Job Description

Your Opportunity:
The University of Alberta Hospital offers a wide range of services, including cardiac sciences, neurosciences, surgery, medicine, critical care, burns, transplant, renal, and a vast number of ambulatory clinics. This Social Worker II (SW) position is part of the Allied Health -Social Work team and will be responsible for providing social work services to the adult population across acute care, primary supporting the Critical Care, ICU and Burns units. The candidate will be a highly motivated, confident, and dependable individual who collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, patients and their families in a busy environment ensuring trauma-informed care. The SW will hold a working knowledge of the health care system, SDoH, and community resources to support psychosocial interventions such as grief and loss, crisis intervention, complex discharge planning, decision making, advocacy, consultation with care providers, and liaising with internal/external agencies. As a Social Worker II you are part of a team dedicated to providing quality patient centered care through best practices and evidence informed approaches, aligning with social work Code of Ethics. This position has transferred to ALA as of December 1, 2025.
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: Assisted Living Alberta
• Classification: Social Worker II
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Allied Health
• Primary Location: U of A Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.60
• Posting End Date: 31-DEC-2025
• Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Part Time
• Date Available: 10-JAN-2026
• Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 6
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $40.91
• Maximum Salary: $54.39
• 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 2 years' experience working as an RSW in acute healthcare settings, with experience in critical care. Current Basic Life Support (BLS-HCP) certification is required. Experience working with diverse cultural groups and vulnerable populations, demonstrating trauma informed, patient centered care. Able to respond promptly and decisively using critical thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze situations and determine successful and efficient outcomes. Strong professional judgment and effective time management skills are necessary to prioritize tasks for successfully functioning within the dynamic and challenging environment. Ensure concise, timely and accurate communication, documentation and collaboration with colleagues, patients and families. Understanding of SDoH and health care processes to ensure advocacy and equity for patients. Experience with self-direction for independently working, and with actively and positively contributing to an interdisciplinary team are essential. Preferred Qualifications:
A Master of Social Work degree (MSW) is an asset. Authorization to perform psychosocial interventions preferred. Knowledge and experience with Netcare, Connect Care and MS Office is preferred. Experience with relevant legislation (including Personal Directives Act, Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act), decision making processes, and complex placements are assets. Knowledge and experience working with grief and loss, and conflict resolution are assets.

Skills Required