Job Description

Your Opportunity:Working collaboratively as a member of the Palliative Care Team based out of Medicine Hat, the Social Worker III is involved in providing compassionate advanced level bio-psychosocial assessment and client centered interventions with clients and families as the progress along their palliative journey. As Social Worker III working with your interdisciplinary team, you will provide a broad range of advanced psychosocial supports. These may include counselling supports related to end of life, bereavement and complex grief, and addressing client and family care needs for conflict resolution, risk assessment, advocacy, and consultation. The Social Worker III will have expert knowledge of financial benefits programs and community-based resources and will provide resource navigation, creative problem solving, and appropriate referral and consultation as required. You will provide advanced consultation and clinical direction pertaining to the application of relevant legislative acts that impact direct patient care (including Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act, Personal Directives Act, Mental Health Act, Medical Assistance in Dying). Services may be provided to individuals, families and groups. Travel throughout South Zone is required.Description:As a Social Worker III, you will perform either advanced level assessment and treatment or act as a clinical lead. You will work with or within teams to provide health care services for patients with complex and multidimensional medical, psychosocial, environmental and instrumental needs. You will provide advanced clinical services, consultation to the interprofessional team and patients/families and supervision of students and team members as assigned. You may also act as a clinical lead providing leadership in the planning, development, and delivery of services in a specific area, as well as staff development, quality improvement and evaluation or research activities as identified by the needs of the service area(s).

• Recovery Alberta: N
• Classification: Social Worker III
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: South Zone -Social Work
• Primary Location: Medicine Hat Home Care
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.50
• Posting End Date: 27-FEB-2025
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 09-MAR-2025
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 5
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $43.38
• Maximum Salary: $57.63
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:Master's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW). Additional Required Qualifications:Previous experience with Palliative approach to care and provision of counselling in the areas of bereavement, complex grief and loss. Preferred Qualifications:MSW with a minimum of 3 years' experience in a medical/healthcare setting.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