Travel Social Worker

Employer: Bayshore HealthCare
Location: Remote Northern Communities (Nunavut)
Assignment Duration: 6-8 weeks
Pay: $50 - $55/hour + $22/hour non-taxed Northern Allowance

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!

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

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

• This position will mainly provide in-office Quality Assurance with all open cases.
• Administration work on all files, completion of audits with extreme attention to detail.
• Utilizing Matrix, and administration organizational programs for case management.
• Candidates must have excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to work well with a team in an office environment.

There is a potential for some front-line case work within communities if additional support is needed, which would encompass the following duties:

• 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:

• A minimum of two years of experience working as a registered Social Worker; experience in Child Protective Services and Adoption Services is required.
• A minimum of 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 Iqaluit, 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.
• BLS though Heart and Stroke is a requirement and will need to be completed within the first year of hire.

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