Registered Social Worker
Positions: Registered Social Worker (Canadian Registration), Bilingual Registered Social Worker (Quebec Registration)
Location: Remote
Lung Cancer Canada is a registered national charity that serves as Canada’s leading resource for lung cancer education, patient support, research and advocacy. Lung Cancer Canada has a wide reach that includes both regional and pan-Canadian initiatives. Lung Cancer Canada is a member of the Global Lung Cancer Coalition and is the only national charitable organization in Canada focused exclusively on lung cancer. We are looking for a Social Worker to provide support to patients and families and assist in developing our program, Airways of Hope, which provides online virtual group support programs for patients and care partners.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Social Worker assists in meeting the psychosocial needs of the lung cancer patient and their family through direct service provision as well as collaboration and consultation with community resources. The Social Worker will provide clinical services in the area of assessment, treatment, and consultation to patients and families with lung cancer over telephone and video conferencing platforms.
Duties and responsibilities include:
- Appraising psychosocial needs of population in program
- Performing necessary psychosocial assessment and service provision by telephone or Zoom
- Facilitating monthly National and Provincial Virtual Lung Cancer Support Groups over Zoom
- Developing relations with, as well as consulting and collaborating with local cancer centers
- Developing a scan of national initiatives regarding social support for lung cancer patients
Qualifications:
- Master of Social Work from an accredited university
- Experience in supporting cancer patients and families
- Experience in individual and family counselling and evidence-based psychosocial interventions
- Experience with group support facilitation
- Working knowledge of Zoom conferencing platform
- Professional registration within Canada (in Quebec for bilingual position). Willingness to register for E-service in multiple provinces a definite asset
- French language fluency an asset, (required for bilingual position)
Please note that this position is fully remote and will require stable high-speed internet access, as well as secure personal computer use for compliance with confidentiality.
Status: Permanent contract
FTE: .4
Salary Range: $40.00 - $50.00 per hour
Hours of work: As required
Please forward CV and cover letter to careers@lungcancercanada.ca