Job Description

Your Opportunity:
The RGH is a metropolitan hospital with over 600 inpatient beds. It is also the main site for urology and ophthalmology specialties. RGH is located next to the scenic Glenmore Reservoir in Southwest Calgary. RGH Social Work (within the Allied Health Portfolio) works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary teams in the Emergency Department, ICU/CCU, Medical/Surgical Units, Transition Units, and Maternal/Child Units. This position offers an opportunity to work as part of a dynamic team where operational needs require flexibility to work across all portfolios. You will have a proven ability to work effectively within a patient-centered and interdisciplinary team environment. Your assessment and critical thinking skills will be necessary to guide your work with complex family situations and system issues while also being able to support families through a myriad of circumstances. You must demonstrate an ability to provide clinical service within a continually changing health care environment. Your proven time management skills and demonstrated initiative will be an asset to this position. A day in the life of a Social Worker II (SW II) in this position will require the candidate to be capable of managing an unpredictable, everchanging case load and if you enjoy a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity you are looking for. The successful candidate will be a collegial teammate who actively contributes to a positive and supportive team culture and who also embraces PFCC, respecting the patient as the expert.
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:

Allied Health

Primary Location:

Rockyview General Hospital

Location Details:

As Per Location

Multi-Site:

Not Applicable

FTE:

0.60

Posting End Date:

15-AUG-2025

Temporary Employee Class:

Temp P/T Benefits

Date Available:

08-SEP-2025

Temporary End Date:

05-MAR-2027

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

4

Shifts per cycle:

12

Shift Pattern:

Days, Evenings, Weekends

Days Off:

As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary:

$38.56

Maximum Salary:

$51.27

Vehicle Requirement:

Not Applicable

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:

Minimum three years Social Work experience in Adult Urban Acute Care. One year experience in Social Work in an adult urban acute care Emergency Department. Current BLS Provider - Heart and Stroke certificate.

Preferred Qualifications:

Five years or more as a SW in urban adult acute care. Experience with crisis intervention, and grief/loss support. Experience with community resources and referral. Experience with discharge planning. Experience with Children's Services. Experience working with homeless, addictions, and mental health. Familiarity with Advance Care planning, Financial Benefits programs and housing resources. Experience with Mat/Child portfolio. Experience at RGH.