Travel Social Worker

Job description

Employer: Bayshore HealthCare Location: Yukon Hospital Assignment Duration: 6 Week Minimum Pay: $50 - $55/hour + $22/hour non-taxed Northern Allowance The Bayshore Northern Staffing team has proudly been the leading provider of healthcare professionals to Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) and Northern Communities across Canada since 1997, and we are looking for a multiple Social Workers to join our team! DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to: - Providing crisis intervention, care planning, and assessments of suicide risks, safety planning, addictions treatments, etc. - Working with high-risk complex cases to help deescalate clients and/or deal with potentially volatile and aggressive individuals in collaboration with other health centers/hospitals, RCMP, Family Services and Educational Institutions. - Planning programs of assistance for clients including referral to community resources and agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, and other services. - Providing care and support from an Indigenous worldview that recognizes and respects the values, beliefs and customs of indivi...