Team Leader (Social Worker), Overdose Outreach, Regional Prevention

Salary: The salary range for this position is CAD $49.25/Hr. - CAD $61.52/Hr.

Job Summary:

Come work as a Team Leader with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)! Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Team Leader to join the Overdose Outreach, Regional Prevention team in Vancouver, BC. Apply today to join our team!

As a Team Leader with VCH you will:

• Be responsible to oversee and coordinate the delivery/daily activities of Substance Use services for the Regional Prevention Program.
• Provide leadership/supervision to designated staff, plan and implement therapeutic Substance Use programs/services for clients with complex substance use issues, ensuring services provide a high standard of care and promote interdisciplinary practice and collaboration.
• Evaluate services to ensure program/service needs are met and liaise with key stakeholders on the achievement of program goals and objectives.
• Provide leadership and supervision to designated interdisciplinary team members.
• With support from the Operations Manager, utilize human resources policies and procedures to recruit and select staff.
• Develop policies and procedures.
• Coordinate care and facilitate case planning. Coordinate requests for vacation, education, and leaves of absence.

About The Overdose Outreach Team:

Our team of outreach and social workers and peers provide connections for people who have recently experienced opioid overdose and/or are at high risk for opioid overdose to substance use care and support.

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers.
• Master of Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work.
• Five (5) years’ recent related experience providing mental health and substance use clinical services in community-based settings and/or related clinical experience working with Indigenous-Led or First Nation organizations, including one (1) year related leadership/supervisory experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Valid BC Driver’s License and access to a personal vehicle for business-related purposes.

Knowledge & Abilities:

• Broad knowledge of systems thinking as it relates to social work process.
• Broad knowledge of other health disciplines and their role in healthcare.
• Broad knowledge of research methodology.
• Broad knowledge of supportive and therapeutic counselling skills and clinical practice models.
• General knowledge of Trauma Informed Practice and Harm Reduction approaches and Strengths-based care.
• Demonstrated ability to promote Indigenous Cultural Safety.
• Demonstrated ability to provide competent and culturally safe care in a variety of settings and with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with community partners and with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to apply systems theory to practice in social work assessment and intervention.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to conduct psychosocial assessments.
• Comprehensive knowledge of mental illness and substance use issues, including current trends, best practices, and modalities of treatment.
• Broad knowledge of mental health, primary care, and substance use service delivery systems, service mandates, referral guidelines, legislation, and government policies.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct mental health and substance use assessments, and to provide treatment planning and case coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and open to a range of treatment modalities for substance use from abstinence to harm reduction.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, implement, facilitate, and evaluate group programs, as applicable.
• Demonstrated ability to function as an effective team leader, motivator, coach/mentor, and team member within an interdisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrated ability to model and foster a positive, collaborative, and respectful team working environment.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical and administrative supervision and consultation.
• Demonstrated skills and ability to facilitate team building and to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events, problem solve, and deal effectively with and/or guide others in resolution of conflict issues.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with clients and their families, colleagues, physicians, and other health care staff, both one-on-one and in groups.
• Demonstrated listening and information-seeking skills that promote open and direct communication and lead to a cooperative approach to problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, organize work, and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Closing Statement:

Applicants with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from an accredited School of Social Work, and a demonstrated equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered. If you are applying under equivalency, please clearly outline in your application how your knowledge, education, skills, and experience meet Master of Social Work (MSW) equivalency.

The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes. As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental, and municipal pension plan.
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities.
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident, and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families.
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff, and volunteers.
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff.

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us, and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams, and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities, and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation. Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.

Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub; you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the Internal Career Portal site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as external candidates. Seniority will not apply.

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.