Job Description

Your Opportunity:
As an integral member of both the Awasisak Indigenous Health team and the Stollery Social Work team, the incumbent will collaborate within a multidisciplinary patient care team at the Royal Alexandra Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to provide excellent, family centered social work services. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring the psychosocial health needs of Indigenous patients and their families are met through appropriate case management, advocacy, and discharge planning activities as specified. The social worker will also act as an essential point of contact between families and health care providers in hospital and in community. Primary social work services will include psychosocial assessments, resource-based interventions, risk screening, supportive counselling, case management and coordination and transition planning. This position will include work to build bridges within the Stollery, Indigenous First Nations communities, Indigenous government and community organizations, Metis community health centers and agencies, and other social and health services within Central and Northern Alberta and/or Edmonton Zone. The position may include the facilitation of in-services Indigenous training session for staff, families and the community. The incumbent must be able to practice independently with a high degree of critical thinking, problem solving and ethical judgement, while also working effectively within their social work and interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient health outcomes.
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:

Stollery Social Work Program

Primary Location:

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Location Details:

As Per Location

Multi-Site:

Not Applicable

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

10-SEP-2025

Temporary Employee Class:

Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available:

20-SEP-2025

Temporary End Date:

14-SEP-2026

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

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:

Heart & Stroke Foundation - Basic Life Support (CPR) certificate; Diversity and Inclusion training; Indigenous Awareness training; Indigenous background; Knowledge of and respect for cultural perspectives within the Indigenous community including the range of preferred ceremonies and/or cultural practices; Experience building bridges with Indigenous First Nations and Metis communities, health centers and agencies in central to Norther Alberta; Skills in integrating cultural knowledge into practice; Expertise in NIHB, Jordan's Principle and other government programs; Experience in working with and supporting post-partum families with newborns admitted to hospital; Experience with Child and Family Services; Ability to set priorities and organize time effectively; Proven leadership skills in managing and working in stressful, demanding, and changing conditions in crisis situations; Ability to work collaboratively as part of various multidisciplinary teams; Advocacy skills; Well developed written and oral communication skills. As a bona fide occupational requirement and under Section 11 of the Alberta Human Rights Act, only Indigenous applicants will be considered."

Preferred Qualifications:

At least one Indigenous language an asset.