Home Care Medical Social Worker

Department: Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) offers challenging and exciting careers in health and social services delivery and administration in Canada’s North. The Territorial Authority has service locations in communities across the territory and a staff of more than 1,600 serving over 43,000 residents of the NWT and 5,900 residents of the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. Challenging work, welcoming communities, and expanded opportunities are some of the benefits offered to employees of the NTHSSA.

Job Information

The role of the Home Care Medical Social Worker (MeSW) is to provide psychosocial assessment, facilitation, advocacy, case coordination and management, and counseling services to high-risk clients of all ages and their families who are encountering psychosocial challenges as a result of illness, disability, injury, and/or hospitalization, as well as those facing chronic, life-limiting and/or terminal illness. The incumbent coordinates community resources and referrals to facilitate health transitioning, long-term planning, exchange of information, and expedite the discharge planning process. As lead case manager for long-term care applications, the incumbent will provide initial assessment, case management, and follow up to clients and families hoping to transition from home to residential care. The incumbent will also be responsible for providing psychosocial support and guidance to HCC staff, and occasionally called upon to support discharge planning.

Located in Yellowknife and reporting to the Manager, Home and Community Care, the incumbent provides community-based psychosocial and supportive services as part of an interdisciplinary team ensuring Home and Community Care (HCC) services to clients ranging from pediatric to geriatric in Yellowknife, Ndilo, and Dettah.

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:
A Degree in Social Work plus four (4) years of current clinical practice including social work, counseling, crisis intervention, suicide risk assessments, case conferencing, planning, and management with adults, children, and families.