Your Opportunity:
The University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) offers specialized diagnostic and treatment services to adult patients, as well as specialty ambulatory clinics located across the hospital campus. This Social Worker II position is part of the ALA UAH Social Work team and will be responsible for providing social work services to the adult population across inpatient units and ambulatory programs in a Float position. The candidate will be a highly motivated, confident, and dependable individual who collaborates with team members, patients and their families in a fast-paced environment ensuring trauma-informed, equitable care. The candidate will hold working knowledge of health care systems, SDoH, and community resources to support psychosocial interventions such as complex discharge planning, financial assessments, resource navigation, advocacy, and referring to internal/external agencies. As a Social Worker II, you are part of a team dedicated to providing quality patient centered care through best practices and evidence informed approaches, aligning with social work Code of Ethics.
Description:
As a Social Worker II, you will be a member of an inter-disciplinary team and provides a range of social work services to patients and their families. Your services may include: psychosocial assessment, resource-based interventions, individual, group and family treatment, risk screening, counselling, case management and coordination, transition or discharge planning, and prevention, promotion and public awareness activities.
- Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
- Classification: Social Worker II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Social Work
- Primary Location: U of A Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 31-AUG-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 10-SEP-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $42.14
- Maximum Salary: $56.02
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Completion of bachelor's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
Additional Required Qualifications:
Minimum 2 years’ experience working as an RSW in acute healthcare settings. Current Basic Life Support (BLS-HCP) certification is required. Experience working with diverse cultural groups and vulnerable populations, demonstrating trauma informed, patient centered care. Able to respond promptly and decisively using ethical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze situations, advocate and determine successful outcomes. Strong professional judgment and time management skills are necessary to prioritize tasks for effective functioning within the dynamic and challenging environment. Ensure concise, timely and accurate communication, documentation and collaboration with colleagues, patients and families. Experience with self-direction for independent work, and with actively and positively contributing to an interdisciplinary team are essential.
Preferred Qualifications:
A Master of Social Work degree (MSW) is an asset. Experience with Connect Care is preferred. Experience with relevant legislation including Personal Directives Act and Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act; complex discharge planning and placement processes; and grief and loss are assets.
