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Registered Social Worker

  • Edmonton, AB, Canada

Full-time

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Full-time
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Working hours
37.5 hours per week
Posting language
English
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About Calian

At Calian, we help organizations overcome obstacles, manage risks, and drive progress. Since 1982, we’ve grown from a small consulting firm into a trusted global company across defence, space, health, nuclear energy, public safety, and government.

We create innovative solutions that tackle complex challenges and help organizations and communities stay resilient, informed, and connected. If you’re driven by purpose and energized by solving real-world challenges, we want you on our team.

Job Type: Full Time

Division: Health

Calian is proud to continue a long-standing contractual relationship with the Department of National Defence (DND) to provide healthcare services to the Canadian Armed Forces. Through the Health Care Provider Contract, Calian employs health care professionals across Canada who are integral to supporting the health and wellbeing of our military members.

Position Overview

Calian is seeking Social Workers with interest in providing mental health services to Canadian Armed Forces members in their exclusive outpatient clinic located at CFB Edmonton.

This role is ideal if you have an interest in treating the military population, operational trauma, and occupational health. This is a rewarding position where you’d make a difference in the lives of the men and women who serve our country and keep us safe.

We’re seeking a full-time Social Worker, 37.5 hours per week. In addition to a competitive hourly rate this position comes with a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

  • Managing crisis interventions and conducting risk assessments for individuals and families
  • Conducting intakes and completing bio-psychosocial assessments for a wide range of presenting issues such as work-related stress, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, suicide ideation, relationship struggles, family stress, somatic complaints, personality disorders and PTSD
  • Providing treatment through a variety of approaches including individual therapy, couples therapy, and group treatment therapy followed by evaluation of the treatment and therapeutic outcome
  • Presenting the clients’ care with recommendations to the inter-disciplinary healthcare teams to develop an individualized treatment plan
  • Analyzing the clients’ needs and provide information and advice to them and their families related to access to appropriate services and resources
  • Facilitating educational activities and group interventions such as pre-deployment briefings, psychosocial services overview presentations, and group psycho-education sessions
  • Implementing new interventions or treatment approaches such as telemedicine and virtual reality therapy
  • Distributing local outreach material such as mental health awareness material to bases and units
  • Creating and maintaining confidential client reports on treatment services

Qualifications

  • Must have a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Social Work from a recognized university
  • Must have a minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience with an adult population administering assessments, creating treatment plans, and delivering counselling services for individuals, couples, and groups
  • Must hold a current membership certificate with the Alberta College of Social Workers, and be authorized to provide Psycho-Social Interventions
  • Current certification or willingness to obtain CPR Level C with AED

Additional Requirements

  • Must be able to obtain a Government Security Clearance at the Reliability level

AI Usage Disclosure

At Calian, we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen or evaluate candidates. AI tools may support backend administrative tasks, but they do not influence hiring decisions. All evaluations and decisions are made by real people on our recruitment team and hiring managers. All applicants are reviewed and only those chosen for an interview will be contacted by our recruiting team.

Security clearances

  • A security clearance and/or vulnerable sector screening might be required for this position.
  • Our recruiter will walk you through the security clearance requirement and process.

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Responsibilities

The role involves providing mental health services to Canadian Armed Forces members, including conducting risk assessments and delivering various forms of therapy. Responsibilities also include collaborating with inter-disciplinary teams and facilitating educational group interventions.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Social Work and be registered with the Alberta College of Social Workers. A minimum of 3 years of post-graduate experience with adult populations and the ability to obtain Government Security Clearance are required.

Skills

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Risk Assessment
  • Bio-psychosocial Assessment
  • Individual Therapy
  • Couples Therapy
  • Group Treatment Therapy
  • Treatment Planning
  • Psycho-education
  • Telemedicine
  • Virtual Reality Therapy
  • Mental Health Counseling
  • Case Management

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Categories

  • Healthcare
  • Social Services
  • Government & Public Sector

Keywords

  • Social Work
  • Mental Health
  • Canadian Armed Forces
  • Operational Trauma
  • Occupational Health
  • PTSD
  • Substance Abuse
  • Suicide Ideation
  • Alberta College of Social Workers
  • Government Security Clearance
  • Reliability Level
  • CPR Level C
  • AED
  • Bio-psychosocial Assessment
  • Psychosocial Interventions

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