Social Worker II
Your Opportunity:
Red Deer Regional Health Centre has an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker II in their very busy Adult Psychiatry Unit! The Social Worker II provides a range of generalist Social Worker services to patients and their families within the established standards, directives, and policies for the work environment. These services may include psychosocial assessment, resource-based interventions, risk screening, counseling, case management and coordination, transition planning, prevention and promotion and public awareness activities. The position also involves consultation and collaboration with interprofessional team members and community agencies and requires the ability to work independently with occasional review, consultation and evaluation from the manager. The incumbent must be able to work independently with a high degree of judgement and must be able to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team and commit to strengthening team dynamics by actively interprofessional collaboration to enhance patient health outcomes. Red Deer is located in Central Alberta near the midpoint of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton with just over 100,000 citizens. The Red Deer area has one of the fastest growing economies in North America and is consistently ranked as a prime location for doing business. 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.
- Recovery Alberta: Y
- Classification: Social Worker II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Units 34/36 Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
- Primary Location: Red Deer Regional Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 27-JAN-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 08-APR-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $38.56
- Maximum Salary: $51.27
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
Additional Required Qualifications:Previous experience working in Mental Health.
Preferred Qualifications:Acute care experience as Social Worker.
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.
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