Website Provincial Health Services Authority
Job Description:
Conduct comprehensive health, concurrent disorder, mental health and/or substance use, and family assessments by methods such as interviewing the client and family, obtaining relevant information, gathering social data regarding the client and family and formulation of assessment and plan of intervention, in accordance with professional practice standards and clinical policies.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide clinical intervention in the context of evidence-based care to clients and their families through individual, family and group therapy.
- Facilitate comprehensive discharge planning for designated clients with the team, client, family and community agencies to ensure psycho-social follow-up.
- Establish and maintain effective collaborative and constructive liaison relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, including clients and families, community providers, MCFD social workers, schools, hospitals and other agencies, in order to coordinate services across the continuum of health care.
- Support clients and their families by providing education, short-term counselling and crisis intervention after the client’s release from the provincial correctional centres regarding concurrent disorder, mental health and/or substance use issues, child welfare and custody proceedings and change or loss in health functioning.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum 1 year recent related clinical experience working within a correctional health or other related setting; must include experience in child protection, child development and grief and loss, women’s issues, women abuse and harm reduction model; or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.
- Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work, including relevant graduate level mental health courses and mental health practicum.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Social Work theory and practice, trauma informed care.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and document a comprehensive psychosocial and family assessment in a correctional health context.
- Knowledge of the criminal justice and corrections systems
- Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to provide crisis intervention, short term counselling and individual, family and group therapy.
- Valid BC Driver’s License. Local area travel may require the use of a personal vehicle.
- Knowledge of the psychosocial needs of clients and their families.
Job Details:
Company: Provincial Health Services Authority
Job Category: Health Care
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Coquitlam, British Columbia, CA
Application Deadline: N/A
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