Social Worker I (Acute Care)

Fraser Health; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and collegial team at an essential healthcare facility in Burnaby, where you will play a vital role in providing psychosocial support to patients and their families. This part-time position as a Social Worker I offers a chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those facing health challenges. As part of a transformative redevelopment project, you will contribute to modernizing healthcare services while working alongside dedicated professionals. Enjoy a competitive compensation package, including benefits and vacation, while making a difference in the community every day.

Benefits

Four weeks of vacation

Comprehensive health benefits

Pension plan

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work and 2 years of clinical experience required.
• Current registration with the BC College of Social Workers is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Provide counseling and crisis intervention services to patients and families.
• Participate in interdisciplinary care planning and quality improvement.

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Counseling services

Crisis intervention

Communication skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Organizational skills

Education

Master's degree in Social Work

Job description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $42.27 - $52.81 / hour.
Job Summary

Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby.

We are currently looking to fill a Part-Time opportunity for a Social Worker I (Acute Care) at Burnaby Hospital located in Burnaby, B.C.

The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.

Highlights of the two-phase redevelopment project include:

• Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces.
• New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine and mental health patients.
• New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces.
• New acute care tower with 160 beds.
• New medical imaging department.
• New integrated BC Cancer Centre.

Burnaby Hospital plays an essential role to those living in the community by delivering a variety of health care services. Services and specialties include emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology and plastics specialties.

Come work with us!

Joining the Fraser Health team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Detailed Overview

Under general supervision, and within an interdisciplinary environment, provides psychosocial assessments; identifies patient/family issues; formulates a treatment and sets goals/objectives for assigned clients.

Responsibilities

1. Formulates a psychosocial assessment and treatment plan by reviewing referral, gathering information about the client/significant others with respect to social, emotional, cultural, response to illness, coping abilities, environmental and financial situation.
2. Provides clinical and ongoing supportive counselling services to patients/families regarding identified problems, adjustment to illness, personal concerns, lifestyle changes, treatment objectives, withdrawal from treatment and bereavement counselling as required; completes written report for inclusion in client health record.
3. Provides crisis intervention, crisis resolution and support services; provides and initiates programs using group work methodology.
4. Provides consultative and direct services to clients, families and staff regarding community and rehabilitation services/resources, and access to these resources to assist them with financial, vocational, transportation, child care and accommodation concerns.
5. Provides educational services to individuals, couples, families or groups to assist them in dealing with the psychosocial implications of the treatment modalities and to assist in dealing with the impact on lifestyle changes.
6. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, provides information regarding clients' psychosocial situation and participates in developing a comprehensive plan of care with/for the client.
7. Participates in quality improvement activities by providing input into the development, implementation and evaluation of departmental and program goals, objectives, policies and procedures.
8. Prepares and maintains required statistics and reports.
9. Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Master's degree in Social Work from an approved school of Social Work, plus two (2) years' recent, related clinical experience. Current full registration with the BC College of Social Workers.

Skills and Abilities

• Comprehensive knowledge of systems theory and an ability to apply this theory to practice, Social Work assessment and intervention.
• Fully developed and information-seeking skills that promote communication and lead to a co-operative approach to problem solving within an interdisciplinary setting.
• Comprehensive knowledge of developmental stages in the individual and family life cycle and of psychosocial issues that may occur in response to changing health and dependency needs.
• Ability to establish rapport with clients and family members in order to explore issues that are beyond the initial presented concerns.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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