Social Worker, Specialized Seniors Clinic
6 days ago
Why Fraser Health?:
Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.
Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more.
We are currently looking to fill a
**Casual **opportunity for a
**Social Worker, Specialized Seniors Clinic** at
**Queen's Park Care Centre **located in
**New Westminster, BC**.
**Come work with us**
Fraser Health is proudly recognized as a BC Top Employer. Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.
Effective October 26, 2021 all staff for all positions across health care in British Columbia are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and there are no exceptions.
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Detailed Overview:
Reporting to the Manager, Clinical Services for administrative issues and the Chief Social Worker for clinical issues, works as a member of the interdisciplinary team to plan, organize, implement and evaluate social work services for the Senior's Clinic; provides geriatric social work expertise to older clients and knowledge to other staff based on current theories, concepts and principles of evidence-based practice, client-centered care and chronic disease management; provides care that is family centered and emphasizes the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health through counseling, education and direct care of older adults; participates in quality improvement activities such as providing input into program standards, procedures and protocols to ensure clinical objectives are identified and met; participates on special and/or research projects related to older adult clients, as assigned.
**Responsibilities**:
- Provides social work and biopsycho-emotional and social assessments for older adults and their families who are experiencing difficulty with psycho-emotional and social issues and/or mental health conditions such as depression or dementia/cognitive impairment.
- Develops and facilitates client care plans with the interdisciplinary team and conducts interventions using a variety of modalities such as family counseling; monitors the effectiveness of intervention in complex psycho-emotional and social situations, including attention to issues of tolerable and intolerable risk; implements changes, as appropriate.
- Provides education and information sessions to clients, family and staff through individual and/or group sessions based on client/family interest/need using best practice and evidence-informed research; consults with other experts and interdisciplinary team members in the evaluation of clinical practice issues.
- Promotes self management/self advocacy and/or acts as a client and family advocate by facilitating access to and liaising with other community services.
- Prioritizes workload in accordance with the Social Work Priority Intervention Criteria; completes required reports, records and workload statistic and maintains files and records in accordance with established Fraser Health and Professional Practice procedures and standards.
- Participates in quality improvement and risk management activities by evaluating clinical practice and generating recommendations for alternative approaches.
- Assists in the developing and monitoring policies and procedures for the Senior'''s Clinic and provides input to the Manager on the purchase of program supplies, equipment and repairs of equipment, as needed.
- Assists with the facilitation of student placements, as assigned; participates in research and special projects related to social work and geriatrics by collaborating with interdisciplinary team members, identifyi
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