Social Work Clinician, Mental Health Eating

6 days ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PHSA Full time

Social Work Clinician, Mental Health Eating Disorders
BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver, BC


The Social Work Clinician, Eating Disorders is a clinical practitioner who provides leadership within the interdisciplinary team and advanced level clinical services for children and youth and their families who are being assessed or receiving treatment for an eating disorder within a tertiary facility offering outpatient, residential, inpatient and day treatment services to children, adolescents and their families throughout the province of British Columbia.


What you'll do

  • Function as the clinical lead for the client and their family that includes acting as the lead family therapist in a family based model and providing advanced level clinical services based on advanced knowledge and expertise by coordinating the treatment, guiding the interdisciplinary team in the clinical care, and providing clinical leadership within the interdisciplinary team, and determining when to bring in other community resources; providing intense family therapy to patients and families in the Intense Treatment Service (ITS), inpatient, day treatment and outpatient program; fostering a positive treatment milieu, policies, and routines that are attuned to cultural, religious and ethnic differences; and providing advanced level family assessments relevant to children and youth with eating disorders and family dynamics and recommendations on treatment planning to team and family.
  • Provide clinical consultation and participates in complex discharge planning by methods such as consulting on complex cases and therapeutic challenges by phone or telehealth to eating disorders therapists around the province; providing guidance to the team and relevant community agencies regarding child protection concerns, custody and access, release of information, treatment refusal and consents to treatment; assisting with coordinating therapy followup with other team members and community partners; and utilizing skills in teleconferencing to include health care professionals in care planning with patients and families around the province.
  • Provide individual and group therapy within the context of the ITS, day treatment and outpatient program which includes cofacilitating therapy groups such as Art Therapy, Dialetical Behaviour Therapy Groups, meal support therapy, and multifamily groups.
  • Provide counselling and psychoeducation to families and other relevant caregivers through parent support groups to understand the nature, treatment and prognosis of the eating disorder and to assist families with coping.
  • Take leadership in program planning and clinical practice guidelines as part of multidisciplinary team by methods such as evaluating and developing clinical treatment practices, guidelines and protocols within the team to promote excellence in social work practice and eating disorders treatment protocols, and identifying, promoting and leading program planning strategies to enhance system processes and resources for patients.
  • Maintain uptodate knowledge on research and best practices in treatment methods globally in the eating disorders field and specific to social work practice and family therapy; relevant legislation including the Child and Family Services Act, Infants Consent Act, Freedom of Privacy and Information Act and the Mental Health Act; and community resources locally, nationally and internationally in the field of eating disorders.

What you bring

  • Master's Degree in Social Work from a recognized program.
  • Minimum of three (3) years experience specifically providing family therapy in a related mental health setting with children and youth including two (2) years experience with eating disorders or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
  • Postmasters certificate from a recognized family therapy training program.
  • Completion of postmaster's professional development workshops in areas of clinical intervention that may include at least two of the following: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialetical Behaviour Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Group Therapy.
  • Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers.

You also have knowledge of:

  • Social work theory, family therapy theory and practice.
  • Issues related to eating disorders in children and youth and the psychosocial impact for patients and families.
  • DSM IV diagnostic criteria for children and youth with eating disorders and related mental health comorbid diagnoses.
  • Eating disorders resources including St. Paul's Adult Eating Disorders Program and programs and teams around the province and other regions of Canada.
  • Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight Report (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and other related reports.
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