Social Worker II
Your Opportunity:
The Transition Services Social Worker (TS SW) is a part of the multidisciplinary team that provides person centered care for individuals who require facility supported transitional care. The TS SW provides a wide range of services for clients across the health care continuum. The TS SW has experience in the role of advocate and can balance the needs of the individual/family/community with organizational and legislative parameters, including financial accountability for allocation of Alberta Health Services funding to clients. The TS SW also provide clinical psychosocial support for patients and families navigating an often challenging life transition to a continuing care living option, including counselling, crisis intervention, conflict resolution, and mediation. The TS SW conducts ongoing assessment and discharge planning. Clients the TS SW case manages may be assessed for Long Term Care (LTC), Supported Living (SL) or discharged home with home care supports. The TS SW may be required to participate in outreach work with appropriate clients.
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.
- Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
- Classification: Social Worker II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Transition Services Community
- Primary Location: Southport
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 07-NOV-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 17-NOV-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 40
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $38.56
- Maximum Salary: $51.27
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
Additional Required Qualifications:This position is a sedentary position and requires long periods of keyboarding and computer use. May be keyboarding up to 6 hour a day. Due to the nature of the work, long periods of time will be spent in a seated position. Two years of recent experience preferably in a Community Health and Acute Care settings. Experience working with geriatric, mental health or complex care adult populations. Previous experience working with an interdisciplinary team.
Preferred Qualifications:5+ years' experience in Mental Health, Home Care, Geriatrics or Transition Services. Community Experience (home care or transition services), Connect Care and Pathways experience.
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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