Social Worker - Veterans Centre- Regular full-time - 2025-14119
About the role
Summary of Duties
To provide a full range of Social Work services to patients and families on the Short Term Complex Support and Transitional Care units of the Veterans Program. This includes supporting patients and families to meet their emotional and practical needs from admission until discharge, completion of psychosocial assessments, counselling, locating and arranging community resources, consultation and collaboration with individuals and teams. Candidates must have proficient skills with admission, discharge and transition planning.
Qualifications/Skills
- Masters Degree in Social Work
- Member in good standing of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
- Experience working in a hopsital setting (preferably 2 years); geriatric and end of life experience preferred
- Experience with the health care system, discharge planning and community resources
- Cognitive support experience required
- Excellent assessment, interviewing and problem solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication, mediation, time management and organizational skills
- Superior ability to manage multiple tasks and set priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with issues of capacity and consent
- Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to be a team player as well as self-directed
- Commitment to person centred care
- Commitment to student education
About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
From our beginnings as a hospital for Canadian veterans, Sunnybrook has flourished into a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, evolving to meet the needs of our growing community.
Today, with 1.3 million patient visits each year, Sunnybrook has established itself across three campuses and is home to Canada's largest trauma centre.
Sunnybrook's groundbreaking research changes the way patients are treated around the world. Our over 200 scientists and clinician-scientists conduct more than $100 million of breakthrough research each year. Tomorrow, we will discover ways to treat the untreatable.
Our mission is to care for our patients and their families when it matters most.
Our vision is to invent the future of health care.
Our values are: excellence, collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement.
See Sunnybrook's ambitious plan to invent the future of health care: sunnybrook.ca/strategicplan
Social Worker - Veterans Centre- Regular full-time - 2025-14119
About the role
Summary of Duties
To provide a full range of Social Work services to patients and families on the Short Term Complex Support and Transitional Care units of the Veterans Program. This includes supporting patients and families to meet their emotional and practical needs from admission until discharge, completion of psychosocial assessments, counselling, locating and arranging community resources, consultation and collaboration with individuals and teams. Candidates must have proficient skills with admission, discharge and transition planning.
Qualifications/Skills
- Masters Degree in Social Work
- Member in good standing of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
- Experience working in a hopsital setting (preferably 2 years); geriatric and end of life experience preferred
- Experience with the health care system, discharge planning and community resources
- Cognitive support experience required
- Excellent assessment, interviewing and problem solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication, mediation, time management and organizational skills
- Superior ability to manage multiple tasks and set priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with issues of capacity and consent
- Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to be a team player as well as self-directed
- Commitment to person centred care
- Commitment to student education
About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
From our beginnings as a hospital for Canadian veterans, Sunnybrook has flourished into a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, evolving to meet the needs of our growing community.
Today, with 1.3 million patient visits each year, Sunnybrook has established itself across three campuses and is home to Canada's largest trauma centre.
Sunnybrook's groundbreaking research changes the way patients are treated around the world. Our over 200 scientists and clinician-scientists conduct more than $100 million of breakthrough research each year. Tomorrow, we will discover ways to treat the untreatable.
Our mission is to care for our patients and their families when it matters most.
Our vision is to invent the future of health care.
Our values are: excellence, collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement.
See Sunnybrook's ambitious plan to invent the future of health care: sunnybrook.ca/strategicplan