Social Worker I, Msw Standard, Acute Rehabilitation

2 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada BC Children's Hospital Full time

Social Worker I, MSW Standard, Acute Rehabilitation Program

BC Children's Hospital & SunnyHill Health Centre

Vancouver, BC

This position supports the Acute rehabilitation program at Sunny Hill Health Centre at BCCH.

The Social Worker provides psychosocial and family assessments and intervention to assist children and their families presenting with health, rehabilitation, developmental and mental health issues. Social work services are provided to children and their families to address social and emotional stressors resulting from the interaction of physical, social, cultural, and psychological outcomes associated with diagnosis and treatment, including loss and bereavement services. The Social Worker provides consultation to team members and relevant community agencies regarding child welfare concerns. Intervention services provided by the Social Worker includes crisis intervention and short-term counseling, advocacy, liaison with community services, coordination of resources, consultation with teams, collaboration with community agencies, education, program planning and research. The Social Worker promotes family-centered care and research and education within BC Children's Hospital, Sunny Hill Health Centre and the community.

What you'll do

Conduct comprehensive psycho-social and family assessments by methods such as interviewing the child and family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the child and family and formulation of assessment and plan of intervention, in accordance with professional practice standards and clinical policies.
Support the child and their family by understanding the nature and treatment of the presenting issues by providing education, short-term counselling and crisis intervention to families and other relevant caregivers.
Provide comprehensive clinical counselling with individuals, families and groups by focusing on the child's and family's social, emotional and cultural needs, including adjustment to diagnosis and treatment decisions, loss of functioning and dealing with emotional and family crises in the context of evidence based care.
Support the child and their families by organizing and facilitating psycho-educational and counselling groups.
Facilitate in complex discharge planning with the team, patient, family and community agencies by coordinating regular meetings to ensure psycho-social follow-up.
Establish and maintain effective collaborative and constructive liaison relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, including patients and families, community providers, MCFD social workers, schools, hospitals and other agencies, in order to coordinate services across the continuum of health care.
Participate in program planning and development as part of an inter-professional team within BC Children's Hospital and the continuum of health care. Identify, promote and participate in program planning strategies to enhance system processes and resources for children and their families.
Promote patient and family centered care by participating in relevant committee work within the Social Work discipline, specialized program, hospital-setting, and/or continuum of care.

What you bring

**Qualifications**:
Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work.
Minimum 1 year recent related experience with children and their family with a health or disabling condition relevant to the service area within BC Children's Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre including clinical skills in assessment, crisis intervention, therapeutic interventions, individual, group and family counseling; must include experience in mental health, child protection, child development, intimate partner violence, chronic health conditions, disabilities, and grief and loss in a health care or hospital setting; or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.
Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers.

You will also have

Comprehensive knowledge of Social Work theory and practice.
Demonstrated ability to conduct and document a comprehensive psychosocial assessment.
Demonstrated ability to provide individual, family and group counseling.
Knowledge of the psychosocial needs of children/families with medical, disabilities, and/or mental health conditions.
Knowledge of child development theories.
Knowledge of child protection issues and relevant legislation concerning children, consents and FOIPPA.
Knowledge of formalized agreements between C&W and MCFD relevant to child protection protocols and other formal agreements with community agencies.
Knowledge of C&W guidelines such as, Children and Youth at Risk for Abuse and Neglect.
Commitment to develop knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents - including Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Pe



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