Requisition ID: 380526
Posting End Date: May 16, 2025
City: Winnipeg
Site: Klinic Community Health
Work Location: Klinic Community Health
Department / Unit: Trans Health
Posting Category: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start - End Date: ASAP
FTE: 0.5
Anticipated Shift: Days; Evenings; Weekends
Annual Base Hours: 2080
Klinic Community Heath is a pro-choice community health centre that provides primary care, education and counselling services to our local community and throughout Manitoba. Driven by our vision of creating healthy and engaged communities, we promote health and quality of life for people of every age, background, ethnicity, gender identity and socio-economic circumstances. Rooted in social justice values, we believe that everyone deserves quality care, support and respect.
POSITION SUMMARY:
This Social Work position will work within an interdisciplinary team in the Trans Health program. They will work with peers, nurses, physicians, medical assistants, lab staff, and a psychologist to provide client centred guidance and support to individuals accessing gender care at Klinic. The social worker intakes clients into the program and remains connected as necessary for counselling support, system navigation, name changes and other episodic issues. They will uphold Klinic’s vision, mission and values while promoting social change, problem-solving in human relationships, and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor of Social Work degree
Current registration with the Manitoba College of Social Workers
Minimum of two years supervised experience in community health or related area
Experience in program and community development
Ability to work in an inter-professional environment
Ability to work from a harm reduction model.
Strong understanding of gender diversity and trans healthcare practices.
Understanding the social determinants of health and their impact
Demonstrated commitment to community-based health care
Knowledge of community resources
Experience providing crisis counselling including risk assessments
Experience facilitating groups
Experience supporting social work student placements
Awareness of and sensitive to issues of cultural diversity
Ability to work from an anti-oppression and anti-racism perspective
Demonstrated effective communications skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends
Ability to work independently and demonstrated decision making abilities
Proven ability to work from an empowerment model
Proven ability to optimize team and program functioning
Knowledge of primary health care
Proficient at word, email, internet searches, and electronic medical records (Accuro an asset)
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide social work services within the parameters of the Manitoba College of Social Workers Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics
Conducts Trans health services client intake
Provide short term supportive counselling
Provide crisis support when a referral to the crisis lines is not appropriate
Assist clients navigate formal social service systems such as EIA
Provide support, information, referral and links to appropriate community resources
Liaise with other programs at Klinic for health services
Engage in building and supporting an inter-professional environment
Liaise with community resources/networks and service organizations
Supporting Social Work student placements as a Field Instructor
Facilitates groups
Provide public education and training activities
Provides support for learners
Works as part of a team and promote team functioning
Charts appropriately according to Klinic procedures
Participates in training courses and in services offered elsewhere and by Klinic to maintain and improve quality of service
Attend staff meetings as required
Participates in program planning, evaluation and quality monitoring including completing daily statistics
Participate in formal self – evaluations by identifying strengths and limitations
Seek appropriate supervision/consultation of own actions
Adheres to all agency policies, protocols, procedures and promotes best practice
Other duties and functions related to their job description not exceeding the above qualifications
Additional Requirements:
Work environment consists of smudging
Satisfactory Criminal Record, Child Abuse and Adult Abuse Registry checks
SALARY RANGE $35.881 per hour - $46.826 per hour
Klinic is committed to working towards having a more equitable and diverse work force at all levels of our organization. We welcome and encourage persons who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve to apply, those who identify as Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour, 2SLBGTQQIA+, and / or those living with disabilities. Applicants are invited to self-declare in their cover letter.
Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process. Applicants are asked to please self-declare in their cover letter.
Thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
