Social Worker II

Alberta Health Services is currently seeking an experienced Social Worker II to join the North Zone, Seniors Health, Specialty Teams. The Social Worker II (SWII), Specialty Teams (Palliative Care and Complex Care Support Teams) plays a key role in the care of clients served in Continuing Care within the North Zone. As an SWII with the Seniors Specialty Teams, you will be a member of a mobile interdisciplinary team providing consultation services for two groups of clients/families: palliative/end of life care and adults with complex behaviors related to cognitive/behavioral/mental health concerns. Using a patient and family-centered care approach, you will work with local clinicians and other specialty team members to provide specialized assessment, care plan recommendations, interventions, and follow-up to patients. As an SWII, you may provide coaching and education to other team members to build capacity in the care of patients with served by the specialty team. There is a strong focus on multidisciplinary and collaborative processes. As a SWII, you will arrange meetings, assessments, and liaise with representatives in Continuing Care, Home Care, Acute Care, Addiction and Mental Health, community agencies and others as needed for assessment and care planning. You will use information gathered from direct care staff to identify system and client specific barriers and provide leadership in system navigation. You will be responsible for working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals, physician consultants, and primary care physicians, along the continuum of care to ensure the provision of person-centered care, that follows evidence-based best practices. This position is located in Whitecourt, Alberta, with travel required within the North Zone.

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.

Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).

Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Minimum of five (5) years’ Social Work clinical experience. Minimum of three (3) years’ experience within the last five (5) years in Palliative Care. Minimum of one (1) years’ experience within the last five (5) years Continuing Care, Brain Injury, Mental Health, or other relevant clinical area. LEAP and/or palliative care training. Experience with elderly or vulnerable populations, brain injury, addiction and mental health or developmental disability patients. Possession of a valid driver's license and access to a motor vehicle in good repair for work-related travel. Able to work independently in different environments (weather conditions) and must be physically capable of carrying approx. 25-30lbs. Meditech & Connect Care trained.

Knowledge of Continuing Care service, including delivery options, assessment/placement criteria, and community supports and agencies. Additional preparation in Psychiatry, Mental Health and/or Palliative/end of life care. Competent and comfortable with MS office suite and virtual meeting venues (TEAMs, ZOOM etc.). PIECES and/or Supportive Pathways trained. Capacity assessment training. Completion of McMaster Case Management training- Level II. Previous experience with providing adult education.