Social Worker
2 weeks ago
**Position Details**:
**Posting #**: 27187
**Department**:Acute Mental Health - Mountain 1 (M1)
**Employee Type**:Temporary, Full Time
**If Temporary, Number of Weeks**:52
**Union**:OPSEU
**Openings Remaining**:1
**Schedule**:
**Work Days**: Monday to Friday
**Time of Day**: Days
**Shift**: 7.5 hour
**This position may be scheduled at any of the following sites**: West 5th Campus (Hamilton Mountain)
**Application Dates**:
**Opening Date**: 20/02/24
**Closing Date**: 27/02/24 Applications must be received online by 12:00 midnight on the Closing Date
**Position Description**:
**Temporary Assignment - approximately 52 weeks**
**UNIT PROFILE**:
The Acute Mental Health Program is a newly developed service that will provide care to persons aged 16 and older presenting with severe and persistent mental illness and active substance abuse disorder/dependency. An integrated care model ensures a seamless integration of psychiatric and substance abuse interventions. Services include assessment, consultation, intensive case management, tele-psychiatry/shared care and capacity building across the South-west region. The Acute Psychiatry Unit provides mental health care to patients suffering from acute symptoms of mental disorders. The interdisciplinary team provide care for the varied needs of our patients, with the goal to assess and stabilize patients and reintegrate back into the community at optimal levels of functioning.
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The Registered Social Worker provides quality social work services congruent with the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). The Registered Social Worker provides psychosocial assessment, counselling/psychotherapy, case management, patient/family education, supportive counselling, discharge planning, service coordination and consultation according to best practice standards in order to assist patients to achieve optimum recovery and quality of life. This includes maximizing the benefit patients and families receive from their medical treatments and transitioning to risk-reduced, timely discharges. The Registered Social Worker provides leadership in high risk social situations, program development, advocacy, and developing and maintaining strong community linkages. Registered Social Workers will also participate in mentoring, community development, teaching, continuous quality improvement and research activities.
**QUALIFICATIONS**:
- Bachelor’s of Social Work from an accredited University required; Master’s of Social Work from an accredited University preferred.
- Registration with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers required.
- Membership in the Ontario Association of Social Workers preferred.
- One year recent related clinical experience with mental health/concurrent disorders patient population and clinical setting preferred.
- One year recent related experience working directly in an addiction specific setting preferred.
- Maintains current working knowledge of relevant legislation, including: Mental Health Act, Health Care Consent Act, Substitute Decisions Act, Public Hospitals Act, Long Term Care Act, Child and Family Services Act, PHIPA, and Excellent Care for All Act.
- Ability to work effectively in both a team environment and as an independent professional
- Maintains expertise in social work and evidence-based best practices which includes: family/individual and group treatment modalities, case management, crisis intervention, and discharge planning.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with mental health client populations served.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work as an effective member of an inter-professional team with exceptional interpersonal, advocacy, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Exceptional critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.
- Willingness and ability to continue to improve professional competence and knowledge.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, prioritize workload, and meet deadlines.
- Proficient computer skills for report writing, assessments word processing, workload measurement, and access to information.
**Acute Mental Health Program-specific Qualifications**:
- Evidence of ongoing advanced addictions education from an accredited educational institution required; completion of a certificate program in addictions/concurrent disorders from an accredited educational institution preferred
- Demonstrated ability to administer addiction specific screening tools (ie. CAGE-AID, GAIN Short Screener, DALI, TWEAK, MAST/DAST).
- Demonstrated knowledge of the Stages of Change Model and ability to implement stage specific interventions.
- Demonstrated ability to implement a range of harm reduction interventions.
- Demonstrated competence in the facilitation of addictions/concurrent disorders specific groups.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize Motivational I
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