Counsellor/SocialWorker
Location: Abbotsford or Vancouver hospice
Reporting to: Manager, Counselling Services
Job status: PermanentPart-time to Full-time 0.5 FTE - 1.0 FTE (37.5-75 hours bi-weekly)
Compensation: Alignment of HEABC - HSP Grid 12 ($42.27to $52.81 per hour)
JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to the Manager, Counselling Services,the Counsellor is accountable for providing advanced therapeutic clinicalcounselling and consultative social work services that facilitate changes incoping styles, behaviours, attitudes, feelings and adaptive responses toan adverse life event. The Counsellor is also accountable for conductingcomprehensive social and psychosocial assessments; providing advice tochildren, families, staff and community health professionals regardingapplicable community resources in order to facilitate and enhance coping abilities;maintaining records and monitoring counselling services to ensure appropriateservices are provided.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments of children and families to identify high risk factors, personal and emotional concerns, areas of coping strengths and areas requiring social work and/or counselling services.
- Provides individual and/or group counselling services, such as adjustment, crises, support and bereavement to children and their families to facilitate changes in coping styles, behaviours, attitudes, feelings and adaptive responses to an adverse life event. Develops and facilitates support groups, as necessary.
- Assesses and interprets social, financial, psychological and family situations to physicians and other members of the care team and provides consultation to staff and community agencies with regard to intervention and discharge plans for children and their families.
- Educates and informs children and their families on issues related to understanding and following medical recommendations to assist in alleviating stress and anxiety resulting from illness and disability.
- Collaborates with physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary care team by participating in interdisciplinary planning and evaluation of care, care conferences and rounds; reports observations, problems and changes in children's and families' condition, provides input from a social work/counselling perspective on a variety of care issues to ensure proper and effective treatment of the child and family members.
- Provides advice to children, families, staff and community health professionals regarding applicable community resources and ways to access these resources in order to facilitate and enhance coping abilities. Liaises with social agencies and community resources and makes referrals to provide ongoing support to children and families.
- Maintains client records by documenting client assessments, charting client information, preparing progress notes and reports in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures.
- Keeps up-to-date on social work and/or counselling developments by reviewing literature in specialty area, consulting with clinical and community experts within the field and participating in professional development activities.
- Follows policies, procedures and standards of excellence to ensure a safe environment for children and families, staff and volunteers.
- Contributes to the CPCH culture by understanding and supporting our Mission and Vision and actively demonstrating our Values.
- In accordance with the strategic directions of CPCH, patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at CPCH, and as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.
- Protects the health, wellness and safety of self and others by complying with applicable regulations and standards, safe work practices and procedures established by CPCH. Employees must report any health hazards and unsafe conditions to their supervisor for corrective action.
- Assumes other related responsibilities, as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Master's Degree inCounselling or Social Work or a directly related field, supplemented with atleast 1-2 years of recent related counselling and assessmentexperience in palliative care, including grief and bereavement, or anequivalent combination of education, training and experience. Currentregistration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers or the BritishColumbia Association of Clinical Counsellors.
QUALIFICATIONS
What youbring to the role:
• Knowledge ofsystems theory.
• Knowledgeof family, group and change therapy.
• Knowledgeof counseling skills and clinical practice models.
• Knowledgeof clinical social work and mental health counselling principles, methods, procedures and standards.
• Knowledgeof crisis intervention techniques.
• Knowledgeof psychodynamics of children and adolescents and their treatment strategies.
• Knowledgeof community health and social care system and resources, including Ministry ofChild and Family Development
• Demonstratedsocial and psychosocial assessment, interviewing andpsychological/developmental evaluation skills.
• Demonstratedability to understand and influence group and inter-group processes.
• Demonstratedability to establish rapport with children and families in order to exploreissues that are beyond the initially presented concerns.
• Demonstratedability to plan, prioritize and organize workload.
• Demonstratedability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstratedability to effectively deal with conflict situations.
• Demonstratedability to effectively deal with various expressions of grief and despair.
• Excellentinterpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability tomaintain confidentiality in a work setting.
• Ability tolisten and to empathize with an extremely diverse group of people.
• Ability to establishand maintain appropriate professional and personal boundaries.
You have:
• High integrity; creativity; balance, good judgment andobjectivity; high vision and conceptual capabilities; consultative, facilitateand collaborative; sense of humor.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Demonstrates flexibility that allows you to work with highenergy, creative people.
• Able to thrive and effectively manage priorities in achanging, ambiguous environment.
Please note:
• Evidenceof Health Canada approved vaccinations must be provided prior to your first dayof work.
• Flexibilityis necessary, as this position may require occasional weekend and evening workand travel within and outside the Lower Mainland.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
We understand that therecruitment process is not a one size fits all, our inclusion values andflexibility extend to your hiring experience. Canuck Place iscommitted to providing inclusive access and accommodations throughout theapplication and selection process. We are continuously working to improve oursystems, policies, and practices to ensure our employees, in all theirdiversity, can succeed. Should you require accessibility accommodation throughthe recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meetyour needs.
Canuck Place Children'sHospice hires on the basis of merit and is stronglycommitted to equality and diversity within its community and to a welcoming andinclusive workplace. We especially welcome applications from Indigenouspersons, visible minority group members, persons with disabilities, people ofall sexual orientations, genders and gender identities, members of the2SLGBTQIA+ community.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please submit your cover letter and yourresume. This position will remainopen until filled. Wethank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates whohave been short-listed will be contacted.