Social Worker II
Your Opportunity:
Enhancing community care options for Albertans continue to be a key priority for Recovery Alberta. Our goal is to provide high-quality diverse community, home, and individual well-being as well as support the long-term mental health and wellness of patients and their families. To support this goal, Addiction and Mental Health Fort McMurray has an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker, Child & Youth. The Child and Youth, Community Addiction and Mental Health program provides specialized assessment and treatment services to children, adolescents and their families. The Addiction and Mental Health child and youth team works collaboratively as a multidisciplinary team providing care of children experiencing serious emotional, psychological, behavioral and/or psychiatric illness. This opportunity is located within Fort McMurray, which resides on Treaty 8 territory, the largest treaty by area in the history of Canada. This role aims towards supporting individuals within Treaty 8 and surrounding areas. Creating a safe space for all individuals. Fort McMurray is a family-oriented, friendly, thriving city 442 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. Enjoy this welcoming multicultural community, social, arts, sports, recreational and cultural opportunities for all ages. Discover stunning landscapes in Canada's boreal forest, four provincial parks, and nearby lakes and rivers to support your active lifestyle. This role requires some travel to rural and remote communities to provide/facilitate mental health promoting cultural care/services. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, Recovery Alberta currently has a Fort McMurray Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $12,480. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.
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: Y
- Classification: Social Worker II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Multidisciplinary Intensive Treatment Service Program
- Primary Location: Wood Buffalo AMH Services
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 22-JAN-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 24-FEB-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $38.56
- Maximum Salary: $51.27
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided
Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
Additional Required Qualifications:This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Preferred Qualifications:As required.
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.
Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.
We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.
Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.
We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
