Job Description
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Reporting to the Manager, Health Services and the Clinical Practice Leader, Social Worker, provides psychosocial/emotional assessment and therapeutic clinical counselling services to clients (patients, residents, families, community clients) in the assigned clinical areas by using a variety of modalities and in accordance with professional standards and clinical policies and practices. Participates on the interdisciplinary team in care planning, discharge planning and resource linkage, from a Social Work perspective. Participates as a member of local committees and planning bodies as assigned. Provides education and consultation to clients/interdisciplinary team regarding psychosocial/emotional aspects of illness/injury/disease/health and Social Work practice. Responsibilities Conducts psychosocial/emotional assessments of clients by methods such as focused interviews, collection of relevant data, interpretation of data within the context of the c...