Social Worker (MSW)
On-siteNorth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job Summary
Conduct comprehensive social and psycho-social assessments and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to facilitate client transitions through service continua. Provide individual, family, and group counselling services while attending clinical conferences for client reviews, admissions, and discharges. Deliver consultative and direct services regarding adult guardianship, domestic violence, immigration, housing, and government agency matters. Prepare and maintain client records in accordance with established standards and policies. This role operates within a client and family-centred Recovery model at Vancouver Coastal Health, an organization recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers. Late internal applications are accepted only after on-time candidates have been considered.
Required Qualifications
- Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers
- Master's degree of Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work
- Three (3) years' recent, related experience working in a psychiatric setting providing treatment services to individuals with complex mental health, substance use and chronic medical concerns, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Valid BC Drivers License
- access to a personal vehicle for business-related purposes
- Knowledge of the principles of recovery in mental illness
- Knowledge of Psychosocial Rehabilitation methodology
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act as it applies to the rights and obligations of clients and staff
- Knowledge of community, social and mental health resources
- Ability to identify emotional, social, or environmental barriers and intervene to eliminate stigma
- Ability to effectively manage conflict situations and aggressive behaviour and use non-violent crisis intervention and behavioural management techniques
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with clients, families, team members, other groups and community agency personnel
- Broad knowledge of mental illness and substance use treatment
- Broad knowledge of systems thinking as it related to social work process
- Broad knowledge of other health disciplines and their role in healthcare
- Broad knowledge of research methodology, counselling skills and clinical practice models
- Broad knowledge of family, group and change therapy
- Broad knowledge of legislation and government policies and procedures that relate to the client
- Demonstrated ability to apply systems theory to practice in Social Work assessment and intervention
- Demonstrated ability to conduct social and psychosocial assessments
- Demonstrated ability to understand and influence group and inter-group processes, decision making and problem solving
- Demonstrated ability to establish rapport with clients and families
- Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events and deal effectively with conflict
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team
- Skilled in the use of equipment, and in the techniques appropriate for treatment
- Basic understanding of trauma-informed care
- Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position
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