Social Worker, BSW - Peace Arch Hospital

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Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $42.27 - $52.81 / hour

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $42.27 - $52.81 / hour



Job Summary

We’re hiring Casual Social Workers, BSW (Bachelor of Social Work) to join our team at Peace Arch Hospital located in White Rock, BC.

Peace Arch Hospital is a 171-bed hospital located in White Rock, BC, primarily serving its local communities of South Surrey and White Rock. The hospital offers general medicine, surgery, maternity, inpatient, outpatient care and 24/7 Emergency services with over 51,000 visits annually.

With its sandy beaches, red brick promenade, waterfront eateries, dramatic sunsets, and the warmest ocean water on the Canadian west coast, White Rock is known as the jewel of British Columbia. A quiet, growing, seaside community tucked between Surrey and Washington State, White Rock is a scenic community offering a variety of leisure activities from windsurfing to golfing to oceanfront promenade walks.

Come work with us!

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

Detailed Overview

Reporting to the Manager, Clinical Services and the Professional Practice chief for Social Work, provides psychosocial/emotional assessment and therapeutic clinical counselling services to clients (patients, residents, families, community clients) in the assigned clinical areas by using a variety of modalities and in accordance with professional standards and clinical policies and practices; participates on the interdisciplinary team in care planning, discharge planning and resource linkage, from a Social Work perspective;

participates as a member of local committees and planning bodies as required; provides education and consultation to clients/interdisciplinary team as needed regarding psychosocial/emotional aspects of illness/injury/disease/health and Social Work practice.

Responsibilities

• Conducts psychosocial/emotional assessments of clients by methods such as focused interviewing, the collecting of relevant data , the interpreting of the data within the context of the client system, using a variety of modalities and in accordance with professional standards and clinical policies and practices.
• Provides basic therapeutic clinical counselling services to clients, based on a psychosocial assessment by methods such as identifying areas of client/system strength and challenge in addressing the psychosocial/emotional components of illness, injury and disease and by providing interventions which promote improved psychosocial/emotional wellbeing; provides a plan of care that will include the goals of treatment, timelines and indicators of successful treatment.
• Educates and provides consultation to clients and healthcare professionals on issues related to Social Work practice and area of clinical specialty; provides information in such areas as: high risk factors, recovery and current community practice relevant to the assigned clinical specialty area in the fields of adaptation to illness and disability, trauma, bereavement, critical incident stress management, relevant legislation, chemical dependency and community living and support services.
• Maintains client records by methods such as documenting client assessments, charting client information, preparing progress…