Social Worker II - Emergency Department

Job summary

Provide clinical social work services to patients and families, including psychosocial assessments, counseling and therapy, case management, and discharge or transition planning. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and provide coverage across inpatient units and, as needed, the Emergency Department and other hospital services.

Job details

Your Opportunity: Located in N.E. Calgary, the Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is an acute care hospital offering both inpatient and outpatient services. The PLC has over 600 inpatient beds, including Medical, Surgical, Pediatrics, Women’s Health and Critical Care. The PLC is the Vascular Centre for Southern Alberta, Southwestern Saskatchewan and Southeastern British Columbia. Under general supervision from the Social Work Manager, the successful candidate will be expected to provide Social Work services primarily to the Inpatient units and as needed to provide coverage support to: Emergency Department, maternity/pediatrics units, critical care, and outpatient clinic areas at the PLC. These services are primarily clinical in nature, and include advanced level assessment and treatment (including, but not limited to: psychosocial assessments, counseling, case management and discharge planning). This caseload may change based on operational needs. This position requires the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and yet function as part of the interdisciplinary team. At all times the Social Worker ensures he/she is compliant with ACSW standards of practice. Description: As a Social Worker II, you will be a member of an inter-disciplinary team and provides a range of social work services to patients and their families. Your services may include: psychosocial assessment, resource-based interventions, individual, group and family treatment, risk screening, counselling, case management and coordination, transition or discharge planning, and prevention, promotion and public awareness activities. Classification: Social Worker II Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Social Work Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.70 Posting End Date: 13-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Regular Part Time Date Available: 26-OCT-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 4 Shifts per cycle: 14 Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $42.14 Maximum Salary: $56.02 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable Required Qualifications: Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW). Additional Required Qualifications: Relevant experience in an adult acute care setting in last 3 years. Relevant experience in the Emergency Department in last 5 years. Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with members of the interdisciplinary team, patients and families in a dynamic health care setting. Demonstrated problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution skills. Excellent organizational and time management skills to efficiently organize and prioritize workload to keep pace in a busy multi-disciplinary patient care. Recent experience in crisis intervention and working with patients/families facing chronic and/or life threatening illness required. Experience and advanced skill in providing therapy to individuals and families. Experience with Patient and Family Center Care (PFCC) and Complex Discharge Management. Solution-focused and able to navigate difficult conversations. Able to succeed through high levels of stress, fluctuating priorities, and time sensitive deadlines. Able to tolerate long periods of sitting or standing, perform repetitive movements, lift and carry 10-15 lbs., and regularly and walk distances up to 3 km per day. Preferred Qualifications: Connect Care training is an asset.

What you’ll do

Provide clinical social work services to patients and families, including psychosocial assessments, counseling and therapy, case management, and discharge or transition planning. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and provide coverage across inpatient units and, as needed, the Emergency Department and other hospital services.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in Social Work and active or eligible registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers, along with BCLS-HCP certification. Candidates need recent adult acute-care and Emergency Department experience, crisis intervention and therapy skills, and the ability to manage complex discharges and competing priorities.

Listed skills

• crisis intervention · Preferred
• case management · Preferred
• interdisciplinary collaboration · Preferred
• Conflict Resolution · Preferred
• Critical Thinking · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Time management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Psychosocial Assessment
• Counseling
• Crisis Intervention
• Therapy
• Case Management
• Discharge Planning
• Patient and Family-Centered Care
• Complex Discharge Management
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Risk Screening
• Conflict Resolution
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Time Management
• Resource-Based Interventions

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services

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