Social Worker II
About the role
Your Opportunity:
This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta. 1 in 5 people experience a mental health concern. Join us in making a difference. We are inviting applications for a Registered Social Worker to join our team at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Working as part of an interdisciplinary team within the Recovery Alberta Adult Acute portfolio, the SW will provide the opportunity to advocate for those in need of mental health support.
We provide patient and family centered care, with all team members working within the CoACT collaborative care model.
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.
- Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
- Classification: Social Worker II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Inpatient Psychiatry
- Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 23-JUL-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 11-AUG-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $38.56
- Maximum Salary: $51.27
- 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:
Working knowledge of CoACT model of care.
Working knowledge of trauma informed care.
A good knowledge base of housing options and community resources available.
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum one year’s recent (within the past two years) experience of working in Adult Acute Addictions and Mental Health.
Strata pathways housing experience an asset
Familiar with resources in Edmonton Zone.
Training and/or knowledge of LOCUS (Level of Care Utilization System).
Connect Care trained/access.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
About Alberta Health Services
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is Canada’s first and largest province wide, fully-integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to the over four million people living in Alberta.
Our skilled and dedicated professionals, support staff and physicians come from numerous disciplines, from all walks of life, and from all corners of the world.
Our mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans.
Our five values – compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and safety – are at the heart of everything that we do.
Social Worker II
About the role
Your Opportunity:
This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta. 1 in 5 people experience a mental health concern. Join us in making a difference. We are inviting applications for a Registered Social Worker to join our team at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Working as part of an interdisciplinary team within the Recovery Alberta Adult Acute portfolio, the SW will provide the opportunity to advocate for those in need of mental health support.
We provide patient and family centered care, with all team members working within the CoACT collaborative care model.
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.
- Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
- Classification: Social Worker II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Inpatient Psychiatry
- Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 23-JUL-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 11-AUG-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $38.56
- Maximum Salary: $51.27
- 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:
Working knowledge of CoACT model of care.
Working knowledge of trauma informed care.
A good knowledge base of housing options and community resources available.
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum one year’s recent (within the past two years) experience of working in Adult Acute Addictions and Mental Health.
Strata pathways housing experience an asset
Familiar with resources in Edmonton Zone.
Training and/or knowledge of LOCUS (Level of Care Utilization System).
Connect Care trained/access.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
About Alberta Health Services
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is Canada’s first and largest province wide, fully-integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to the over four million people living in Alberta.
Our skilled and dedicated professionals, support staff and physicians come from numerous disciplines, from all walks of life, and from all corners of the world.
Our mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans.
Our five values – compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and safety – are at the heart of everything that we do.