Social Worker 3 – Adult Protection Clinical Lead

Come work as a Social Worker 3 with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Social Worker 3 with a?Master’s Degree?to join the Mental Health Geriatric Team at Richmond Mental Health Services in Richmond, BC. Apply today to join our team!

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This position will be providing clinical supports and consultation to all programs in the local area and will be required to travel to home visits, hospitals, clinics, health centres etc., to meet with staff, physicians and clients.

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

• Provide consultation, education, mentorship, complex care planning and clinical guidance within the context of a client and family-centred care model, to ensure practice and organizational compliance with the statutory obligations and regulations of the Adult Guardianship Act (AGA).
• Develop decision support tools and policies, and recommends changes to practice to improve by analysing current literature and national trends.
• Provide consultation, mentorship, education and support to staff about all aspects of abuse, whether it be Adult Guardianship, Adult Protection and/or Domestic Violence as applicable to the designated portfolio, and applies knowledge of resources and intervention strategies to assist those impacted by adult abuse, neglect and self-neglect.