Social Worker III
Your Opportunity:
Reporting to the Forensic Community Programs Manager responsible for the Recovery Alberta Family Violence Treatment Program, the Social Worker III provides assessment and treatment services to a complex forensic and mental health population. Individuals referred to the program are mandated to participate in treatment as a result of domestic violence-related charges. The successful candidate will conduct forensic risk screening and assessment using tools and approaches identified by the Clinical Team Lead and grounded in evidence-informed practice. The position will provide individual and group treatment based out of Calgary or Edmonton, guided by the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model and incorporating additional evidence-informed treatment approaches appropriate to the population. Service delivery will include both in-person and virtual modalities, based on client needs, program requirements, and geographic considerations. The successful candidate must be able to establish therapeutic relationships, facilitate treatment, and complete clinical assessments effectively in both settings. The position will establish and maintain collaborative relationships with justice agencies, community partners, and other professionals involved in client care and management. Strong communication, consultation, documentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills are essential to supporting positive client outcomes and public safety. As part of the broader Forensic Community Programs portfolio, the successful candidate may also contribute to program initiatives, projects, quality improvement, evaluation, education, and other service delivery priorities as required.
Description:
As a Social Worker III, you will perform either advanced level assessment and treatment or act as a clinical lead. You will work with or within teams to provide health care services for patients with complex and multidimensional medical, psychosocial, environmental and instrumental needs. You will provide advanced clinical services, consultation to the interprofessional team and patients/families and supervision of students and team members as assigned. You may also act as a clinical lead providing leadership in the planning, development, and delivery of services in a specific area, as well as staff development, quality improvement and evaluation or research activities as identified by the needs of the service area(s).
- Classification: Social Worker III
- Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
- Unit and Program: Provincial Family Violence Treatment
- Primary Location: Sunridge Professional Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 02-NOV-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 12-NOV-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $47.40
- Maximum Salary: $62.97
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Master's degree in Social Work. Active or eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
Additional Required Qualifications:Minimum 2 years’ clinical experience providing advanced mental health and risk assessment, clinical formulation, and evidence-informed treatment. Knowledge of criminogenic needs, RNR principles, and evidence-informed offender rehabilitation. Understanding of trauma, mental health, substance use, personality disorders, relationship dynamics, and their relationship to violent or offending behavior. Knowledge of relevant legislation, professional standards, ethics, privacy, and confidentiality. Strong clinical interviewing, motivational interviewing, case conceptualization, risk formulation, and treatment planning skills. Ability to establish therapeutic rapport while maintaining professional boundaries, accountability, and a focus on risk reduction and behavioral change. Ability to manage complex, high-risk cases and respond effectively to crisis situations. Experience working with culturally diverse populations, including Indigenous clients and individuals with complex mental health or substance use concerns. Strong clinical judgment, critical thinking, communication, documentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills. Commitment to trauma-informed, culturally responsive, ethical, and inclusive practice. Ability to provide effective services through in-person and virtual modalities. NVCI training or willingness to obtain and maintain training.
Preferred Qualifications:Minimum 2 years’ progressively responsible clinical experience, including group delivery with justice-involved or forensic populations. Demonstrated experience conducting risk assessments for individuals who have committed intimate partner or domestic violence-related offences. Demonstrated ability to assess static and dynamic risk factors and develop evidence-informed risk management plans.
