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Title posted on indeed.com - Social Worker (part-time, 20 hours week)
Posted on October 23, 2024 by Employer details Taddle Creek FHT
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*Position Summary* As a key member of Taddle Creek Family Health Team (TC FHT), and an integral part of an interdisciplinary health care team, you will deliver social worker care in accordance with TC FHT policies and professional practice standards. You will perform routine social worker duties, and ensure that the needs of our patients are met. Your primary roles are to work in partnership with TC FHT?s primary care providers & interdisciplinary health care providers to perform patient psychosocial assessments, provide short-term counseling, education/advocacy, case management, and group/workshop facilitation. You will deliver services to a variety of patient populations including patients experiencing anxiety and/or depression, trauma and other mental health disorders and occasionally homebound patients. *Roles and Responsibilities * _Psychosocial Assessments _ * Review referrals & patient charts * Provide psychosocial assessment for patients and their families * Analyze findings of health assessments and interpret patient health records * Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients? conditions * Collect data through a therapeutic relationship with a patient _Treatment/Management _ * Provide short-term counselling including instrumental, supportive, psycho-educational crisis intervention, short-term psychotherapy and group facilitation * Coordinate referrals and facilitate access to other health care providers and community organizations * Provide case management * May perform house calls and community outreach visits * Maintain communication with patients and families * Monitor patient goals and outcomes through ongoing assessment and documentation of treatment progress * Participate in treatment planning with other team members * Consult with team members and external professionals involved in the care of patients _Education/Advocacy _ * Initiate group programs to promote and support patients as they strive to achieve the highest possible level of health * Act as an advocate for patients and their families * Assist in overcoming barriers within health care system for timely delivery of services * Help patients identify and use health resources, including those available in the community and from community agencies * Involve patients in decisions about their own health * Participate in case presentations/reviews and discussion within the team * Develop/research learning resources for health care providers * Present on various aspects of social work to TC FHT staff and physicians to assist them in their practice * Act as field instructor for students and coach/mentor other members of the health care team * Maintain current discipline specific standards of practice * Maintain awareness & understanding of current Mental Health legislation _Referrals/Collaboration _ * Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families * Liaise and consult with other agencies/programs/services as required * Provide communication to hospital and community staff and other inter-professional team members, as required, to ensure smooth transition for care between care sites _Administration/Reporting _ * Collect accurate and comprehensive patient-related information and document on clinical management system * Complete documentation required to facilitate care for the patient (reports, referrals, forms, etc) * Keep monthly statistics for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) * Maintain an organized appointment schedule * Monitor and manage referrals from the team and assist with waitlist management * Participate in program planning and evaluation within the team or externally as appropriate _Note:_ On occasion, the social worker will provide support for homebound patients in conjunction with a physician assistant and an embedded Ontario Health atHome for patients of TC FHT. In this capacity the so- LocationToronto, ON
- Workplace information On site
- Salary$33,627 to $37,074YEAR annually
- Terms of employment Part time
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source indeed.com #9498171021
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