Job Description

Your Opportunity:This position provides a unique opportunity to work to your full scope of practice as a Social Worker in a medical setting. The position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced setting. You will be required to prioritize workload, formulate assessments, create intervention plans, make referrals for ongoing treatment and/or discharge planning. You will have the opportunity to provide casual relief coverage in a variety of Acute Care settings including the ICU, Medical Units, Women\'s and Children\'s Health Units and the Emergency Department.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: Acute Care, Emergency Department
• Primary Location: Red Deer Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.00
• Posting End Date: 09-SEP-2024
• Employee Class: Casual/Relief
• Date Available: 19-SEP-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
• Shifts per cycle: Varies
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: Other
• 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:Knowledge of relevant legislation including the Personal Directives Act, the Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act and the Child and Youth Family Enhancement Act would be beneficial. Effective time management and excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. Preferred Qualifications:Experience in grief and loss is an asset. Knowledge of community resources and financial supports will be an asset.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.

Alberta Health Services