Location Notes:The role requires flexibility, as you may be required to travel within and outside the Lower Mainland for programming and service delivery. Some work from home may be available, as operationally feasible.

Reporting to: Manager, Counselling Services

Job status: Permanent Part-time or Full-Time, 0.8-1.0 FTE(60-75 hours bi-weekly)

We are pleased to offer flexibility for this permanent position, with the successful candidate working between 0.8-1.0 FTE based on the candidate's availability and operational needs.

Anticipated Start Date: Early January 2027

Compensation: Alignment withHSPWage ScheduleI ($43.98-$54.95 per hour)

WHY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO WORK HERE?

Canuck Place careers are full of connection, community, and care. We aim to nurture a supportive culture rooted in compassion, collaboration and support while providing expert care to children and families. Our team includes individuals with a special blend of sensitivity, compassion, and appreciation for life. Canuck Place is where no moment is missed. A place where you can make a difference.

We offer competitive compensation and a benefits package focusing on wellness and self-care that includes:

20 days’ vacation (pro-rated to your full-time equivalency) to start with ongoing annual anniversary increases up to an organizational maximum of 45 days

Up to two paid mandatory wellness days a year

Generous paid leave including compassionate and special leave when you need it

100% employer paid benefits package from your first day which includes extended health and dental and $1,500 annually for counselling





Health and Wellness Spending account that provides up to $1,000 annually to ensure you can focus on the benefits that are important to you and your family (Eligible after successful completion of the 6 month probationary period).

Adaptable working options

Meal program on-site at the hospices

Continuous paid training and development opportunities so everyone has the opportunity to learn new skills and grow

Ongoing parental support including top up for maternity and parental leave and paid leave for new grandparents

YOUR ROLE

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Manager, Counselling and Bereavement Services, the social worker is accountable for providing advanced therapeutic clinical counselling and consultative social work services that facilitate changes in coping styles, behaviours, attitudes, feelings and adaptive responses to adverse life events. The social worker is also accountable for conducting comprehensive social and psychosocial assessments; providing advice to children, families, staff and community health professionals regarding applicable community resources in order to facilitate and enhance coping abilities; maintaining records and ensure support requests and referrals are attended to in a timely manner.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments of children and families to identify high risk factors, personal and emotional concerns,



areas of coping strengths and areas requiring social work and/or counselling services.

Provides individual and/or group counselling services, such as adjustment, crises, support and bereavement to children and their families to facilitate changes in coping styles, behaviours, attitudes, feelings and adaptive responses to an adverse life event. Develops and facilitates support groups, as necessary.

Assesses and interprets social, financial, psychological and family situations to physicians and other members of the care team and provides consultation to staff and community agencies with regard to intervention and discharge plans for children and their families.

Educates and informs children and their families on issues related to understanding and following medical recommendations to assist in alleviating stress and anxiety resulting from illness and disability.

Collaborates with physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary care team by participating in interdisciplinary planning and evaluation of care, care conferences and rounds; reports observations, problems and changes in children’s and families’ condition, provides input from a social work/counselling perspective on a variety of care issues to ensure proper and effective treatment of the child and family members.

Provides advice to children, families, staff and community health professionals regarding applicable community resources and ways to access these resources in order to facilitate and enhance coping abilities. Liaises with social agencies and community resources and makes referrals to provide ongoing support to children and families.

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📌 Social Worker (Canada)
🏢 Startdate
📍 Canada