Social Worker Degree

Position #: 166469

Expected Start Date: January 20, 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: Yes

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

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

Knowledge and Abilities

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

Other Information

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

We work together to improve our health and well-being. Every day. For everyone.

We are committed to building a representative, diverse, inclusive, and culturally responsive workforce.

We are committed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Calls to Action.

We work in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, acknowledging Saskatchewan as the traditional territory of First Nations and Métis People.