Social Worker III

The Community Accessible Rehabilitation (CAR) program is an ambulatory rehabilitation program for adult clients with complex neurological and musculoskeletal conditions. This advanced level clinical social work position works with a collaborative interdisciplinary rehabilitation team serving an outpatient adult population in the Community Accessible Rehabilitation (CAR) Program. The successful applicant will be responsible to provide Social Work assessment, treatment, and consultation services for the CAR clients and ensures that social work clinical practice is evidence based and meets professional standards of practice. The successful candidate will have a strong working knowledge of community and financial resources/ supports and be able to provide psychosocial counselling to clients to help them overcome barriers to optimize their rehabilitation potential. CAR is a multisite program, and this casual position may be providing support at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Center or the Peter Lougheed Center. The caseload for all positions within the CAR Program may be subject to change based on operational considerations.

As a Social Worker III, you will perform either advanced level assessment and treatment or act as a clinical lead. You will work with or within teams to provide health care services for patients with complex and multidimensional medical, psychosocial, environmental and instrumental needs. You will provide advanced clinical services, consultation to the interprofessional team and patients/families and supervision of students and team members as assigned. You may also act as a clinical lead providing leadership in the planning, development, and delivery of services in a specific area, as well as staff development, quality improvement and evaluation or research activities as identified by the needs of the service area(s).

Master's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).

At least 2 years of clinical social work experience at a Master's level. At least 1 year of counselling experience. Good working knowledge of community and financial resources in the Calgary Zone. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to function effectively within a patient-centered, interdisciplinary team of health care professionals. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Experience working in a multi-disciplinary out-patient or community setting with adult clients. Recent (within past 3 years) experience working with clients with complex and/or neurological diagnoses, such as stroke and brain injury. Recent experience (within past 3 years) with group facilitation. Recent experience (within past 3 years) with virtual service delivery.