Job Description

Your Opportunity:
Reporting to the Unit Manager for Unit 10-1A, the Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team that facilitates the recovery of Mental Health and Addictions patients by assisting with their psychosocial needs while in hospital. Duties include assessment, education, treatment, advocacy, resource finding, consultation and discharge planning for patients and their families. The incumbent will also participate in non-patient care activities such as program planning, evaluation, quality improvement, research, and staff development, along with other duties as required by the Unit Manager. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
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.

• Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
• Classification: Social Worker II
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Adult Acute Psychiatry Unit 10-1A
• Primary Location: Alberta Hospital Edmonton
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-DEC-2025
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 05-JAN-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• 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:
Current registration with the Alberta Association of Registered Social Workers is required. CPR (BLS-HCP) certification is necessary. The incumbent must have strong communication skills and must be able to work cooperatively with the health care team members, patients and their families in a fast-paced environment. An ability to incorporate professional judgment when making decisions is required. Initiative and time-management skills are necessary. An ability to work with various computer programs is required. Working knowledge of CoACT model of care. Working knowledge of trauma informed care. A good knowledge base of housing options and community resources available. Preferred Qualifications:
Master of Social Work is desirable. Experience in acute inpatient Mental Health and Addictions is preferred. Strata pathways housing experience. Connect Care training and access.

Skills Required