Job Description

Your Opportunity:Endless Skies, Wide-open Spaces, and Big Fun, Lethbridge is a vibrant community of 105,000. The community appeals to all interests as it offers arts and culture, sports and music entertainment, a shopping mall, and endless outdoor activities to enjoy in the summer and winter months. If you are interested in working with a vibrant and innovative team, this may be the job for you! As a Social Worker II, you will be responsible for a wide range of Social Work duties including interventions, counseling, support services, conducting assessments, identifying client issues, formulating and carrying out appropriate social work treatment plans in order to meet the needs of clients experiencing chronic mental health needs within Addiction & Mental Health programs. The Social Worker II faciltates appropriate referrals to internal and external parties to meet clients and their families psychosocial and instrumental needs, such as housing, food, transportation, income support, and financial management and liaising with community agencies/programs. The Social Worker II will also a key in establishing connections with community agencies to engage vulnerable clients collaboratively.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: Adult Community Services/Seniors Addiction & Mental Health Outreach Team
• Primary Location: Lethbridge Provincial Bldg
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 07-JUN-2024
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 02-JUL-2024
• Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2025
• 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:2 years\' experience working within an outreach capacity. 2 years\' experience working with community social service agencies. Preferred Qualifications:Experience working with addiction & mental health. Experience working with older adults.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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