Social Worker I - 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 (BSW), Dentistry Outpatients
BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver, BC

The Social Worker I (BSW) reports operationally to the Program Manager/Director or Social Worker III and is under the general supervision of the Social Work III/Professional Practice Leader for Social Work.

The role is responsible for providing clinical and consultative social work services of a general nature to patients and families relevant to the specific area of care.

Duties include conducting social assessments, providing counselling services, maintaining records, attending interdisciplinary clinical/case conferences, identifying applicable community resources for patients and facilitating care throughout the continuum.

What you'll do

Conduct foundational social work assessments of patients and families by interviewing the patient and/or family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the patient and/or family, and interpreting the data using a variety of assessment tools, in accordance with professional standards, clinical policies and practices relevant to the specific area of care.
Provide foundational social work and therapeutic clinical counseling services to patients and families in the assigned area of care by exploring the emotional response to identify problems, personal concerns, treatment objectives and facilitates change in coping style, behavior, attitude and feelings and adaptive responses to life events.
Receive referrals from the interdisciplinary team to participate in the patient, families, community supports and interdisciplinary team meetings to coordinate services, support case management and facilitate meetings, as appropriate relevant to the specific area of care.
Refer to community services as necessary relevant to the specific area of care area.
Attend clinical/case conferences as a member of an interdisciplinary team for patient reviews, admissions, and discharges by methods such as providing input from a social work perspective on a variety of care issues related to the patient and ensuring proper and effective treatment of the patient relevant to the specific care area.
Provide consultative and direct services to patients, families, team members and community health professionals relevant to the specific care area.
Prepare and maintain patient records by methods such as documenting client assessments, interventions, evaluations, modifications and patient goals, charting patient information, preparing progress notes and reports in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures, to meet regulatory requirements, and provide evidence and rationale that support findings and intervention plan relevant to the specific care area.
Maintain a variety of records such as workload statistics by methods such as recording information into approved formats, collating data, analyzing trends, accounting for variances, and recommending an action plan as directed relevant to the specific care area.

What you bring

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work and one (1) year post Bachelor of Social Work experience or successful completion of a practicum in a health care setting.
Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers.

You will also have

Foundational knowledge and understanding relevant to the specific care area.
Ability to provide consultation to patients, families and other healthcare professionals relevant to the specific care area.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with patients, families, team members and community agency personnel.
Demonstrated ability to communicate both verbally and in writing, and to deal effectively with coworkers, physicians, other health care professionals, clients and their families, and external agencies.
Basic knowledge of legislation and government policies and procedures that relate to the patient relevant to the specific area of care.
Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight Report (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and other related reports.
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

What we bring
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Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future.

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