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Offer: Social Worker (Masters), Shapedown Clinic - BC Children's Hospital :Job description:Social Worker (Masters), Shapedown Clinic - BC Children's HospitalMarch 4 2021 Industries Healthcare, social assistanceCategories Govt., NPO, Social & Community Work, Health, Medical, Social Work, Counselling, Psychology Vancouver, BC Social Worker (Masters), Shapedown BC Program BC Children's Hospital At BC Children's Hospital, the Shapedown BC program fosters healthy lifestyle changes with families that are learning about healthy eating and active living. The Shapedown BC program provides a holistic approach to weight management issues for children, adolescents, and their families. The Shapedown BC program hosts a 10-week group program involving weekly educational sessions that cover the following topics: nutrition, parental limiting setting, screen time, sleep, physical activity, body image and self-esteem, family meals, and communication. We are pursuing a Social Worker with a Masters designation to our interdisciplinary team! Key responsibilities include: » Coordinating and delivering a comprehensive range of psycho-emotional and social assessments, including child/adolescent screening for mood disorders, disordered eating behaviours and self-esteem issues, by methods such as interviewing children and youth and their families, obtaining significant information, gathering social data, regarding the children and youth and their families and interpreting the data which includes reviewing paper and pencil rating scales, on-line questionnaires that are completed by the child/adolescent and family separately which supplements information attained in interviews. » Educating and providing consultation to children and youth and their families and healthcare professionals on psycho-emotional and social issues related to the treatment of obesity disorders. » Providing individual and/or group therapy/counselling to program participants. Our preferred candidate will have practice in: » Working with families, children and adolescence; family-located intervention » Delivery of group education (in-person and virtually), practice in continuing psychologically-located groups in primary care setting and expertise of group therapy models/techniques » Eating disorders, disordered eating » Obesity » Multidisciplinary setting (core Shapedown BC team is: Physician, Dietitian, Psychologist; we are partnered with the YMCA, who provides the physical activity component of our program) ** This program currently is hosting group sessions via zoom and this job offer is open to candidates that choose a flexible option to work remotely. What you have: » Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work. » Minimum 1 year recent related practice with children and their family with a health or disabling condition significant to the service area within BC Children's Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre including clinical expertise in assessment, crisis intervention, therapeutic interventions, individual, group and family counseling; must include practice in mental health, child protection, child development, intimate partner violence, chronic health conditions, disabilities, and grief and loss in a health care or hospital setting; or an equivalent combination of education, training or practice. » Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers. For the Full overview of the tasks & Accountabilities, Contact Us by our Talent Acquisition Advisor, Veronica Wong via email. veronica.wong@phsa.ca What's in it for you Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. That's why we're focused on your care too - offering health, wellness, development programs to support you - at work and at home. » Join one of BC's largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations - offering vast opportunities for growth and development. » Access to more than 2,000 in-house training programs. » Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan. » 12 annual statutory holidays with generous vacation entitlement and accruement. » Perks include onsite fitness classes and discounts to 350 BC-wide recreational programs, travel, technology, car and bike sharing, and more. Temporary, Part-Time (until March 25, 2022 - 0.60 FTE) Wage: $34.26 to $42.73 per hour 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver Monday/Wednesday/Thursday; MW 0800 - 1600, Th 1200-2000 Requisition Number: 104903 What we do BC Children's Hospital (BCCH) provides care for the most seriously ill or injured children from across British Columbia. Sunny Hill Health Centre (SHHC) provides specialized development and rehabilitation to B.C. children and youth and their families. Provincial Health Services Authority () plans, coordinates and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people all over the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people - Be compassionate - Dare to innovate - Cultivate partnerships - Serve with purpose. Lgain more about PHSA and our programs: PHSA is committed to employment equity and hires on the basis of merit, encouraging all qualified individuals to apply. We recognize that our capability to provide the best care for our diverse patient populations relies on a rich diversity of expertise, expertise, backgrounds and practices, and value a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment. ATTN: PHSA Employees: To be considered as a PHSA employee (internal applicant) for this job offer, you must apply online via your internal profile at Please note the internal job posting will no longer be accessible after the expiry date of March 14, 2021 . If the internal job posting has expired, Contact Us by the Internal Jobs Help Desk and advise that you would like to be considered as a late internal applicant for this job offer. Please do not apply for the external job posting. If you have not registered your internal profile, a password is required to log in for the first time. To obtain your password, Contact Us by the Internal Jobs Help Desk at 604-875-7264 or 1-855-875-7264 . Please note regular business hours are Monday - Friday (excluding stats), 8:30am to 4:30pm. For inquiries outside of regular business hours, please email the Internal Jobs Help Desk at internaljobshelpu@phsa.ca and a Help Desk Representative will contact you the next business day. Skills:
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