Social Worker - Odette Cancer Centre - Temporary full-time - 2026-18892 (2026-18892)

Job summary

Provide advanced social work services to patients with breast cancer and their families, including psychosocial assessments, counselling, emotional support, group work, and resource coordination. Collaborate with the interprofessional team, support care-planning conversations, and contribute to teaching, research, administration, and professional development.

Job details

Summary Of Duties Provision of Social Work services to clients and families in Odette’s Patient & Family Support Program caring for patients with breast cancer at an advanced level of practice within an interprofessional model. This includes: completion of psychosocial assessments; leading or participating in Advance Care Planning and/or Goals of Care conversations; provision of counselling and emotional support; conducting group work; locating and arranging resources; consultation/collaboration; teaching; participating in research; administration and professional development. Qualifications/Skills Masters Degree in Social Work required. Must be a current member in good standing with the OCSWSSW. Minimum 5 years’ previous experience working in a health care setting preferred. Demonstrated Psychosocial Oncology knowledge preferred. Psychosocial provision of care to those with breast cancer preferred. Proven excellent assessment, counselling and problem solving skills essential. Superior communication, negotiation, mediation and collaborative interprofessional team skills required. Well-established knowledge of relevant health care system processes and community resources required. Superior time management, organization, and prioritization skills in addressing multiple tasks and timelines in a fast-paced environment required. Proven commitment to person and family-centred care essential. Demonstrated strong commitment to academic practice required Student education required

What you’ll do

Provide advanced social work services to patients with breast cancer and their families, including psychosocial assessments, counselling, emotional support, group work, and resource coordination. Collaborate with the interprofessional team, support care-planning conversations, and contribute to teaching, research, administration, and professional development.

Requirements

A Master of Social Work degree and current good-standing membership with the OCSWSSW are required; at least five years of healthcare experience and psychosocial oncology or breast cancer care experience are preferred. Candidates need strong assessment, counselling, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, organization, and time-management skills, along with a commitment to person- and family-centred care and academic practice.

Listed skills

• Emotional support · Preferred
• Interprofessional Collaboration · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Negotiation · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Time management · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Psychosocial Assessment
• Counselling
• Emotional Support
• Advance Care Planning
• Goals of Care Conversations
• Group Work
• Resource Coordination
• Interprofessional Collaboration
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Mediation
• Problem Solving
• Time Management
• Organization
• Person- and Family-Centred Care
• Psychosocial Oncology

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Education
• Science & Research

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