Social Worker - MSW - Master's Degree, Vancouver BC, CANADA

Located 2 hours north of Seattle in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health is responsible for the delivery of about $2 billion in community, acute, and residential health care services to more than one million people in communities from Richmond through Vancouver, the North Shore, the Sunshine Coast, the Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Powell River, Bella Bella and Bella Coola.

Location:CANADA - Vancouver, North Vancouver, Richmond, BC

Status: Full-Time, Part-Time, Casual

Start Date:As soon as possible

Salary:Grade 1/ $27.84 to $34.73 per hour or Grade 2/ $28.89 to $36.03 per hour

Hours:Variable

Reference#:001432

JOB SUMMARY:

Within the context of a client and family centred care model and in accordance with the vision and values of the organization, this position is responsible for providing advanced clinical and consultative social work services to clients and families focusing on how the clients relationships are affected by their environment. Duties include conducting social and psychosocial assessments, providing individual, family and group counselling services, maintaining client records, attending interdisciplinary clinical/case conferences, and providing Long-Term Care assessments. Identifies applicable community resources for clients, contributes to the effectiveness and development of community resources.
REQUIREMENTS
Master of Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work and one (1) year post Bachelor of Social Work experience in a health care setting. Eligible for registration with the Board of Registration for Social Workers of the Province of British Columbia.


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. Broad knowledge of counselling skills and clinical practice models.