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Social Work Clinician

Social Work Clinician

 

Location: Mosaic Primary Care Network (NE/SE Calgary)

Employee Class: Regular Full Time

FTE: 1.00

Salary:  Rate of pay to commensurate with qualifications and experience

 

Summary:

This Social Work Clinician works with an interdisciplinary team serving community-based clients within the Mosaic Primary Care Network.  The Social Work Clinician will be responsible for developing a program of Social Work assessment, treatment, and consultation services for clients and ensures that Social Work clinical practice is evidence based and meets professional standards of practice. The position involves provision of patient care, group patient education, consultation to staff and clients, orientation of new staff and students to the service, participation in staff development, and participation in program development and evaluation.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Provides advanced level counseling and intervention which includes counseling in the following areas: crisis intervention; addictions; decision-making around treatment modalities; grief/bereavement, catastrophic illness, new diagnosis, chronic illness, illness adjustment; care giver support; conflict resolution; safety planning; resource; psychotherapy/brief therapy; palliative & end-of-life
  • Provides advanced level assessment including assessment of patient/family strengths and needs, patient/family’s history of medical, social, psychological, spiritual and psycho-social dimensions; ability to assess for mental status, suicide risk, and coping abilities
  • Screens for domestic violence and other abuse such as partner, elder, child, substance abuse and sexual abuse; and intervenes in an appropriate manner (ie safety planning, contacting child welfare if children present)
  • Works directly with and/or provides consultation to the team on complex cases requiring advocacy, mediation and ethical consultation
  • Participates in patient conferences to communicate within the interdisciplinary team, and records appropriately in the patient record
  • Communicates with various members of the team as to any changes pertinent to either the patient or their family’s status
  • Provides leadership on multidisciplinary teams when complex psychosocial issues impact patient care
  • Advocates for culturally competent health care within the community
  • Identifies and facilitates community supports, outreach and liaison
  • Provides in depth knowledge of a range of specialized resources that affect patient care, for example, basic needs (food, shelter, clothing, transportation, etc.) and specialized resources, (financial resources such as pensions, AISH, disability insurance)
  • Provides liaison to community agencies and other referral agencies
  • Responsible for the identification of need for and creation of disease specific education such as stress management, anxiety, and life skills teaching

 

Qualifications:

  • MSW from accredited university required
  • Registration as a social worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers required
  • Demonstrated clinical expertise and competence in dealing with health care issues & addictions
  • Experience working in a collaborative, consultative manner with a varied interdisciplinary team
  • Experience with adult education and group facilitation preferred
  • Recent Experience and advanced skill in crisis intervention/family therapy, psychotherapy/counseling with patients and families required
  • In-depth knowledge and experience in working with community resources related to chronic disease, Income Security programs at community/provincial/federal levels.
  • Must possess strong participative and collaborative skills including excellent communication and consultation skills
  • Must demonstrate flexibility and an ability to provide service within a continually changing health care environment
  • Experience working with an adult chronic disease population and medical social work preferred
  • Knowledge of a second language or working with diverse populations is an asset, but is not necessarily required
  • Must demonstrate initiative and sound judgment

Keywords: social work, social worker

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About mosaicpcn:

Mosaic Primary Care Network's vision is "Better Health for All". Our vision honours the area’s diversity through its provision of inclusive primary care. We recognize the need to consult and respect the health care goals and aspirations of each local community group within their ethnic framework. We also realize the need to support and maintain the health of physicians and other health care professionals working in the Mosaic PCN area in order to maximize their contribution and working life.

PRINCIPLES
The principles of Mosaic PCN are to:

•Ensure transparency
•Promote work-life balance for all health care providers
•Foster cultural competency among staff
•Remain grassroots and patient-centred
•Enable the execution of decisions by the governing body
•Respect physician engagement and leadership
•Provide seamless care which avoids duplication of AHS services

OBJECTIVES
Mosaic PCN adopts the following provincial health care objectives:

•Increase the proportion of residents with ready access to primary care
•Provide coordinated 24 hour, 7-day-per-week management of access to appropriate primary
care services
•Increase the emphasis on health promotion, disease and injury prevention, care of the
medically complex patient, and care of patients with chronic disease
•Improve coordination and integration with other health care services, including secondary,
tertiary, and long-term care through specialty care linkages to primary care
•Facilitate the greater use of multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive primary care
 
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