Social Worker

6 months ago

St Thomas, Canada Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners Full time

**Organizational Overview**:
The Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners actively supports care partners and individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. We advocate for and provide support services, education, and funding for research for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

**Our Vision**:
A world without Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

**Our Mission**:
To alleviate the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia’s and to promote research.

**Our Values**:
Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

**Position title: Social Worker**

**Location**:Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners - Elgin Site

450 Sunset Dr. Ste. 229, St. Thomas (some travel required within the regions of Middlesex and Oxford as well).

**Status**: Full time, Permanent, 35 hours per week, occasional evening and weekend work required.

**About you**:
You are a motivated, enthusiastic Social Worker who is passionate about working with older adults, including people living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias (ADOD) and their care partners. You appreciate and contribute to a supportive team culture which includes social workers, social service workers, therapeutic recreation professionals, administrative and education staff, and volunteers. You appreciate diversity and are motivated to advocate for and inspire change in our communities. You are adept at electronic documentation and have good computer skills, including hosting video calls. You can easily demonstrate alignment with AlzSWP values of Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Excellence in your work. A commitment to the OCSWSSW Code of Ethics is evident in all you do. You manage your time well and you are able to problem-solve through challenging situations and unexpected circumstances. While your communication skills in the English language are excellent, bilingualism is an asset.

**Position Summary**:
Under the direction of the Manager of Clinical Services, the incumbent will work with persons living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia (ADOD), including Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), or other memory complaints. The Registered Social Worker will work with the individual, their care partners, and community resource agencies to ensure access to information, support, and education that assists them on their journey with the disease. The goal is to provide needed support, build effective and efficient utilization of community resources, promote links with primary care and community resource agencies; reduce care partner crisis situations and thereby reduce care partner burden.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Receive and respond to client referrals in a timely manner,
- Provide psychosocial assessments and develop care plans for clients living with dementia and their care partner network,
- Initiate intervention quickly in urgent situations,
- Provide dementia related supportive counselling to clients as needed,
- Provide regular follow up with current clients as established in agency policy,
- Comply with reporting requirements of the Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners and those of the relevant professional body (OCSWSSW),
- Ensure clients are aware of existing community resources, and provide assistance as needed to clients who wish to access them,
- Refer to appropriate community resources as required,
- Facilitate support and education groups as assigned,
- Participate in Memory Clinic work as assigned,

**Evaluations and Other Responsibilities: (if applicable)**
- Annual performance review with Manager of Clinical Services,
- Collect, maintain and report required quantitative and qualitative data to support monitoring, evaluation, and reporting,
- Work with programs team to continually evaluate services by soliciting ongoing feedback from clients as well as completing written questionnaires as appropriate,
- Always represent the Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners in a professional manner, treating all internal and external clients with respect and dignity and always act in the best interest of the Society,
- As an employee of a non-profit organization, you are expected to participate in fund development activities as required,
- Other related duties as requested by the supervisor or Director of Programs and Services or CEO,

**Required Qualifications**:

- Minimum Bachelor of Social Work degree required,
- Eligibility for registration with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW),
- Minimum 3 years providing direct Social Work service in a health care setting,
- Experience working with the over 65 age group,
- Experience working with persons living with dementia and their care partners,
- Strong assessment and case management skills required,
- Experience facilitating education and/or support groups an asset,
- Strong written and verbal communication skills,
- Ability and knowledge to work within a computerized e

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