Social Worker Degree

Position #: 166469

Expected Start Date: March 17, 2025

Union: HSAS

Facility: Yorkton Regional Health Centre

City/Town: Yorkton

Department: Mental Health Community Crisis Intervention

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work: 28 shifts of 8 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

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

Travel Required: No

Job Description: Provides assessments, treatments, referrals and case management of individuals, couples, groups and families who experience mental health problems and/or addictions problems. Provides professional consultation and collaborative support as an interdisciplinary team member.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)

Competencies

• Basic - Communication skills
• Basic - Assessment skills
• Basic - Computer skills
• Basic - Organizational skills
• Basic - Case management skills
• Basic - Decision making skills
• Intermediate - Written Communication Skills
• Basic - Public relations skills
• Basic - Counseling skills
• Basic - Leadership skills
• Intermediate - Verbal communication skills
• Basic - Time management skills
• Basic - Critical thinking skills
• Intermediate - Interpersonal skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge of crisis and suicide intervention and prevention programs
• Knowledge in quality improvement theory and methodologies
• Demonstrates ability to accept and implement change
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Services Act and Family Services Act 
• Knowledge in mental health treatment resources
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate level of professional conduct and judgement.
• Ability to develop, evaluate and modify programming provided to clients
• Knowledge of HIPA
• Knowledge in Mental Health and Addictions
• Knowledge of crisis intervention and prevention programs
• Knowledge of community resources in the addictions field.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge in human development and family dynamics
• Ability to deliver programs w/in a holistic and culturally appropriate framework
• Knowledge in family violence, trauma, loss and grief, addiction, and poverty
• Knowledge in client psychosocial living needs and interventions
• Knowledge in integrating mental health programming across SHA and communities

Other Information

• Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement
• For more information on the city of Yorkton please visit https://www.yorkton.ca/
• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW)
• Travel within the region and provincially