Original job description
Your Opportunity:
Assisted Living Alberta at the Glenrose is looking for a Social Worker to support patients in an inpatient rehabilitation setting and be an integral part of department changes. This position requires a high degree of critical thinking, strong knowledge of Social Work scope and role, and a passion for practice excellence. You will be required to prioritize workload, formulate assessments and create intervention plans in a short timeframe. These plans include psychosocial and financial interventions, risk management and resourcing to support ongoing treatment and/or discharge planning. The Social Worker will demonstrate exceptional communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with caregivers, families, and community organizations. This position works with multidisciplinary teams and requires competence in approaching questions about decision-making and capacity. This position is highly involved with processes, services and resources related to alternate levels of care.
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: Allied Health Educators Primary Location: Glenrose Rehabilitation Hsp Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.80 Posting End Date: 13-NOV-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits Date Available: 23-NOV-2026 Temporary End Date: 23-MAY-2028 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 8 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $42.14 Maximum Salary: $56.02 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
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:
Recent experience working in an inpatient setting contributing to discharge planning. Experience supporting healthcare teams in the areas of capacity and decision-making. Experience working with risk and supporting patients and families to manage risk. Experience navigating ethics and ethical decision-making. Experience with supportive counseling. Experience collaborating with hospital transitions and community housing providers.
Preferred Qualifications:
As required.
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Responsibilities
Provide social work services to patients and families in an inpatient rehabilitation setting, including psychosocial assessments, counseling, case management, risk support, and resource-based interventions. Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, caregivers, families, hospital transition services, and community organizations to support treatment, alternate levels of care, 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 need recent inpatient discharge-planning experience, experience with capacity and decision-making, risk and ethics, supportive counseling, and collaboration with hospital transition and community housing providers.
Skills
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Discharge Planning
- Resource-Based Interventions
- Counseling
- Risk Management
- Capacity and Decision-Making
- Ethical Decision-Making
- Case Management
- Care Coordination
- Transition Planning
- Family Treatment
- Supportive Counseling
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Communication
- Workload Prioritization
- Community Resource Navigation
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Categories
- Social Services
- Healthcare
Keywords
- Social Work
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Resource-Based Interventions
- Individual Treatment
- Group Treatment
- Family Treatment
- Risk Screening
- Counseling
- Case Management
- Care Coordination
- Transition Planning
- Discharge Planning
- Capacity Assessment
- Decision-Making
- Ethical Decision-Making
- Risk Management
- Alternate Levels of Care
- Community Housing
- Multidisciplinary Team
- Alberta College of Social Workers
- Patient and Family Support
