Job Description

Requisition ID: 354416

Posting End Date: February 28, 2024

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: Deer Lodge Centre - Golden West Centennial Lodge

Department / Unit: Golden West Centennial Lodge

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MAHCP

Anticipated Start Date: April 1, 2024

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.50

Annual Base Hours: 1950

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We\'re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Manager of Social Work, the Social Worker provides clinical Social Work services to residents, patients and their families; participates in an interdisciplinary team; consults with health care and community agencies; participates in the Admissions Assessment team; participates in Centre and community committees; participates in professional development activities; and performs basic administrative tasks.

Experience

• At least two years\' clinical experience in geriatrics and/or health care.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Bachelor of Social Work degree from a Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE) accredited school/faculty, or a provincially conferred post-secondary program, or the approved equivalent if internationally educated, required.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Must be registered with the Manitoba College of Social Workers.

Qualifications and Skills

• General knowledge of Manitoba healthcare system.
• Knowledge of theoretical basis for practice appropriate for population, program planning and evaluation, community resources for population, interdisciplinary team approach, and health and social issues relevant to population.
• Ability to provide professional assessment and intervention, interact effectively in interdisciplinary team, communicate effectively, provide consultation to health and community care professionals as required, practice with a high degree of independence, participate in program planning and evaluation, and create an organized individual working environment.
• Thorough, flexible, reliable and cooperative.

Physical Requirements

• Valid Manitoba driver\'s license and reliable vehicle required.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services. Effective April 1, 2024, Golden West Centennial Lodge will also be part of the WRHA legal entity.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority