Social Worker, Acquired Brain Injury Services

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We have an exciting
**Part Time** opportunity for a
**Social Worker **to join our Acquired Brain Injury Services team located in
**Langley, BC.**

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Detailed Overview: Provides comprehensive care management and services to complex clients and adults with acquired brain injuries within a multi-disciplinary team setting; works with clients/families to address their health, psycho-emotional, social, environmental and functional needs to maximize the client's capabilities, community participation, recovery from or adaptation to illness or disability and to decrease the potential for admission to hospital or residential care; establishes and maintains relationships by collaborating and facilitating access to a wide range of services to meet individual client needs. Responsibilities:

- Carries out health, psycho-emotional, social and functional/environmental assessments to identify client strengths, risks, needs and goals in collaboration with client/family/health care team; develops a care plan to meet these goals and promote stability in client/family situation; monitors and evaluates effectiveness of the care plan on an ongoing basis; implements care plan adaptations, as necessary.
- Maintains responsibility and accountability for approving and facilitating access to regionally funded community health resources such as home support services, adult day programs and residential care as part of the overall care plan.
- Uses knowledge and skill in area of professional practice, clinical assessment and care management to independently manage a complex client case load; participates in education programs and evaluates and develops own competencies and abilities to maintain and improve professional standards.
- Develops and monitors individual client and funded contract support services for clients; evaluates effectiveness and quality of services provided to clients by conducting on-site inspections and facilitating follow-up action, as per established policies and procedures.
- Facilitates client's transitions through a variety of settings within the healthcare system; by providing leadership and collaborating in interdisciplinary client/family conferences.
- Advocates on behalf of clients and families to access system information and resources; promotes client''s right to autonomy, dignity and privacy; advocates for system/program change that will broaden services and enhance the systems capacity to support clients/families.
- Develops and facilitates psycho-educational and support groups for individuals with acquired brain injury, families and their caregivers; provides training/educational seminars/workshops for professionals/caregivers/ clients.
- Mentors and orients new staff, students and other health professionals as requested; represents Acquired Brain Injury Services by providing public information and education.
- Maintains complete and accurate clinical records and/or files and ensures documentation is shared between clinical professionals and other community service providers; monitors and prepares individual and summary re