Social Worker II
Your Opportunity:
An integral member of the Awasisak Indigenous Health team and reporting to the Awasisak Team Lead, and the Social Work Program manager the SWII – AIH collaborates with the multidisciplinary patient care team, providing liaison and case coordination for Indigenous patients and families at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring the health care needs of Indigenous patients are met through appropriate case management, patient advocacy, and discharge planning activities as specified. The SWII – AIH also acts as a single point of contact between families and health care providers in hospital and in community. These services may include; psychosocial assessments; resource-based interventions; risk screening; counselling; case management & coordination; transition planning; prevention & promotion and public awareness activities. This position will also be responsible for building bridges with Indigenous First Nations and Metis community health centers and agencies in central to northern Alberta, other health organizations, Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, and Ronald McDonald House is essential. Facilitating in-services for staff and attending seminars on various topics; consultation with Traditional Elders for support and guidance is encouraged; communicates and models expectations for families while their child is a patient in a Patient-Family-Centered Care environment. The incumbent must be able to work independently with a high degree of judgment and must be able to work effectively as part of an interprofessional team and commit to strengthening dynamics by actively facilitating interprofessional collaboration to enhance patient health outcomes.
Description:
As a Social Worker II, you will be a member of an inter-disciplinary team and provides a range of social work services to patients and their families. Your services may include: psychosocial assessment, resource-based interventions, individual, group and family treatment, risk screening, counselling, case management and coordination, transition or discharge planning, and prevention, promotion and public awareness activities.
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Social Worker II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Stollery Social Work
- Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 22-NOV-2024
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 02-DEC-2024
- Temporary End Date: 03-JUN-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $38.56
- Maximum Salary: $51.27
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
Additional Required Qualifications:Heart & Stroke Foundation – Basic Life Support (CPR) certificate. Diversity and Inclusion training. Indigenous awareness training. Indigenous Background. Current experience working with the Awasisak Indigenous Health Program. experience in an acute care pediatric hospital setting. expertise in NIHB, Jordan’s Principle and government programs. Ability to set priorities and organize time effectively. Ability to work in stressful, demanding, and changing conditions. Ability to work collaboratively as part of a number of multidisciplinary teams. Advocates, translates, and liaises to ensure families’ concerns and ideas are heard by the multidisciplinary team. Integrating cultural knowledge into his/her practice with Stollery families. Build rapport and relationships with families coming from a shared history. Knowledge of and respect for the range of cultural perspectives within the Indigenous community is essential. Engages Spiritual Care and Cultural Services and ensures families may access culturally preferred ceremonies and practices, as requested.
Preferred Qualifications:Fluency in English and at least one Indigenous language an asset. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Analytical skills and well developed written and oral communication.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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