Social Worker II - Corrections Transition Team

Your Opportunity:

We are looking for an energetic and dynamic individual with experience in patient-centered, trauma-informed, and recovery-based care to fill the position of a Social Worker ll and join our multi-disciplinary Mental Health and Addiction Outreach team in Medicine Hat. Working both independently and as a member of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you will provide evidence informed and best practices in crisis intervention, assessment, consultation, referral, case management and treatment planning and implementation to clients transitioning from corrections to community services. This position will focus primarily on Corrections Transition Team but may also support other Mental Health and Addiction Outreach Programs/Services as required. The Social Worker II works in an integrated and collaborative way to provide treatment for clients with addiction and mental health needs who may have been involved with the criminal justice system. As a member of a multi-disciplinary team, you work confidently, independently, and within collaborative partnerships. You have knowledge of the criminal justice system, mental health and addiction services, resources within Recovery Alberta and community stakeholders in the South Zone. Your excellent interpersonal skills support your ability to work effectively across a continuum of services. You can balance numerous demands and conflicting priorities, accurately collect, and document information in a timely manner. The successful candidate will be an effective communicator with strong organizational skills and have a demonstrated ability and comfort with decision making responsibilities, and the ability to create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues.

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.