Social Worker II
Your Opportunity:
The University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) offers specialized diagnostic and treatment services to adult patients, as well as specialty ambulatory clinics located across the hospital campus. The UAH Social Work (SW) Team is part of the centralized Rehabilitation and Allied Health Program, providing program-based care. This SW II position supports adults' patients in the Emergency Department and may be required to work in other care settings. The candidate will be a highly motivated, confident, and dependable individual who collaborates with team members, patients and their families in a fast-paced environment ensuring trauma-informed, equitable care. The candidate will hold working knowledge of health care systems, SDoH, and community resources to support psychosocial interventions such as crisis intervention, resource navigation, advocacy, and referring to internal/external agencies. As a Social Worker II you are part of a team driven to provide quality patient-centered care though best practices and evidence informed approaches and in alignment with AHS Values.
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: Rehabilitation & Allied Health
- Primary Location: U of A Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.65
- Posting End Date: 05-SEP-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 18-SEP-2025
- Hours per Shift: 9.69
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 31
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- 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:Minimum 1-2 years’ experience working as an RSW in acute healthcare settings. 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 effective 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. 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. Knowledge and experience with Netcare, Connect Care and Microsoft Office is preferred. Knowledge and experience working with grief and loss; conflict resolution; and risk mitigation approaches are assets.
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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