Social Worker

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of Care, works as a member of the Rosewood Manor Team to provide therapeutic counseling services to assigned residents and families; conducts comprehensive social work and psycho-social assessments and liaises with community agencies to ensure optimal continuity of care for residents and families; collaborates with the Care Managers on the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of policies, services including outcomes for improved quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of services.

Job Responsibilities
- Provides comprehensive therapeutic counseling services for residents and families admitted to Rosewood Manor experiencing complicated circumstances relating to the illness and/or end-of-life issues; participates in team meetings, care conferences and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate clinical services.
- Conducts comprehensive social work and psychosocial assessments of Rosewood Manor residents and families by interviewing the resident and/or family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the resident and/or family and interpreting the data using a variety of modalities, in accordance with professional standards, clinical policies and practices.
- Develops work processes that will assist residents to attain the required funds to live at Rosewood Manor
- Follows up and provides ongoing monitoring of complex psychosocial situations and evaluates resident’s response to clinical interventions.
- Acts as a clinical resource for residents and their families by providing information regarding community resources and access to those resources, facilitating referrals where appropriate by identifying services needed to support the health of families; provides consultation to residents, families and staff on issues related to long-term/palliative care.
- Assists in the development of provision of relevant educational programs for Rosewood Manor staff, clients, and their families on psychosocial issues related to illness and disability, grieving and loss, including in-services, presentations, psycho-educational and support groups and/or training for staff regarding psychosocial issues related to transition to long term care, grief, loss and bereavement facing long-term care/palliative care patients and their families. Conducts at least one formal in-service per year.
- Maintains resident records by documenting resident assessments, charting resident information, preparing progress notes and reports in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures.
- Communicates with other healthcare and service providers
- Maintains a variety of records by recording information on approved formats, collating data, analyzing trends, accounting for variances and preparing reports in accordance with program standards and procedures.
- Establishes measurable performance goals and objectives by maintaining and updating own knowledge for clinical expertise within area of practice, developing professional development plans in collaboration with the Manager ensuring goal and objective plans are achievable.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Education, Training, and Experience**

Preference for Master’s Degree of Social Work from an approved school of Social Work. Two (2) years’ recent related clinical experience working with long-term care residents and their families in a long-term care environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience

Current full registration with the BC College of Social Workers.

Must be fully vaccinated with Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine.

**Skills and Abilities**
- Demonstrated knowledge in the field of long-term care, palliative care
- Demonstrated abilities to develop new work processes
- Comprehensive counseling skills applicable to families and seniors living long-term care, including the ability to conduct social and psychosocial assessments
- Demonstrated ability to educate and provide consultation to residents, their families and other healthcare professionals
- Demonstrated understanding of the scope of practice of other health care disciplines.
- Ability to make effective referrals, reflecting in depth knowledge of community resources and strong collaborative skills in working with long-term care team members
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with residents, families, staff, and multidisciplinary team members
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others including working effectively in a multi-cultural environment
- Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize workload in a complex environment with changing priorities
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: $47.20 per hour

Expected hours: 22.5 - 30 per week

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Richmond, BC V7C 5C4: reliably commute or plan to reloc