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VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
Skills: Psychosocial Assessment, Crisis Intervention, Short-term Therapy, Case Management, Clinical Social Work
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
Skills: Occupational Therapy Interventions, Caseload Management, Electronic Documentation, Virtual Care, Client-Centred Care
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VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
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VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
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VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
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Registered Dietitian (Adults) - Strategic Solutions and Partnerships
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VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
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VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
Skills: Occupational Therapy Interventions, Caseload Management, Electronic Documentation, Virtual Care, Client-Centred Care
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home …
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Part-time
postgraduate degree
Pension Plan, Education And Professional Development Compensation, Orientation And Training, Mentorship And Peer Support, Career Development Opportunities, Employee And Family Assistance Program
Posted 12d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Social Worker provides consultation, psychosocial assessments, and planned interventions for diverse client groups in community settings. Key duties include counseling families on long-term care planning, providing short-term therapy, and managing crisis interventions.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master of Social Work degree and be registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. A minimum of two years of clinical experience, preferably in a community setting, is required.
Full job description
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is one of the largest not-for-profit home care providers in Ontario. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: “Home care is where I can truly make a difference. There is such a sense of accomplishment from helping people live independently at home.” Our teams work together to provide high quality, client-centred care to those who need it most in their homes, schools, retirement homes and other community settings. Many of our team members manage their own schedules in the community and they say, “The freedom and flexibility can’t be beat.” Providers form meaningful bonds with the clients and families they serve over time and are supported by a diverse regional team and beneficial home office programs. Team members tell us “I love the inclusive culture. I feel welcome and at home.”
VHA's Social Worker provides consultation, assessment and planned interventions for diverse clients groups across Southern Ontario and the Capital region, referred through VHA Rehab Solutions and Champlain Rehab Solutions. The Social Worker works within a continuous quality improvement framework, which reflects VHA’s vision and mission of services as well as promoting and maintaining good public relations with clients, customers and VHA staff, volunteers and associates.
Key Areas of Accountability
VHA's Social Worker have the following key areas of accountability, but not limited to:
Assesses psychosocial needs of clients and their families to identify factors which may affect the client’s response to illness, need for care and ability to adjust and/or cope with the current situation.
Counsels clients and their family members concerning long range planning, including evaluation of the home situation relative to long term care, assists the family to develop an in-home care system, or explores alternatives to in-home care and assists in arranging placement where indicated.
Provides short-term therapy to clients and family members.
Provides crisis intervention or problem solving associated with high risk indicators endangering clients’ and their dependents’ mental and physical health.
Ensures coordinated delivery of care through ongoing communication with all members of the client’s team regarding plans and schedules for interventions.
Documents all assessment findings, treatment plans, progress and discharge summaries of interventions as required by the profession, referral source and the organization.
Required Qualifications:
Master of Social Worker Degree from a recognized university.
Registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
At least two year’s clinical experience, preferably in the community.
Specialized courses to support areas of clinical expertise.
Clinical expertise to provide a variety of social work interventions
Knowledge of community-care requirements and available resources
Familiar with the routine use of valid and reliable outcome measures to support clinical interventions.
What makes VHA’s compensation unique?
Benefits and pension plan for permanent eligible employees
Compensation for education and professional development
VHA is a leading learning organization so we can provide you with comprehensive orientation and training at the start and throughout your career
Mentorship and peer support
Career development opportunities
Employee and family assistance program
Wellness resources
Perks & discounts
Staff & service provider events
Accommodation and VHA’s commitment to DEI
At VHA Home HealthCare (VHA), we passionately strive to uphold our commitments to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We champion inclusion and diversity in all parts of our organization and are strong believers that a diverse workforce is key to the ongoing and future success of VHA. We aim to review all applicants with fair and unbiased recruitment practices where opportunities are presented based on merits, skills, and experience. VHA is committed to providing reasonable accommodation and our services are accessible and sensitive to the needs of diverse groups. If you require any accommodation, please let us know in advance as we are happy to comply.
How to Apply?
Our online application should take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete.
VHA is accredited with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada; an RNAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization designate; and a founding member agency of United Way Greater Toronto.
Thank you to everyone who applies. We will review applications as they are received. We’ll only be contacting those selected for further discussion.
In every role and at every level, we lead with purpose, build bonds that matter, and we’re passionate about providing spectacular care.
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Social WorkPsychosocial NeedsCrisis InterventionCommunity CareClinical ExpertiseOntario College of Social Workers and Social Service WorkersHome HealthCareClient-Centred CareLong Term CareTherapy
Leading with Purpose | Bonds that Matter | Empowered Every Day
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Founded
1925
Headquarters
Toronto, ON
LinkedIn followers
17,611
Founded in 1925, we’re a not-for-profit, charitable organization made up of over 3,000 diverse professionals-nurses, personal support workers, rehab therapists, home support workers, extreme cleaners, and office support staff.
Together, we provide high quality care, with great heart, to vulnerable populations in the communities we serve. This includes seniors, families, new parents, newborn babies, people with physical and mental disabilities, children with medically complex needs, and the terminally ill.
We provide service 24 hours a day, seven days a week to clients in their homes, in schools, in retirement homes and other locations in the community. In every role and at every level, we lead with purpose, build bonds that matter, and we’re passionate about providing spectacular care.
Offices: 30 Soudan Avenue, Suite 600, Toronto, ON M4S 1V6, CA · 700 Lawrence Ave W, 310, North York, Ontario M6A 3B4, CA · 105 Consumers Dr, 3, Whitby, Ontario L1N 1C4, CA · 400 York St, 203, London, Ontario N6B 3N2, CA
Leading with Purpose | Bonds that Matter | Empowered Every Day
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Founded
1925
Headquarters
Toronto, ON
LinkedIn followers
17,611
Founded in 1925, we’re a not-for-profit, charitable organization made up of over 3,000 diverse professionals-nurses, personal support workers, rehab therapists, home support workers, extreme cleaners, and office support staff.
Together, we provide high quality care, with great heart, to vulnerable populations in the communities we serve. This includes seniors, families, new parents, newborn babies, people with physical and mental disabilities, children with medically complex needs, and the terminally ill.
We provide service 24 hours a day, seven days a week to clients in their homes, in schools, in retirement homes and other locations in the community. In every role and at every level, we lead with purpose, build bonds that matter, and we’re passionate about providing spectacular care.
Offices: 30 Soudan Avenue, Suite 600, Toronto, ON M4S 1V6, CA · 700 Lawrence Ave W, 310, North York, Ontario M6A 3B4, CA · 105 Consumers Dr, 3, Whitby, Ontario L1N 1C4, CA · 400 York St, 203, London, Ontario N6B 3N2, CA