Job Description

Your Opportunity:

We are seeking a Social Worker II with strong affinity toward person-centered care practices to join our team. The Social Worker II- Intensive Home Care Team, will have the opportunity to work within a unique and diverse environment and enjoy the benefits of a larger team while collaborating with other professionals. As part of a team, you will support the transition experience of clients/families in the acute care system and in community from the time of referral to placement, ensuring financial, legal, and supportive documents are in place in preparation for upcoming transitions. We embrace the philosophy of person and family centered care and recognize that each client and family member have unique values, personal history and an equal right to dignity, respect, and to participate fully in their environment. Your success will come from creating partnerships and relationships with clients, families and coworkers that will lead to the best client outcomes and enhance quality of life. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. 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.

• Classification: Social Worker II
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Social Work Intensive Home
• Primary Location: Grande Prairie Rgnl Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 09-JAN-2023
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 23-JAN-2023
• Temporary End Date: 25-DEC-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $37.80
• Maximum Salary: $50.26
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver\'s License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

Completion of bachelor\'s degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW). Additional Required Qualifications:

Current BLS-HCP certification. Minimum 2 years\' experience in the clinical area of medical social work. Specific experience in the homecare environment is essential. Excellent communication skills written and verbal. Ability to establish positive, trusting working relationships with a wide variety of clients and families. Ability to organize and set priorities. Considerable initiative and judgement. Experience working within an interdisciplinary team. Demonstrated computer proficiency. Preferred Qualifications:

Meditech/Connect Care and Care Manager training. Demonstrated ability to foster collaborative partnerships and relationships.

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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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.

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