their families.
10. Maintains broad knowledge of developments in the Social Work profession and sets measurable goals and objectives within a team or individual environment, by methods such as reviewing literature in specialty areas, consulting with clinical and community experts within the field, evaluating clinical practice, participating in professional development activities, and developing a plan in collaboration with the Clinical Services Manager, Professional Practice Leader Social Work, and as appropriate, the Director of Professional Practice for professional development; reviews progress to ensure that goals are achieved within established time frames.
11. Maintains a variety of records such as workload statistics by methods such as recording information into approved formats, collating data, analyzing trends, accounting for variances, and recommending an action plan to the Clinical Services Manager and Professional Practice Leader, Social Work.
12. Participates in practice and program sponsored interdisciplinary research by methods such as conducting literature searches, administering surveys and collecting and collating research data for further analysis. Ensures that clinical practices and protocols are consistent with current research findings.
13. Attends and/or leads meetings, in-services, and corporate initiatives by methods such as presenting relevant materials/topics to remain informed of departmental/practice activities and to contribute to hospital initiatives.
14. Provides orientation to new employees and social work staff by explaining the scope of practice within the program.
15. Provides preceptorship/supervision to social work students as assigned, by performing duties such as demonstrating and explaining procedures and processes and providing input and guidance regarding progress. Provides Students with the opportunity to observe and take an active role in the treatment of social work clients.
16. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education, Training and Experience
• Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work.
• Minimum one (1) year recent, related experience working in a health care setting with the designated population group in the applicable program area/setting, such as individuals with complex concurrent psychiatric disorder
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