Social Worker

2 weeks ago

Nanaimo, Canada Island Health Full time

**Help us make a lifelong impact on the mental health and well-being of our communities.**

**Up to $20,000 signing bonus, plus relocation assistance and student loan forgiveness for eligible positions.**

Island Health is hiring in our Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) programs across Vancouver Island, BC. Multiple opportunities for Social Workers are available now. Join our team and enjoy an exceptional employer-paid benefits package, Municipal Pension Plan and generous vacation leave.

**Why Island Health**

Island Health continues to be selected for top employer awards, including BC Top Employer (2024). Employees may be eligible for exceptional employer-paid benefit packages including dental and prescription coverage, group life, long-term disability and an extensive extended health plan, as well as generous vacation and leave, and municipal pension benefits.

As the largest employer on Vancouver Island, we believe that our values guide our actions and relationships, shaping how we make decisions and plan for the future. At Island Health, C.A.R.E. guides everything we do:

- Courage: To do the right thing - to change, innovate and grow.
- Aspire: To the highest degree of quality and safety.
- Respect: To value each individual and bring trust to every relationship.
- Empathy: To give the kind of care we would want for our loved ones.

**MHSU Programs**

Island Health is committed to delivering on the shared BC Government priority to build a seamless, integrated system of mental health and substance-use care that can be accessed quickly and close to home. New MHSU treatment centres are opening soon across Vancouver Island.

We offer a range of services for people seeking support to help manage their mental health and substance use. Our patient-focused, interdisciplinary teams are compassionate and dedicated to providing care to clients in a diverse set of safe, respectful health care settings.

Career opportunities are available in the following programs:

- Complex Care Housing (CCH)
- Acute Care: IPU, PIC, PES, Sub-Acute
- Residential and Supportive Housing
- Community
- Detox
- Tertiary
- Urgent Primary Care
- Child, Youth & Family
- Rehabilitation

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor of Social Work degree (B.S.W.) from an accredited school of Social Work, OR a Master's degree (M.S.W.)
- Current full registration with the BC College of Social Workers.
- Related social work experience, preferably in a medical setting, and demonstrated clinical competence.

**About Vancouver Island**

Live, work and play Surrounded by ocean, Vancouver Islanders enjoy the best year-round climate in Canada with warm summers and mild winters. Imagine skiing, golfing and scuba diving all in the same day The relaxed pace, easy access to outdoor activities, an abundance of art, music, theatre and festivals ensures that there is something for everyone.

Whatever the lifestyle you are looking for, we have it here.

**Our Commitment**

Island Health offers programs and services on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka'wakw Peoples.

As an organization, we are committed to cultural safety and humility and we demonstrate this through our actions to address Indigenous specific racism, systemic racism and the ongoing impacts of colonialism.

The Indigenous Recruitment & Retention Team works to bring in and retain Indigenous Peoples at all levels of our organization and to promote a culturally safer workplace where Indigenous employees thrive as valued members of the Island Health community.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Casual

Pay: $42.27-$52.81 per hour

Additional pay:

- Signing bonus

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Application question(s):

- Will you be able to relocate to a community on Vancouver Island, B.C. for this job, if required?

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (required)

**Experience**:

- related mental health/substance use social work: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- registration with BCCSW or other provincial registering body (required)

Work Location: In person

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