Social Worker, Act Team Coordinator - Toronto, Canada - Unity Health Toronto

Unity Health Toronto
Unity Health Toronto
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Toronto, Canada

1 month ago

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Unity Health Toronto, comprised of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph¿s Health Centre and St. Michael¿s Hospital, works to advance the health of everyone in our urban communities and beyond.

Our health network serves patients, residents and clients across the full spectrum of care, spanning primary care, secondary community care, tertiary and quaternary care services to post-acute through rehabilitation, palliative care and long-term care, while investing in world-class research and education.

Join our team in our mission to continue to put patients and families at the centre of everything we do, in the role of Social Worker, ACT Team Coordinator.

Based on the standards developed by the Ontario Ministry of Health (received October, 1998), the following definition generally describes an Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT):

Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) is a self-contained clinical team which (1) assumes responsibility for directly providing needed treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to identified clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses; (2) mínimally refers clients to outside service providers; (3) provides services on a long-term care basis with continuity of caregivers over time; (4) delivers 75% or more of the services outside program offices; and (5) emphasizes outreach, relationship building, individualization of services, and client choice.

The clients to be served are individuals who have severe symptoms and impairments not effectively remedied by available treatments or who, because of reasons related to their mental illnesses, resist or avoid involvement with mental health services.

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Qualifications include:

  • Master's degree in Social Work
  • Registration required in the OCSWSSW in good standing, with no terms, limits, or conditions.
  • Minimum of 3 years working in mental health essential with experience that includes the chronically, severely mentally ill, community mental health experience required.
  • Experience in several of the following areas:
Case management

Crisis assessment and intervention

Symptom assessment and management

Psychosocial rehabilitation

Individual supportive therapy

Medication administration, monitoring, and documentation

Work-related services

Activities of daily living services

Social, interpersonal relationship and leisure-time activity services

Education, support and consultation to clients' families

  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to function both as a team member and independently.
  • Comfortable working with clients in diverse external locations.
  • Comfortable working with a broad range of client groups.
  • Participation in program development is an asset.
  • Fluency in a second language is an asset.
  • Available to work flexible hours and shifts.
  • Satisfactory attendance record.
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