Social Worker - Overdose Outreach Team

at  Vancouver Coastal Health

COME WORK AS A SOCIAL WORKER WITH VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Social Worker to join the Overdose Emergency Response team in Vancouver, BC. Apply today to join our team!

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Current full registration with BC College of Social Workers.
• Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited educational institution.
• Two (2) years’ recent related clinical experience working with individuals with substance use, mental health and/or primary care needs in community-based settings or Indigenous-led/First Nations organization, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Valid BC Driver’s License as local area travel requires the use of a vehicle.

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES

• Broad knowledge of theories and practices within a client and family centred care model.
• Broad knowledge of crisis intervention and counselling skills.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct psychosocial assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to provide treatment planning, counselling, crisis intervention, and case coordination.
• Broad knowledge of substance use and mental health diagnoses and treatment.
• Broad knowledge of substance use treatment and harm reduction modalities.
• Knowledge and experience in providing culturally safe and competent care, specifically pertaining to Indigenous people.
• Demonstrated experience working with marginalized populations including experience working with Indigenous people.
• Working knowledge of Indigenous-specific cultural interventions for mental health and substance use including ceremonial practices and land-based healing.
• Working knowledge and experience in Trauma Informed Practice, Harm Reduction and Recovery Oriented Care.
• Knowledge of appropriate acts; e.g. Mental Health Act, Adult Guardianship, Public Health Act as it relates to the rights and obligations of clients and staff.
• Broad knowledge of psychopharmacology (indication and side effects).
• Broad knowledge of other facilities and community resources.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients and their families, colleagues, physicians and other health care staff, both one-on-one and in groups.
• Demonstrated listening and information seeking skills that promotes communication and leads to a cooperative approach to problem solving within an interdisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrated ability to establish workload priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust schedule to deal with unexpected situations.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to provide consultation and leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve.
• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with conflict situations.
• Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
  Closing Statement:
  Applicants with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from an accredited School of Social Work, and a demonstrated equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered. If you are applying under equivalency, please clearly outline in your application how your knowledge, education, skills and experience meet Master of Social Work (MSW) equivalency.
  The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes.
  As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

Please refer the Job description for details