Social Worker I

6 months ago


Vancouver, Canada PHSA Full time

**Social Worker I (MSW), Acute Rehab**

BC Children’s Hospital and SunnyHill Health Centre

Vancouver, BC

**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 maintains 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.
- Collaborate with team members in many forums, both informal and formal, in case consultations by attending team meetings, rounds, family conferences, and psycho-social forums relevant to family centered care.
- Provide consultation to team members and relevant community services regarding child protection concerns by being knowledgeable of risk indicators and helping in 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 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.
- 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 to work with grief and loss issues.
- Working knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in client care.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively in an inter-professional environment.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate both verbally and in writing, and to deal effectively with co-workers, physicians, other health care professionals, clients and their families, and external agencies.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and prioritize work.
- Demonstrated ability to deal with and/or guide others in resolution of conflict issues.
- Demonstrated ability to teach Social Work students and other tea


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