Social Worker Degree

Position #: 129252

Expected Start Date: July 15, 2024

Union: HSAS

Facility: Swift Current Community Services

City/Town: Swift Current

Department: Child & Youth&Adolescent -Mental Health Community Case Management

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work: shifts of hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Social Worker - BSW $35.137 to $42.966

Job Description: Reporting to the Director, Mental Health & Addictions Services, the incumbent will provide a full range of clinical mental health services to children and adolescents, and their families.  Duties include intake, assessment and formulation of treatment plans, therapy with individuals, families and groups.  Travel throughout the Health Region is required.  Position is field hours and may involve evening and weekend shifts in order to meet client and program needs.

Travel Required: Yes

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Master of Social Work (MSW)
• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)

Competencies

• Basic - Verbal communication skills
• Basic - Presentation skills
• Basic - Conflict resolution skills
• Basic - Interpersonal skills
• Basic - Writing skills
• Basic - Computer skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge in community resources and services in the clinical area
• Knowledge in applicable Acts
• Knowledge in harm reduction in Addictions Medicine
• Knowledge in various mental health and addiction and harm reduction strategies
• Knowledge in various intervention strategies for individuals and groups
• Knowledge in recovery philosophy
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to enter and retrieve data in computer database systems

Other Information

• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW)
• For more information on the city of Swift Current please visit http://www.swiftcurrent.ca/
• Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement