Social Worker | Primary Care
- Castlegar, BC, Canada
Part-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Part-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
We are hiring a relief, part-time (0.90 FTE) registered Social Worker for the Castlegar’s Primary Care Network.
Days of work: Monday to Friday
Shift times: 08:30 to 16:30
We provide a comprehensive, competitive, and people focused employment package, emphasizing wellness, growth, work–life balance, and long-term stability. Locations that qualify for Canada Student Loan Forgiveness.
About This Position
This position will provide coverage until May 2028 or the return of incumbent. This role supports multiple clinics and duties including a key role in Adult Guardianship cases.
As part of the Primary Care Network model, you will be integrated into a collaborative environment that is committed to community wellbeing and guided by respect, patience, and strong support for both patients and staff. The clinic provides family medicine and community based health services to individuals and families within Castlegar and the surrounding region.
In this role, you provide comprehensive therapeutic clinical counselling services to patients and families within the assigned clinical specialty area. You conduct thorough social work and psycho social assessments using a variety of modalities, following professional standards as well as clinical policies and practices. You educate and offer consultation to patients, families, and healthcare professionals. You will offer leadership to the interdisciplinary team by contributing to care planning, ensuring the effective use of patient resources. This position participates on local committees and planning bodies to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery, enhance patient care, and reduce gaps within the community. You develop, coordinate, and deliver in services, presentations, psycho educational sessions, and support groups. You also initiate, design, and carry out research activities in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Access to a personal vehicle may be required.
About Us
We are committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Well-being and work-life balance are promoted within the team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and well-being of everybody in our region.
About this location:
Castlegar is a family friendly small city in the West Kootenay region of B.C., located where the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers meet, offering a beautiful mountain landscape and abundant outdoor recreation. With a population just over 8,300, it serves as a regional hub for trade, transportation, and community services. The community blends natural beauty with cultural richness, shaped by the Sinixt Peoples, whose heritage remains influential today. Residents enjoy access to hiking, skiing, water activities, and a vibrant arts and cultural scene. Castlegar is also home to Selkirk College and a regional airport, contributing to a balanced lifestyle with both amenities and small town charm.
If you're inspired by collaborative rural practice and driven to empower clients toward healthier futures, we invite you to apply and join the Castlegar Primary Care Network team. Your work here will matter - every single day.
Reach out to us for more information careers@interiorhealth.ca
Days of work: Monday to Friday
Shift times: 08:30 to 16:30
- Hours and days of work and work location are subject to change.
We provide a comprehensive, competitive, and people focused employment package, emphasizing wellness, growth, work–life balance, and long-term stability. Locations that qualify for Canada Student Loan Forgiveness.
About This Position
This position will provide coverage until May 2028 or the return of incumbent. This role supports multiple clinics and duties including a key role in Adult Guardianship cases.
As part of the Primary Care Network model, you will be integrated into a collaborative environment that is committed to community wellbeing and guided by respect, patience, and strong support for both patients and staff. The clinic provides family medicine and community based health services to individuals and families within Castlegar and the surrounding region.
In this role, you provide comprehensive therapeutic clinical counselling services to patients and families within the assigned clinical specialty area. You conduct thorough social work and psycho social assessments using a variety of modalities, following professional standards as well as clinical policies and practices. You educate and offer consultation to patients, families, and healthcare professionals. You will offer leadership to the interdisciplinary team by contributing to care planning, ensuring the effective use of patient resources. This position participates on local committees and planning bodies to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery, enhance patient care, and reduce gaps within the community. You develop, coordinate, and deliver in services, presentations, psycho educational sessions, and support groups. You also initiate, design, and carry out research activities in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Access to a personal vehicle may be required.
About Us
We are committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Well-being and work-life balance are promoted within the team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and well-being of everybody in our region.
About this location:
Castlegar is a family friendly small city in the West Kootenay region of B.C., located where the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers meet, offering a beautiful mountain landscape and abundant outdoor recreation. With a population just over 8,300, it serves as a regional hub for trade, transportation, and community services. The community blends natural beauty with cultural richness, shaped by the Sinixt Peoples, whose heritage remains influential today. Residents enjoy access to hiking, skiing, water activities, and a vibrant arts and cultural scene. Castlegar is also home to Selkirk College and a regional airport, contributing to a balanced lifestyle with both amenities and small town charm.
If you're inspired by collaborative rural practice and driven to empower clients toward healthier futures, we invite you to apply and join the Castlegar Primary Care Network team. Your work here will matter - every single day.
Reach out to us for more information careers@interiorhealth.ca
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive therapeutic clinical counselling services and conduct thorough psychosocial assessments for patients and families. Lead interdisciplinary care planning and participate in local committees to improve service delivery and patient outcomes.
Requirements
Must be a registered Social Worker capable of working within a collaborative primary care model. Requires the ability to perform clinical assessments and provide support for adult guardianship cases.
Skills
- Clinical counselling
- Psychosocial assessment
- Adult guardianship
- Care planning
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Case management
- Patient education
- Research
- Crisis intervention
- Community outreach
- Social work
- Therapeutic intervention
Benefits
- Canada Student Loan Forgiveness
- Wellness programs
- Work-life balance support
- Professional growth opportunities
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Social Services
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- Social Worker
- Primary Care
- Clinical Counselling
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Adult Guardianship
- Interdisciplinary Team
- Patient Care
- Community Wellbeing
- Family Medicine
- Health Services
- Care Planning
- Research
- Psycho-educational
- Support Groups
- Castlegar
- Interior Health
- Rural Practice