Social Worker Degree

Position #: V46791

Expected Start Date: February 18, 2025

Union: HSAS

Facility: Mental Health & Addiction Services

City/Town: Regina

Department: Community Recovery Team

Type: Full-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: September 23, 2026

FTE: 1

Hours of Work: 8 hour shifts

Shift Information: days

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

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

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: Under the direction of the program area manager, as applicable, and as part of an interdisciplinary team, the Social Worker BSW provides a range of screening, triage, assessment, treatment and case coordination services to a primarily adult community mental health and addiction population

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW).

Experience

• One year (postgraduate) recognized experience in working within community mental health and addiction services.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of a variety of mental health disorders and addiction and harm reduction strategies required to enable clients to sustain stability.
• Knowledge of community resources including treatment programs and support agencies is essential.
• Experience working with mental health and addiction community outreach and competence in delivering mental health and addiction crisis interventions.
• Knowledge of a variety of intervention strategies (individual and group) for individuals with mental health and addiction problems in a community based setting, including, but not limited to: assessment, triage, treatment, case management.
• Ability to identify, implement and evaluate areas of client difficulty across a wide range of clinical presentation and formulate evidence based intervention.
• Cultural competency skills.
• Knowledge of Recovery philosophy.
• Ability to work independently and in a self-motivated manner, ability to respond under pressure.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Knowledge and practical application of the Mental Health Services Act and Health Information Protection Act.
• Public relation skills with the ability to maintain effective work relationships.
• Interpersonal competence including effective problem solving; workload management and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to prepare reports in a clear concise and timely manner.
• Ability to provide public presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to enter and retrieve data in a computer database system.
• Basic computer skills.

Other Information

• Preference for this position will be given to HSAS members in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement. HSAS seniority within the Saskatchewan Health Authority will be considered under the Selection Criteria.
• Please submit a cover letter and resume when applying for this position.
• Must have a valid driver's license. Some assignments may require access to a vehicle for work
• For more information on the city of Regina please visit https://www.regina.ca/

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