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Case Manager

Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Senior Level

Top Benefits

Workplace health and safety
Workers’ compensation
Prevent work-related injuries and illnesses

About the role

Job Summary And Requirements This opportunity is for three permanent positions working 75 hours biweekly The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board (WSCB) administers workplace health and safety and workers’ compensation in the territory. WSCB’s mission is to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses in partnership with employers and workers and to support workers when injuries occur. We take care of injured workers by facilitating their stay at work, return to work and recovery.

Values WSCB’s mandate of preventing disability affects lives directly and dramatically. As we fulfill that mandate, three organizational values guide our internal conduct and our external relationships:

  • Partnership
  • Accountability
  • Compassion

The Role Case Managers are responsible for providing quality proactive services by investigating and adjudicating initial and ongoing entitlement for compensation claims. This role works collaboratively with injured workers, employers, medical practitioners, treatment providers, and others to ensure injured workers remain at work whenever possible or receive early and safe return to work opportunities, healthcare assistance, and rehabilitation services.

Essential Qualifications Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet each of the following qualifications. Please note, selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume.

  • Post-secondary education in disability management, health care, social sciences or a related discipline.
  • Experience performing medium or complex case management in a decision-making capacity within social services, health care, insurance, disability management, or a related environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in analytical thinking and sound decision-making, including the ability to investigate, assess, and make informed determinations in complex situations.
  • Experience researching, interpreting, analyzing, and applying legislation and policy.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment, collaborating with internal staff and external stakeholders such as employers, healthcare providers, and service partners to support case management objectives.

Candidates who have education, training, and/or experience equivalent to the essential qualifications listed above may be equally considered.

Desired Knowledge, Skills And Suitability Candidates should have and may be assessed on the following:

  • Communicates Effectively
  • Demonstrating Client Focus Candidates should have and may be assessed on the following:
  • Sound Decision Making
  • Collaborates and Builds Partnerships
  • Manages Conflict
  • Manages Complexity

Conditions Of Employment

  • Have and maintain RCMP Security Clearance

Additional Information Discover why the Yukon government has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employer in Canada since 2014.

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Contact Details **For information about this competition, please contact Sandy Miller, Human Resources Consultant at Sandy.Miller@wcb.yk.ca .

Please do not email resumes to email address above; resumes may only be accepted through E-Recruitment. To create your E-Recruitment account and to learn how to prepare your resume follow this link .** Eligibility List

12 months

About Government of Yukon

Government Administration
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The Yukon public service offers a diversity of career options in a stable work environment. As a Yukon government public servant, you have access to on-the-job learning, leadership courses, interdepartmental training and tuition reimbursement, and the daily opportunity to direct your career path.

As Yukon government public servants, we are able to make a genuine difference in our communities. Every day, we work closely with both the people we serve and with the decision-makers who guide the policies that affect our lives. A career with us allows you to be a part of that process and watch the results of your work come to life in the real world.

Our employment equity policy affirms equal access for women, aboriginal people and people with disabilities to government jobs.

The Yukon government has been recognized as a Top 100 Employer in Canada since 2014. This is due to the benefits, leave options and opportunities for training and career development.