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Central Social Worker - Edmonton, Canada - Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network

Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network

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Edmonton, Canada

1 month ago

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Sophia Lee

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Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network - Central Social Worker
The Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network was the first PCN in Alberta.

Over the past 17 years, the ESPCN has grown to become the largest PCN in Edmonton and consists of a team of health care professionals who are passionate about creating healthier communities.

Each member of our team plays a specific role in improving, coordinating, and delivering primary health services within family physicians' clinics.

Our Vision is "to be the trusted cornerstone of a healthy community". Our employees are exceptional and describe their colleagues as respectful, passionate, collaborative, and dedicated.

Now's your chance to join our amazing team of health care professionals as we lead in the provision of primary care through collaboration, innovation, and teamwork, creating healthy patients and satisfied providers.

We are currently seeking an experienced full-time,
temporary,
Central Social Worker to join our team This will be a 12-month contract with the possibility of extension.

Position Overview:

The Central Social Worker (CSW) will provide comprehensive social work services and care to patients within the Primary Care Network.

The CSW will assess, plan, implement and evaluate social work care plans for patients who require direct practical support.

This position will support referred patients to identify and access appropriate services, through collaboration with other professionals within a multi-disciplinary team.

The CSW will be an integrated team member working to their full scope of practice within the primary care setting.

The Central Social Worker will work with family physicians in the community, other health professionals and local and regional programming in a multidisciplinary environment to ensure a high quality of evidence based health care to the practice population.

The Central Social Worker will report to the Central Office Primary Care Manager.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Completing a thorough (bio)psychosocial assessment of referred patients/families and work with the patient/family to prioritize needs
Assist patients/families to access financial support, housing, employment opportunities and other resources that would improve the patient's quality of life
Support patients and families to navigate health and social systems, and advocate for them within those systems when required
To work collaboratively with physicians in a multidisciplinary team across primary care practice settings
To participate in clientcentered and culturally appropriate care of individual patients, practice populations and associated communities
To provide social work services and care to patients in the family practice setting
The Central Social Worker will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and work with patients with complex health care needs
To make professional, competent and autonomous decisions with patients as a member of the multidisciplinary team
To act as a social work resource to other multidisciplinary team members, healthcare institutions and community agencies or programs
To ensure accurate, objective and timely clinical documentation in the appropriate medical record.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Social Work
Registration with Alberta College of Social Workers
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare provider
Vehicle/license required
Previous experience:
Primary care setting
Electronic medical records
Group facilitation/instruction
Health behavior change methods (i.e., Motivational Interviewing)
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Understand the Alberta privacy laws and act according to those laws
Should behave responsibly, be accountable and have excellent problem solving/critical thinking skills
To support the vision and mission of the Primary Care Network.

Why work for us?

Employees of the ESPCN enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes health and dental benefits, flexible spending account, eligibility to contribute to our group RRSP and TFSA plans and receive an employer match, generous vacation and personal time off allowances, education days, and professional development opportunities.

How to Apply?

We thank all interested applicants, however due to the volume of resumes we receive, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract

Salary:
$81,158.00-$107,926.32 per year

Benefits: