Social Worker, Full Time, PSR Assertive Community Treatment
- Kingston, ON
- $51.29 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Master’s Degree Social Work
- Unrestricted registration with the College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers of Ontario
- One year work experience providing services to adults with a serious mental illness in an outpatient psychiatric setting, effectively accessing and employing community resources to meet the needs of the individual preferred
- Provides service coordination for assigned individuals including coordinating, monitoring and revising the delivery, treatment rehabilitation and support services per the individual's recovery plan, with a focus on individual strengths
- Assumes primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall goals and recovery plans in collaboration with the individual and team
- Provides education and support to individuals and their families and advocates for individual's rights and preferences
- Provides direct clinical services to develop the skills and resources of the individual (g. illness education, coping skills, smoking cessation, development of crisis plans, and teaches symptom-management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms and to promote personal growth and development
- Collaborates with the interprofessional team, to assist in the organization and management of the system of medication administration and integrates medication administration into individual recovery plans
- Provides ongoing assessment, problem-solving, side-by-side services, skill training, supervision (e.g., prompts, assignments, monitoring, encouragement), and environmental adaptations to assist individuals with activities of daily living
- Assists individuals to plan and structure social and leisure-time activities on evenings, weekends and holidays, through the use of natural supports and community resources
- Providence Care offers a wide range of community services across Southeastern Ontario
- Community services striving for excellence in care, education and research
- Committed to people centred approach to care delivery
- Competitive salaries with percentage in lieu of benefits & vacation
- Corporate and service specific orientation for new hires
- Focus on Healthy Workplace and Culture of Quality
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Education, mentorship and bursary opportunities
- Fully affiliated with Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College and other academic institutions
- Locations in Kingston, Belleville, Brockville, Kingston, Napanee and Sharbot Lake