• Conduct foundational social work assessments of patients and families by interviewing the patient and/or family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the patient and/or family, and interpreting the data using a variety of assessment tools, in accordance with professional standards, clinical policies and practices relevant to the specific area of care.
• Provide foundational social work and therapeutic clinical counseling services to patients and families in the assigned area of care by exploring the emotional response to identify problems, personal concerns, treatment objectives and facilitates change in coping style, behavior, attitude and feelings and adaptive responses to life events.
• Receive referrals from the interdisciplinary team to participate in the patient, families, community supports and interdisciplinary team meetings to coordinate services, support case management and facilitate meetings, as appropriate relevant to the specific area of care.
• Refer to community services as necessary relevant to the specific area of care area.
• Attend clinical/case conferences as a member of an interdisciplinary team for patient reviews, admissions, and discharges by methods such as providing input from a social work perspective on a variety of care issues related to the patient, and ensuring proper and effective treatment of the patient relevant to the specific care area.
• Provide consultative and direct services to patients, families, team members and community health professionals relevant to the specific care area.
• Prepare and maintain patient records by methods such as documenting client assessments, interventions, evaluations, modifications and patient goals, charting patient information, preparing progress notes and reports in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures, to meet regulatory requirements, and provide evidence and rationale that support findings and intervention plan relevant to the specific care area.
• Maintain a variety of records such as workload statistics by methods such as recording information into approved formats, collating data, analyzing trends, accounting for variances, and recommending an action plan as directed relevant to the specific care area.
• Attend and/or leads meetings, in-services, and corporate initiatives by methods such as presenting relevant materials/topics to remain informed of departmental/practice activities and to contribute to hospital initiatives, as directed relevant to the specific care area.
• Participate in program evaluation/quality improvement by identifying opportunities for change and formulating recommendations to better social work services, as directed relevant to the specific care area.
• Maintain foundational knowledge of developments in the Social Work profession and sets measurable goals and objectives within a team or individual environment, by methods such as reviewing literature in specialty areas, consulting with clinical and community experts within the field, evaluating clinical practice, participating in professional development activities to improve care through new practices, and developing a plan in collaboration with the Professional Practice Coordinator, Professional Practice Leader, and Program Manager for professional development; reviews progress to ensure that goals are achieved within established time frames relevant to the specific care area.
• Provide leadership to social work students as assigned, by providing guidance and the opportunity to observe and take an active role in the support of patients relevant to the specific care area.
• Perform other related duties as assigned relevant to the specific care area.

• Bachelor of Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work and one (1) year post Bachelor of Social Work experience or successful completion of a practicum in a health care setting.
• Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers.

• Foundational knowledge and understanding relevant to the specific care area.
• Demonstrated ability to apply systems theory to practice in Social Work assessment and intervention relevant to the specific care area.
• Demonstrated ability to apply foundational counselling skills relevant to the specific care area.
• Ability to provide consultation to patients, families and other healthcare professionals relevant to the specific care area.
• Ability to develop, coordinate and deliver in-services, presentations and support groups relevant to the specific care area.
• Ability to make effective referrals, reflecting knowledge of community resources and strong collaborative skills relevant to the specific care area.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with patients, families, team members and community agency personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate both verbally and in writing, and to deal effectively with co-workers, physicians, other health care professionals, clients and their families, and external agencies.
• Basic knowledge of legislation and government policies and procedures that relate to the patient relevant to the specific area of care.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct and document a psychosocial assessment relevant to the specific area of care.
• Demonstrated ability to draw out and honour information that will contribute to understanding the patient’s circumstance relevant to the specific area of care.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events relevant to the specific area of care.
• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with conflict situations relevant to the specific area of care.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team relevant to the specific area of care.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position relevant to the specific area of care..
• Computer literacy.
• Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
• As a strong asset for consideration, we are looking for our successful candidate to have: Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).

• Join one of BC’s largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations – offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
• Access to professional development opportunities through our in-house training programs, including +2,000 courses, such as our San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training course, or Core Linx for Leadership roles.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
• Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
• PHSA is a remote work friendly employer, welcoming flexible work options to support our people (eligibility may vary, depending on position).
• Access to Work Perks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.