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Description

Employer Job Number: GO-00222742
Facility: MENTAL HEALTH - SHR
Job Description: Reporting to the Crisis/Assessment Team Manager, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Sunrise Health Region, the incumbent will participate as an active member of a multidisciplinary team. The Social Worker within the  Mental Health and Addiction Services (MH&AS)Team provides assessments and therapeutic interventions for clients and their families, with the primary objective to support and strengthen financial, housing and other social functioning. This is done through collaboration with the client and/or family, the Mental Health and Addiction Service Interdisciplinary Team, and other service providers within Sunrise Health Region and communities.
Required Qualifications

Bachelor Degree in Social Work
Registered or eligible for registration with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW)
Experience
Experience working in a mental health/psychiatric social work setting with clients suffering from chronic severe, pervasive psychiatric issues.
Experience in providing advocacy for severely mental ill clients.
Experience is discharge planning from medical facility.
Experience linking clients to social supports.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Basic computer skills
Ability to travel both within the region and provincially
Proficient assessment, counseling, and case management skills.
Demonstrated leadership, communication, decision making, documentation and organizational skills
Knowledge of crisis intervention strategies and ability to appropriately intervene/attain appropriate intervention in emergency situations
Knowledge of mental health treatment resources with the willingness to build on the strengths of the community and the resiliency of its famili
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