Social Worker II - Emergency Department

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; On-site; CAD 58,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services in Calgary seeks a Social Worker II to provide a wide range of social work services to patients and families at the Peter Lougheed Centre. You will perform psychosocial assessments, counseling, case management, and discharge planning within an inter-disciplinary team.

The role supports inpatient units and may cover Emergency Department, maternity/pediatrics, critical care, and outpatient areas as needed.

Qualifications

• Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work.
• Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
• Relevant experience in an adult acute care setting in last 3 years.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with interdisciplinary team, patients and families.

Responsibilities

• psychosocial assessment, resource-based interventions, individual, group and family treatment, risk screening, counselling, case management and coordination, transition or discharge planning, and prevention/promotion activities.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Crisis intervention

Time management

Stress tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work

Job description

Located in N.E. Calgary, the Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is an acute care hospital offering both inpatient and outpatient services. The PLC has over 600 inpatient beds, including Medical, Surgical, Pediatrics, Women's Health and Critical Care. The PLC is the Vascular Centre for Southern Alberta, Southwestern Saskatchewan and Southeast British Columbia. Under general supervision from the Social Work Manager, the successful candidate will be expected to provide Social Work services primarily to the Inpatient units and as needed to provide coverage support to: Emergency Department, maternity/pediatrics units, critical care, and outpatient clinic areas at the PLC. These services are primarily clinical in nature, and include advanced level assessment and treatment (including, but not limited to: psychosocial assessments, counseling, case management and discharge planning). This caseload may change based on operational needs. This position requires the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and yet function as part of the interdisciplinary team. At all times the Social Worker ensures the successful candidate is compliant with ACSW standards of practice.

Description:

As a Social Worker II, you will be a member of an inter-disciplinary team and provides a range of social work services to patients and their families. Your services may include: psychosocial assessment, resource-based interventions, individual, group and family treatment, risk screening, counselling, case management and coordination, transition or discharge planning, and prevention, promotion and public awareness activities.

• Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
• Classification: Social Worker II
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Social Work
• Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.70
• Posting End Date: 07-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 19-OCT-2026
• Length of Shift in weeks: 4
• Shifts per cycle: 14
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $42.14
• Maximum Salary: $56.02
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

• Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
• Classification: Social Worker II
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Social Work
• Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.70
• Posting End Date: 07-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 19-OCT-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 4
• Shifts per cycle: 14
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $42.14
• Maximum Salary: $56.02
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work.Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).

Additional Required Qualifications:

Relevant experience in an adult acute care setting in last 3 years. Relevant experience in the Emergency Department in last 5 years. Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with members of the interdisciplinary team, patients and families in a dynamic health care setting. Demonstrated problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills. Excellent organizational and time management skills to efficiently organize and prioritize workload to keep pace in a busy multi-disciplinary patient care. Recent experience in crisis intervention and working with patients/families facing chronic and/or life threatening illness required. Experience and advanced skill in providing therapy to individuals and families. Experience with Patient and Family Center Care (PFCC) and Complex Discharge Management. Solution-focused and able to navigate difficult conversations. Able to succeed through high levels of stress, fluctuating priorities, and time sensitive deadlines. Able to tolerate long periods of sitting or standing, perform repetitive movements, lift and carry 10-15 lbs., and regularly and walk distances up to 3 km per day.

Preferred Qualifications:

Connect Care training is an asset.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the postingend date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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Calgary Zone, Calgary, Peter Lougheed Centre