Social Worker 2 – Bella Coola

Come work as a Social Worker with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in Bella Coola, BC! Relocation assistance and staff housing may be available.

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Social Worker with a Master’s Degree to join its Mental Health team at Bella Coola General Hospital in Bella Coola, BC. Apply today to join our team!

If you are looking to relocate, short term temporary housing may be available along with access to Talent Acquisition’s relocation program, including support from the relocation specialist to find a permanent residence and potential reimbursement. Hybrid work schedules may be available (including both on site & remote) as applicable (with existing VCH policies and collective agreement requirements), where a rotation can be discussed, as well as travel, transport & housing options.

Vancouver Coastal Health is committed to valuing diversity within our workforce. VCH encourages Indigenous applicants (who identify as Indigenous including First Nations, Metis or Inuit), who may not possess all required qualifications but would become job ready through Employer provided training, orientation or mentoring, to apply.

As a Social Worker with the Mental Health Team you will:

• Work to address client and family centred care needs supported by an integrated health service team and delivery model. 
• Work from a harm reduction, culturally safe, trauma informed, recovery oriented, and client-centred model of care.
• Work collaboratively within an integrated health service delivery model and interdisciplinary care team to coordinate and to support care and transitions across multiple sites, clinics, services, This includes: clients, family members, primary care/mental health/ substance use service providers, private General Practitioner (GP) partners, community care partners and services.
• Provide direct care activities such as psycho-social assessment, client-centred care plan development and implementation, care coordination, brokerage, direct client care, group and program delivery, evaluation and documentation of client care, as part of an integrated care team.
• Work with clients and families who are experiencing health challenges, and to help identify client/family goals to address issues such as, but not limited to: mental health and substance use, chronic disease, homelessness, complex care issues, end of life, and other social determinants of health.
• Use health management and/or self-care management principles to identify problems, address issues or variances from the plan of care in collaboration with the entire interdisciplinary team and any other health care services involved.
• Establish, maintain, and enhance therapeutic relationships based on respect.

ABOUT BELLA COOLA, BC:

Bella Coola sits in a mountain valley at the head of the North Bentinck Channel, 500 km north of Vancouver, with a population of about 1800 people. The community is at the end of a long, truly magnificent fjord, on the mainland coast of British Columbia. Bella Coola General Hospital has 10 acute bed, 5 residential beds and a 3 bed emergency department open 24/7, along with a laboratory, diagnostic imaging services, Telehealth, Mental Health, Public Health, Home & Community Support Services.  Also within the hospital are a medical clinic and a pharmacy.