Social Worker - Czorny Alzheimer Centre

We are currently hiring for a Part Time Social Worker to join our team at Czorny Alzheimer Centre located in Surrey, B.C.  

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Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement and competitive benefits, including but not limited, to:  

• Four weeks of vacation to start  

• Comprehensive 100% employer paid benefits  

• Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan  

• 87% maternity top-up 

• 50% subsidy on Translink passes 

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.  

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Reporting to the Manager, Health Services and under the direction of the Clinical Practice Leader, Social Work for professional practice issues, the Social Worker collaborates as a member of an interdisciplinary team in the development, delivery and evaluation of services and outcomes as they relate to the Social Work program at the Czorny Alzheimer Centre (CAC). Provides comprehensive therapeutic clinical counselling services to CAC residents. Conducts comprehensive social work and psycho-social assessments of residents and families using a variety of modalities and in accordance with professional standards and clinical policies and practices and educates and provides consultation to residents, families and healthcare professionals. Provides leadership to the interdisciplinary team in care planning for the effective utilization of resident resources and participates as a member of local committees and planning bodies to identify areas for improved efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery to enhance resident care services and reduce gaps in the community. Develops, coordinates and delivers in-services, presentations, psycho-educational and support groups and initiates, develops and carries out research activities in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.

Education and Experience

Masters Degree of Social Work from an accredited school of Social Work. One year's recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Current full registration with the BC College of Social Workers.

Skills and Abilities

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding emotional and mental health issues related to illness and injury and resident and family cultural dynamics.
• Comprehensive counselling skills including crisis counselling, brief therapeutic interventions and loss and grief applicable to families, and seniors.
• Ability to educate and provide consultation to residents, families and healthcare professionals.
• Ability to develop, coordinate and deliver in-services, presentations, psycho-educational and support groups.
• Ability to provide leadership to the interdisciplinary team in care planning for the effective utilization of resident resources.
• Ability to make effective referrals, reflecting in-depth knowledge of community resources and strong collaborative skills in working with community health and social agency personnel.
• Ability to work effectively with others, including working effectively in a multicultural environment, independently, as part of a interdisciplinary team and understanding the frameworks of other disciplines.
• Ability to initiate, develop and carry out research activities.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with residents, families, staff and community agency personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize workload in a complex environment.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Applicants with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from an accredited School of Social Work, and a demonstrated equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered. If you are applying under equivalency, please clearly outline in your application how your knowledge, education, skills and experience meet Master of Social Work (MSW) equivalency.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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