Clinical Service Leader - Social Work - Repost

Requisition ID: 336402

Position Number: 20044151

Posting End Date: July 30, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: Grace Hospital

Work Location: Grace Hospital

Department / Unit: Social Work - GGH

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: UFCW-832

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 7.50

Annual Base Hours: 1950

Salary: $33.001, $34.248, $35.545, $36.897, $38.310, $39.784, $41.304, $42.881, $44.601

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Position Overview

Under the general direction of the Manager, the incumbent is responsible for:

• Overseeing the daily clinical service delivery and environmental/operational issues in a designated service area to ensure optimum client care in a safe therapeutic environment.
• Maintaining a partial clinical caseload involving social workassessment, interventions and follow up within the established standards of practice.
• Assisting in performance appraisals and recruitment, as well as coordinating clinical work schedules, caseloads and service rotations.
• Providing guidance to social workers within the designated service area through clinical leadership, mentoring, supervision, education, evaluation, and research.
• Contributing to the delivery of quality social workservices by examining, developing, refining and evaluating the body of knowledge and clinical practices and assisting in program planning and development.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of recent social work experience in a health setting with at least one year in the designated service area.
• Supervisory experience preferred.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Successful completion of relevant continuing professional education in designated clinical area and in management preferred.
• Postgraduate training in specialized clinical services preferred.
• Master of Social Work (MSW) from a Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE), or the approved equivalent if internationally educated.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Must be registered with Manitoba College of Social Workers.
• May be required to have a valid Manitoba driver’s license and reliable vehicle.

Qualifications And Skills

• Knowledge of and demonstrated strong commitment to the profession of social work and the CASW Code of Ethics and Manitoba College of Social Workers Standards of Practice.
• Ability to function within a computerized environment.
• Understanding of health and social welfare systems.
• Willingness to adapt to new concepts, techniques and best practices in the academic and clinical fields of health care.
• Excellent interpersonal, team building and role-modelling skills.
• Must have effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to initiate and support change.
• Must be able to work cooperatively with other disciplines and demonstrate professional judgment and initiative.
• Working knowledge of research/program evaluation methodology.
• Ability to practice independently or with minimum supervision.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching and mentoring abilities.
• Demonstrated organization skills in the workplace and the ability to determine clear priorities.

Physical Requirements

• Must be in good physical and mental health and be able to sit, stand or walk for extended periods of time without resting.
• May be required to occasionally work extended hours.
• May be exposed to infectious diseases, blood and body fluids, toxic materials, noise, allergens, physical and emotional stress.
• May be required to work evenings or weekends.
• May encounter aggressive and/or agitated clients/visitors/staff.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.