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Social Worker

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Empowering people and changing lives

Social workers help identify and remove barriers to patients by providing a broad range of social and family supports, connecting people with programs and services to help meet their basic needs, and work with individuals to solve relationship problems and enhance their overall social well being.

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Compensation

$32.76 - $57.63 per hour

Other benefits

Union

Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA)

Education

Social work diploma

Bachelor's degree or master's degree for higher classifications

Registration

Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW)

Duties

  • Provide a broad range of social and family support services
  • Connect clients with community supports and resources
  • Advocate for clients, perform intervention, provide counseling, referrals, discharge and after-care plans
  • Complete documentation, statistics, reports, and administrative duties associated with assignments
  • Assist in research, evaluation, and policy development projects

Make a Difference

  • Provide emotional support, advocacy, and problem-solving to help resolve relationship issues and improve social well-being
  • Help clients and families ensure basic needs are met, including housing, food, or transportation
  • Provide or help clients access social and family support services, counseling, referrals, discharge, and after-care plans
  • Effect long-term change through policy development, research, and evaluation projects

Work Collaboratively

  • Work with clients and their family members to address issues and solve problems
  • Collaborate with other social workers and inter-disciplinary professionals to deliver patient care
  • Work in a variety of settings, including hospitals, home care centers, and in clients’ homes
  • Connect clients with a variety of external community organizations, programs, and supports

Grow Your Career

  • Move from Social Worker I to II or III and take on clients with more complex, multifaceted issues, lead the implementation and evaluation of services in their area, or lead, supervise, and teach others
  • Additional training and certification
  • Healthcare leadership and management
  • Health system administration

Additional Information

To learn more about a career as a social worker in our province visit Alberta Learning Information Services (ALIS).