Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Home Care uses a strengths–based Client Centered Case Management practice framework. Using a person-centered approach you will develop a care plan supporting the client/family to identify needs, focus on strengths, set achievable personal health and self-care goals. In collaboration with the client/family and interdisciplinary team you will ensure services are provided and modified on an ongoing basis, based on client’s response to interventions, incorporating stewardship into service authorization. You will report to the Home Care Manager and will be responsible for coordinating and providing quality care to clients in the community. You will provide assessments, case coordination and direct care in partnership with clients and their families in their own residence or an alternate care setting, as determined by the assessment. The successful incumbent will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in the following areas: personal and professional accountability, systems thinking, creative thinking, communicating and building relationships, organizational and time management skills, interpersonal skills and intermediate level of computer skills.
Description:
As a Social Worker II, you will be a member of an inter-disciplinary team and provides a range of social work services to patients and their families. Your services may include: psychosocial assessment, resource-based interventions, individual, group and family treatment, risk screening, counselling, case management and coordination, transition or discharge planning, and prevention, promotion and public awareness activities.
Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta Classification: Social Worker II Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Adults Team, Home Care Primary Location: Northwest Centre 1 Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 06-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Full Time Date Available: 16-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 8 Shifts per cycle: 40 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $42.14 Maximum Salary: $56.02 Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Required Qualifications:
Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
Additional Required Qualifications:
The candidate must have 2-3 years of Social Worker experience with 1-2 years’ recent home/community-based setting (Home Care experience preferred). Must have current Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) from Heart and Stroke Foundation within the last 12 months. You will be required to operate a laptop computer and mobile phone, and for manual handling (lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing, and pulling) as a regular part of the job. For example: lifting approximately 5-10 pounds in and out of a vehicle on a regular basis and carrying this weight up and downstairs throughout the day is common within this job. Learning resources and training are provided to safely perform work.
Preferred Qualifications:
Case Management experience strongly preferred, InterRAI training, knowledge of continuing care legislation, knowledge of decision making and capacity, mental health, addictions, trauma informed care, and complex client behaviors. Additional experience working with acute clients and/or long-term clients with a focus on chronic disease management.
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Responsibilities
Assess clients and coordinate and provide social work services in their homes or other appropriate care settings, partnering with clients, families, and an interdisciplinary team. Develop and adjust person-centered care plans, provide counselling and case management, coordinate services, and support transitions and discharge planning.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in Social Work and active or eligible registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers are required. Applicants must have 2–3 years of social work experience, including 1–2 recent years in a home or community setting, and current BCLS-HCP certification; case management experience and knowledge of continuing care, capacity, mental health, addictions, and trauma-informed care are preferred.
Skills
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Case Management
- Case Coordination
- Counselling
- Family Treatment
- Risk Screening
- Transition Planning
- Discharge Planning
- Client-Centered Care
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Resource-Based Interventions
- Mental Health
- Addictions
- Trauma-Informed Care
- InterRAI
- Time Management
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Social Services
- Healthcare
Keywords
- Social Work
- Home Care
- Client-Centered Case Management
- Strengths-Based Practice
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Case Coordination
- Direct Care
- Care Planning
- Resource-Based Interventions
- Individual Treatment
- Group Treatment
- Family Treatment
- Risk Screening
- Counselling
- Transition Planning
- Discharge Planning
- Interdisciplinary Team
- Alberta College of Social Workers
- BCLS-HCP
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- InterRAI
- Continuing Care Legislation
- Decision-Making Capacity
- Mental Health
- Addictions
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Chronic Disease Management
- Home Care Experience
- Computer Skills
- Client and Family Partnership
