About the Role
Join Yee Hong as a Social Worker at the new Ng Siu Chan Centre, a long-term care home focused on Relationship-Centred Care and Meaningful Living. Help shape the culture and resident experience from day one in an innovative environment that promotes purpose, dignity, independence, and choice.
Responsibilities
- Utilize professional case management practice for intake assessment, service coordination, referrals, case conferencing, and monitoring.
- Provide supportive counseling to clients and their family caregivers individually and in groups.
- Coordinate with interdisciplinary team members to implement and monitor resident care plans related to social work support.
- Offer instrumental help to clients to resolve daily living functional problems.
- Provide crisis intervention and short-term assistance while maintaining a caseload.
- Develop and implement social work service policies in consultation with the Executive Director.
- Participate in and contribute to interdisciplinary team conferences within the LTC Home.
- Collaborate with the Executive Director to provide social work services to LTC Home residents.
- Actively participate and contribute to overall LTC leadership team meetings and functions.
- Stay current with developments and best practices in the field.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Social Work or equivalent.
- Registered Social Worker designation in Ontario.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in counseling or group work, preferably in a long-term care setting.
- Proficiency in computer applications.
- Ability to work independently, be self-directed in problem-solving, and exercise good judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
- Empathetic attitude and a desire to contribute to the well-being of the elderly.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Satisfactory Police Vulnerable Sector Screen result.
- Ability to converse in Chinese.
- Must provide a recent satisfactory vulnerable sector police reference check and medical clearance certificate.
Skills
- Case management
- Counseling
- Group work
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Crisis intervention
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Computer applications
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 2 years experience
Education Level
- Bachelor degree in Social Work
- Registered Social Worker designation
Salary/Compensations
- $34.28 - $40.32 per hour
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- Multi-employer pension plan
- Professional development opportunities
- Ongoing learning and development
- Employee education assistance program
About the Company
- Yee Hong values guide everything they do: Care, Collaboration, and Commitment.
- The Ng Siu Chan Centre is Yee Hong's newest long-term care home.
- The centre is built on principles of Relationship-Centred Care and Meaningful Living.
- Yee Hong invests in employee wellbeing, learning, and development.
- Yee Hong has an award-winning corporate culture.
- Yee Hong provides a safe, inclusive, and supportive work environment.
Equal Opportunity
- Yee Hong is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process.
- Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process.
- Applicants requiring accommodation should advise if they require any accommodation if contacted for this employment opportunity.
