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Travel Social Worker

Bayshore HealthCareabout 20 hours ago
Calgary, Alberta
Mid Level
full_time

About the role

Job Title: Travel Social Worker – Northern Staffing

Travel Assignments: Nunavut, Canada

** All applicants must be licensed in Canada, and have the ability and willingness to travel to the Northern communities of Nunavut for travel assignments throughout the year.

The Bayshore Northern Staffing team has proudly been the leading provider of healthcare professionals to Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) and Northern Communities across Canada since 1997, and we are looking for a multiple Social Workers to join our team!

The successful candidate will have a background in Social Work working with Child Protective Services as well as with adolescents and adults, and will have experience providing crisis interventions, performing risk assessments, and developing treatments plans.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

  • Providing crisis intervention, care planning, and assessments of suicide risks, safety planning, addictions treatments, etc.
  • Working with high-risk complex cases to help deescalate clients and/or deal with potentially volatile and aggressive individuals in collaboration with other health centers/hospitals, RCMP, Family Services and Educational Institutions.
  • Planning programs of assistance for clients including referral to community resources and agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, and other services.
  • Providing care and support from an Indigenous worldview that recognizes and respects the values, beliefs and customs of individuals, families and communities as well as adhering to best practices current to the field.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

  • Two to five (2-5) years of experience working as a registered Social Worker; experience in Child Protective Services is strongly preferred.
  • A bachelor’s degree in social work is required.
  • A current and valid registration with a provincial governing body to practice as a Social Worker.
  • Ability to travel to remote communities of Nunavut for six to eight (6 - 8) weeks with three weeks between assignments (i.e. six on, three off).
  • Experience in managing and providing interventions related to child protective services, suicidality, abuse, addiction, mental health crises, traumatic environments, and more.

** Only candidates selected to be moved forward in the recruitment process will be contacted by Bayshore’s Recruitment Team to schedule a conversation.

About Bayshore HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
5001-10,000

At Bayshore, we believe in creating special moments for our clients each and every day, whether at the bedside, on the phone or in the clinic. These moments touch the lives of our clients and our employees, and they guide the way we run our business. These moments inspire, change and encourage us. They are what we call the Bayshore difference.

Bayshore HealthCare is one of the country’s leading providers of home and community health care services and is a Canadian-owned company.

With over 100 locations across the country, including home care offices, pharmacies and infusion clinics, Bayshore has more than 13,000 staff members and provides care to over 350,000 clients. We are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, dignity and independence of all Canadians, by providing customized care plans and solutions that allow clients to remain in the comfort of their own home. See what some of our clients have to say about their experience with Bayshore. We have been a recipient of Canada’s Best Managed Companies award since 2006.

Chez Bayshore, nous croyons en la création de moments spéciaux pour nos clients, chaque jour, que ce soit à leur chevet, au téléphone ou dans une clinique. Nous cherchons à améliorer la qualité de vie, la dignité et l’autonomie de tous les Canadiens, en fournissant des plans de soins personnalisés et des solutions qui permettent à nos clients de rester dans le confort de leur propre foyer.

Bayshore, une entreprise exclusivement canadienne, est l’un des plus importants fournisseurs de services de santé à domicile et en milieu communautaire au Canada. Avec plus de 100 établissements à travers le pays, y compris des succursales dédiées à la prestation de soins à domicile, des pharmacies et des cliniques de perfusion, Bayshore compte au-delà de 13 000 employés et prodigue des soins à plus de 350 000 clients.

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