Position Summary
We are hiring a relief, part-time (0.90 FTE) registered Social Worker for the Castlegar’s Primary Care Network.
Days of work: Monday to Friday
Shift times: 08:30 to 16:30
* Hours and days of work and work location are subject to change.
What we offer:
We provide a comprehensive, competitive, and people focused employment package, emphasizing wellness, growth, work–life balance, and long-term stability. Locations that qualify for Canada Student Loan Forgiveness.
About this position:
This position will provide coverage until May 2028 or the return of incumbent. This role supports multiple clinics and duties including a key role in Adult Guardianship cases.
As part of the Primary Care Network model, you will be integrated into a collaborative environment that is committed to community wellbeing and guided by respect, patience, and strong support for both patients and staff. The clinic provides family medicine and community based health services to individuals and families within Castlegar and the surrounding region.
In this role, you provide comprehensive therapeutic clinical counselling services to patients and families within the assigned clinical specialty area. You conduct thorough social work and psycho social assessments using a variety of modalities, following professional standards as well as clinical policies and practices. You educate and offer consultation to patients, families, and healthcare professionals. You will offer leadership to the interdisciplinary team by contributing to care planning, ensuring the effective use of patient resources. This position participates on local committees and planning bodies to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery, enhance patient care, and reduce gaps within the community. You develop, coordinate, and deliver in services, presentations, psycho educational sessions, and support groups. You also initiate, design, and carry out research activities in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Access to a personal vehicle may be required.
About us:
We are committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Well-being and work-life balance are promoted within the team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and well-being of everybody in our region.
About this location:
Castlegar is a family friendly small city in the West Kootenay region of B.C., located where the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers meet, offering a beautiful mountain landscape and abundant outdoor recreation. With a population just over 8,300, it serves as a regional hub for trade, transportation, and community services. The community blends natural beauty with cultural richness, shaped by the Sinixt Peoples, whose heritage remains influential today. Residents enjoy access to hiking, skiing, water activities, and a vibrant arts and cultural scene. Castlegar is also home to Selkirk College and a regional airport, contributing to a balanced lifestyle with both amenities and small town charm.
If you're inspired by collaborative rural practice and driven to empower clients toward healthier futures, we invite you to apply and join the Castlegar Primary Care Network team. Your work here will matter—every single day.
Reach out to us for more information careers@interiorhealth.ca
Qualifications
Masters Degree of Social Work from an accredited school of Social Work. One year’s recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Current full registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers. Current valid BC Driver’s License required.
Comments
Interior Health is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to creating an environment free from discrimination. Our goal is to cultivate a workforce rich in culture, experience, and knowledge to enable us to provide high quality, accessible and culturally safe health services to everyone in the Interior Health region. We are committed to addressing existing inequities and barriers to achieving a diverse workforce, one that is representative of the communities we serve. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently marginalized groups.