Social Worker

Position Profile:
**Humber River Health. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.**

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital, we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders. Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team. At Humber River Health, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Health is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital. Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Health, we’re not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

**Join our professional team of Social Workers as we work together to deliver compassionate care that is responsive to the healthcare needs of our community.**

Right now we are looking for a **Social Worker** to work within our **Outpatient, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Urgent Care Clinic**. This is a program within our **Mental Health Addictions Programs.**

Are you a compassionate Social Worker who is focused on delivering high-quality, safe-care? If yes, we invite you to read the details below then apply.

**Employment Status**:Temporary Full Time
**Location**:Wilson Site - Cross Site Coverage may be required - Must be willing to work in all areas of Mental Health & Addictions Program
**Labour Group**: OPSEU 590
**Reporting Relationship**:Manager of Mental Health
**Hourly Rate**:$44.67 - $57.90

**Position Responsibilities**:

- Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team in the Urgent Clinic to assess and provide psychosocial support to individuals (children and youth) who are in need of urgent short term crisis intervention and stabilization post discharge from the Emergency Department (ED) and the Emergency Psychiatric Unit (EPU).
- Completes a psycho-social assessment and provides therapies with children/youth and families using a variety of psychotherapeutic modalities that are short term (supportive, crisis counselling and brief solution-focused, trauma-informed stabilization treatment) to promote crisis stabilization and a return to an optimum level of functioning in the community.
- Using a holistic approach, provides psycho-education and consultation services to patients and their families to promote stabilization of symptoms.
- Acts as resource of discipline-specific expertise to other members of the treatment team including ED/EPU.
- Provides health teaching to children/youth and family members concerning illness, symptom management using a biopsychosocial framework, using a trauma
- informed lens.
- Supports and undertakes timely discharge planning services for children and youth and their families as required.
- Works in a manner to ensure safety to oneself, patients, colleagues and the work environment.
- Participates in reflective practice as per identified College standards.
- Other related duties as required

**Qualifications**:

- MSW obtained from an accredited School of Social Work.
- Current membership with OASW and OCSWSSW.
- Certification in the prevention and management of aggressive behaviour is an asset.
- Five (5) years’ current experience working with children/ youth and families in a urgent mental health clinic is required.
- Five (5) years current experience in child and family therapy required.
- Recent experience working with the various Children’s Aid Society and Community Agencies/ Resources
- Child and Adolescent experience with specific individual/ group therapy interventions (g. Trauma Assessment & Treatment, Trauma-Focused demonstrated skills in working therapeutically with specific patient groups experiencing severe trauma related symptoms).
- Demonstrated skills in crisis intervention, individual and / brief solution focused psychotherapy, TIST ( Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment)
- Knowledge and experience with different models of assessment and treatment for children/youth and families experiencing mental health issues.
- Demonstrates understanding of and incorporates trauma-informed approaches for young patients.
- Experience in the modality of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment - TIST ( level 1 ) is preferred
- Demonstrated skills in working therapeutically with specific patient groups from children/youth, and their families and or legal guardians.
- Excellent organizational skills with demonstrated