Social Worker I, Msw Standard, Compass Program - Vancouver, Canada - PHSA

PHSA

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Social Worker I, MSW Standard, COMPASS Program
BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver, BC

Compass is a province-wide service that supports evidence based care to all BC children and youth living with mental health and substance use concerns.

This is done by supporting community care providers with the information, advice and resources they need to deliver appropriate and timely care to children and youth close to home.

Key attributes of Compass team members include flexibility, adaptability and a "lean-in" attitude. In this role, attention to detail, self-direction, problem solving, and initiative are essential.

What you'll do

Conduct comprehensive mental health and/or addiction, and family assessments by methods such as interviewing the patient and family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the patient and family and formulation of assessment and plan of intervention, in accordance with professional practice standards and clinical policies.
Provide mental health clinical intervention in the context of evidence based care to children, youth, women and their families through individual, family and group therapy.
Support patients and their families by providing education, shortterm counselling and crisis intervention during the adjustment to hospitalization, new diagnosis of mental health and/or addiction issues, and change or loss in mental health functioning.
Facilitate comprehensive mental health and/or addiction discharge planning with the team, patient, family and community agencies to ensure psychosocial followup.
Establish and maintain effective collaborative and constructive liaison relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, including patients and families, community providers, MCFD social workers, schools, hospitals and other agencies, in order to coordinate services across the continuum of health care.
Participate in program planning and development as part of an interprofessional team within BC Children's Hospital and BC Mental Health and Addiction Services and the continuum of health care. Identify, promote and participate in program planning strategies to enhance system processes and resources for patients and their families.
Promote patient and family care by participating in relevant committee work within the Social Work discipline, specialized program, hospitalsetting, and/or continuum of health care. Collaborate with team members in many forums, both informal and formal, in case consultations by attending team meetings, rounds, and psychosocial forums relevant to family centered care.
Provide consultation to team members and relevant community services regarding child protection concerns by being knowledgeable of risk indicators and helping in the identification of risk situations in keeping with the Child, Family, and Community Services Act and provides consultation from a psychosocial perspective.

What you bring
Qualifications

Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work, including relevant graduate level mental health courses and mental health practicum.
Minimum 1 year recent related clinical experience working within a child, youth and women's mental health and addictions setting relevant to the service area within BC Mental Health & Addictions Services; must include experience in child protection, child development and grief and loss, women's issues, women abuse and harm reduction model; or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.
Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers.

You will also have

Comprehensive knowledge of Social Work theory and practice.
Demonstrated ability to conduct and document a comprehensive psychosocial and family assessment in mental health.
Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to provide crisis intervention, short term counselling and individual, family and group therapy.
Knowledge of the psychosocial needs of children/families with mental health conditions.
Knowledge of the normal development of children.
Demonstrated knowledge of mental health diagnoses as they relate to children and youth
Demonstrated knowledge and ability to work with mental health and addiction issues including DSM and mental health assessment of depression, suicide and anxiety.
Knowledge of Mental Health Act, Infants Act and Child and Family Community Services Act.
Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities impacting indigenous communities and familiarity with Indigenous Cultural Safety and antiracism and accompanying reports (BC DRIPA, TRC, etc.).

What we bring
Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether