Mental Health Social Worker

6 days ago


Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Fraser Health Full time
Job Summary

Fraser Health is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mental Health Social Worker to join our team in Surrey, B.C. As a key member of our interdisciplinary team, you will provide clinical social work services to clients and their families in the Timber Creek mental health program.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provides Comprehensive Therapeutic Services: Provides comprehensive therapeutic clinical counselling services to clients and their families, community supports, and interdisciplinary treatment teams to coordinate services, manage cases, and facilitate meetings.
  • Conducts Comprehensive Assessments: Conducts comprehensive social work and psychosocial assessments of clients, and families by interviewing the client and/or family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the client and/or family and interpreting the data using a variety of modalities, in accordance with professional standards and clinical policies and practices.
  • Educates and Provides Consultation: Educates and provides consultation and support to clients, families, and healthcare professionals on issues related to high risk factors, recovery and current community practice in the field of mental health, child protection, adaptation to illness and disability, protection of vulnerable adults, chemical dependency, community living and support services.
  • Maintains Client Records: Maintains client records by documenting client assessments, charting client information, preparing progress notes and reports in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures to meet regulatory requirements and documenting for future reference.
  • Coordinates Care Plans: Arranges meetings to develop and coordinate care plans and community services for clients requiring facility placement and/or community support and collaborates with hospital and community services from a social work perspective to determine appropriate levels of care and the effective utilizations of client resources.
  • Communicates with Community Agencies: Communicates/collaborates with mental health and related community service agencies and family physicians by collaborating in the assessment and management of individuals at risk, making referrals to appropriate resources when follow up is required and exchanging relevant information.
  • Acts as Resource to Clients and Families: Acts as resource to clients and their families by providing information for clients and families regarding community, resources and access to these resources, suggesting contacts to facilitate optimal planning, arranging referrals, and facilitating the development of community resources to strengthen families.
  • Participates in Program Evaluation: Participates as a member of the mental health program and local committees and planning bodies by engaging in program/practice evaluation, identifying opportunities for change, assessing available resources, initiating solutions, analyzing outcomes and identifying areas for improved efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery to enhance client care services and reduce service gaps in the community.
  • Maintains Workload Statistics: Maintains a variety of records such as workload statistics by recording information into approved formats, collating data, analyzing trends, accounting for variances, and preparing reports as required.
  • Develops and Delivers In-Services: Develops, coordinates, and delivers in-services, presentations, psycho-educational and support groups and/or training related to mental health by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team, determining relevant content and required audiovisual/handouts aids, conducting literature searches, and planning and coordinating seminars.
  • Initiates and Develops Research Activities: Initiates, develops and carries out research activities and program planning and development relevant to the needs of the client, families, hospital and community in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team by identifying current trends/gaps in literature and writing research proposals. Follows through with research methodology, disseminates research findings, and ensures clinical practices and protocols are consistent with research findings.
  • Maintains Current Knowledge: Maintains current knowledge in Social Work practice in the mental health field by reviewing literature in the assigned clinical specialty area, consulting with clinical and community experts within the field, evaluating practice, and participating in professional development activities in order to improve care through new practices.
Qualifications

Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited school of Social Work. Two (2) years' recent, related experience in a mental health treatment setting or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers.

Valid Class 5 BC driver's license with access to personal vehicle for business purposes.



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