| Position Type: | Full-time |
| Location: | Woodstock, ON |
| Date Posted: | Nov 07, 2025 |
| Experience: | 3 Years |
Job Description
Do you have a passion for working with older adults, including people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and their care partners? Are you looking for a position that offers variety and incredible job satisfaction?
What We Offer:
What We Offer:
- Health benefits
- Pension plan
- Paid sick time
- Birthday off paid
- Generous vacation time
- Flexible work models
- Paid personal days
- Positive workplace culture
- Ongoing professional development
- Formal supervision and peer supervision opportunities
About This Position:
Immediate Supervisor: Manager of Clinical Services
Indirect Supervisor: Director of Programs and Services
Direct Reports: None
Job Status: Full-time, Permanent, 35 hours per week, occasional evening and weekend work required.
Location: Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners: Oxford Site – 575 Peel, Woodstock (With some travel required within Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties).
Summary:
Under the direction of the Manager of Clinical Services, the incumbent will work with persons living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias (ADOD), including Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), or other memory complaints. This position will hold a combination of BSO and regular counselling caseload.
Behavioural Support Ontario:
The BSO Social Worker will work with the individual, their care partners, and community resource agencies to ensure access to information, support, and education that assists them on their journey with the disease. The goal is to provide needed support, build effective and efficient utilization of community resources, promote links with primary care and community resource agencies; reduce care partner crisis situations and thereby reduce caregiving burden. The BSO Social Worker will work closely with the local Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO) Outreach Team at Woodstock Hospital and provide interventions such as assessment, system navigation, short term one to one supportive counselling, case management, discharge planning, and referrals to community agencies as appropriate.
Social Worker:
The Registered Social Worker will work with the individual, their care partners, and community resource agencies to ensure access to information, support, and education that assists them on their journey with the disease. The goal is to provide needed support, build effective and efficient utilization of community resources, promote links with primary care and community resource agencies; reduce care partner crisis situations and thereby reduce care partner burden.
BSO Duties and Responsibilities:
- Receive and respond to BSO client referrals according to BSO standards of practice
- Provide psychosocial assessments and develop care plans for clients living with dementia with responsive behaviors and care partners as well as working together with health system partners,
- Initiate intervention quickly in urgent situations (goal is to respond to new BSO referrals within 72 hours (excluding weekends),
- Provide dementia related supportive counselling to clients as needed,
- Consult with Alzheimer Society peers/colleagues as needed,
- Identify person-centered, abilities-focused care partner strategies for behavior management,
- Provide regular follow-up with current clients as established in agency policy,
- Comply with reporting requirements of the AlzSWP and those of the relevant professional body (OCSWSSW),
- Ensure clients are aware of existing community resources, and provide assistance as needed to clients who wish to access them,
- Refer to appropriate community resources as required,
Social Worker Duties and Responsibilities:
- Receive and respond to client referrals in a timely manner,
- Provide psychosocial assessments and develop care plans for clients living with dementia and their care partners,
- Initiate intervention immediately in urgent situations,
- Provide dementia related supportive counselling to clients as needed,
- Provide regular follow up with current clients as established in agency policy,
- Comply with reporting requirements of the Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners and those of the relevant professional body (OCSWSSW),
- Ensure clients are aware of existing community resources, and provide assistance as needed to clients who wish to access them,
- Refer to appropriate community resources as required,
- Facilitate support and education groups as assigned,
- Participate in Memory Clinic work as assigned,
- Evaluations and Other Responsibilities: (if applicable)
- Annual performance review with Manager of Clinical Services,
- Collect, maintain and report required quantitative and qualitative data to support monitoring, evaluation, and reporting,
- Work with programs team to continually evaluate services by soliciting ongoing feedback from clients as well as completing written questionnaires as appropriate,
- Always represent the Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners in a professional manner, treating all internal and external clients with respect and dignity and always act in the best interest of the Society,
- As an employee of a non-profit organization, you are expected to participate in fund development activities as required,
- Other related duties as requested by the supervisor or Director of Programs and Services or CEO,
Evaluations and Other Responsibilities:
- Participate in performance management process and annual performance review with Manager of Clinical Services,
- Collect, maintain and report required quantitative and qualitative data to support region-wide monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to BSO Project team,
- Work with clinical team to continually evaluate BSO services by soliciting ongoing feedback from clients as well as completing written questionnaires as appropriate,
- Always represent the AlzSWP in a professional manner, treating all internal and external clients with respect and dignity and always act in the best interest of the Society,
- As an employee of a non-profit organization, you are expected to participate in fund development activities as required,
- Other related duties as requested by the supervisor or Director of Programs and Services or CEO.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum Bachelor of Social Work degree required,
- Eligibility for registration with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW),
- Minimum 3 years providing direct Social Work service,
- Experience working with seniors,
- Experience working with persons living with dementia and their care partners,
- Experience with populations that require behavioural support,
- Strong crisis management skills,
- Strong assessment and case management skills required,
- Experience facilitating education and/or support groups,
- Strong written and verbal communication skills,
- Ability and knowledge to work within a computerized environment,
- Valid driver’s license and access to own vehicle,
- A Vulnerable Sector Police Record Check is required.
Preferred:
- Master of Social Work degree,
- Minimum 5 years of experience providing Social Work service in a dementia care setting,
- Experience conducting meetings and/or groups on a virtual platform,
- Ability to converse in a language other than English is an asset.
Working Conditions:
Hybrid: office setting / some remote work from home. General office duties, typing, filing, occasional lifting / carrying 25lbs, reaching, bending, walking, sitting, and standing. Freedom of movement throughout the day. Some travel required.
About Us
Organization Overview:
The Alzheimer Society actively supports families and individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. We advocate for and provide support services, education, and funding for research for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Our Vision:
No one impacted by dementia goes unsupported.
Our Mission:
We provide community and person-centered support and education to those impacted by dementia.
Our Values:
Collaboration, Excellence, Respect, Compassion and Belonging.
Website: www.alzswp.ca
TO APPLY:
Interested applicants will submit a complete application package including cover letter and resume in .pdf format to: HR@alzswp.ca (with the job title listed in the subject line).
All applicants will be screened based on receiving a complete application package and according to the qualifications listed in the posting. We thank all applicants for their interest, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Commitment to Equitable Recruitment:
The Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners (AlzSWP) recognizes the value and dignity of each individual and ensures everyone has genuine, open, and unhindered access to employment opportunities, free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise. We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment, where the rights of all individuals and groups are protected and all members feel safe, respected, empowered, and valued for their contributions.
Our values (collaboration, excellence, respect, compassion and belonging) and are the guideposts we use for decision-making of all kinds. We believe that this will guide the organization toward a place of inclusion for all - where equity and access to essential supports and services becomes the reality.
We are committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes in accordance with the Human Rights Code and AODA. AlzSWP welcomes those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity and social justice and we encourage applications from First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Indigenous Peoples of North America, Black and persons of colour, persons with disabilities, people living with dementia, care partners and those who identify as 2SLBGTQAI+.
