Job Description

Your Opportunity:This is an excellent opportunity to join the Stollery Children's Hospital and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary teams in an intensive care unit setting. The Royal Alexandra Hospital NICU is a fast-paced learning environment with an exceptional team of professionals that support our patients and families as they are cared for in the acute setting. The successful candidate will serve as an advocate and champion for our newborns and their families as well as support other ambulatory clinics within the Stollery. The successful candidate will be compassionate and caring with a focus on patient and family centered care. Your skills in communication and resource management will be proven and your ability to prioritize and function within a team setting is crucial. You will have a proven track record for maintaining professional boundaries and practicing within the established policy and procedures of AHS. You will magnify the values and mission statement of AHS and have proven engagement strategies to meet the needs of our children.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: 0.50
• Posting End Date: 16-DEC-2024
• Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Part Time
• Date Available: 30-DEC-2024
• Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2025
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 4
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• 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:Diversity and Inclusion training. Indigenous awareness training. Basic Life Support. Ability to communicate and collaborate with multiple physicians and agencies. Active listening and empathy. Critical thinking for complex situations and solution focused. Preferred Qualifications:A proven team player with the ability to engage both families and dynamic professionals is essential. Experience in an NICU environment and experience in an acute care pediatric hospital setting with well-developed problem-solving skills. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Second language. Analytical skill. Well-developed written and oral communication. Must be highly organized.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.

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