Social Worker, BSW - Peace Arch Hospital

Detailed Overview

Reporting to the Manager, Clinical Services and the Professional Practice chief for Social Work, 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 required; provides education and consultation to clients/interdisciplinary team as needed 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 interviewing, the collecting of relevant data , the interpreting of the dat...