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!

As a Social Worker with Vancouver Coastal Health, you will:

• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide outreach services to individuals in the community who have difficulty accessing services with serious substance use disorders and other complex medical and psych-social needs such as mental health and/or primary care needs.
• Provide comprehensive Social Work assessments, connects clients with health care and community services, develops, implements and adjusts individualized treatment plans in collaboration with internal team, affiliated prescribers and other treatment team members and provides counselling according to a variety of models.
• Participate in team case conferences/meetings in order to coordinate and manage client care issues, aids clients access to needed services, establishes and maintains relationships, liaises with staff of emergency rooms, inpatient psychiatric units and other resources and collaborates and consults with colleagues. Participates in team meetings, continuing education, conferences and/or corporate initiatives and engages in on-going team planning, development, evaluation and quality improvement activities.
• Provide clinical and consultative Social Work services, including outreach and brief counselling.
• May act as a Designated Responder under the Adult Guardianship Act.

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.

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.

WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.


***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub, you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the https://my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.