Social Worker I Msw

3 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada PHSA Full time

**Social Worker I MSW (Standard), General Social Work NICU**

BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre

Vancouver, BC

They will be responsible for the provision of social work services to all parents/families of newborns hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Mother Baby Care (MBC), as well as patients/families in the Maternal Newborn Program. The Neonatal Program of BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre offers a strong academic environment with a philosophy of evidence-based practice, support for patient-centred research and quality improvement and opportunities for innovation and excellence in clinical care.

**What you’ll do**

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- Conduct comprehensive psycho-social and family assessments by methods such as interviewing the patient and family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the patient and family and formulation of assessment and plan of intervention, in accordance with professional practice standards and clinical policies.
- Support patient and their family by understanding the nature and treatment of the presenting issues by providing education, short-term counseling and crisis intervention to families and other relevant caregivers.
- Provide comprehensive clinical counseling with women, children and their families by focusing on their 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 women and their families by organizing and facilitating pscho-educational, counseling and bereavement groups for partners and their families.
- 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 Women’s Hospital and Health Centre and the continuum of health care. Identify, promote and participate in program planning strategies to enhance system processes and resources for patients and their families.
- Promote women centered and family centered care by participating in relevant committee work within the Social Work discipline, specialized program, hospital-setting, and/or continuum of health care.
- Collaborate with team members in many forums, both informal and formal, in case consultations by attending team meetings, rounds, and psycho-social forums relevant to women centered and family centered care.
- Provide consultation to team members and relevant community services regarding child protection concerns by being knowledgeable of risk indicators and helping the identification of risk situations in keeping with the Child, Family, and Community Services Act and provide consultation from a psycho-social perspective.

**What you bring**

**Qualifications**:

- Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work.
- Minimum 1 year recent related experience with patient and their family with a health condition relevant to the service/program area within BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre including clinical skills in crisis intervention, assessment, short-term counseling, individual, group and family counseling; must have experience in mental health, child protection, women’s issues, intimate partner violence, harm reduction model 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 women and families with health and/or mental health conditions.
- Knowledge of and experience with women centered care.
- 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 and Child and Family Community Services Act.
- Knowledgeable of adoption legislation and related clinical guidelines.
- Demonstrated knowledge and ability to work with mental health issues, including DSM, and mental health assessment of depression, suicide, and anxiety.
- Demonstrated knowledge and ability t



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