Career Opportunities
Current Job Postings
Social Worker
Status: Full-time, permanent, 35 hours per week, occasional evening and weekend work required.
Location:Home site at one of our offices in Middlesex (London), Elgin (St. Thomas) & Oxford (Woodstock) and some remote work from home.
Closing date: When filled
Under the direction of the Manager of Clinical Services, the incumbent will work with persons living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, including Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), or other memory complaints. 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.
First Link Care Navigator / Dementia Resource Consultant (Elgin)
Status: Full-time, Permanent, 35 hours per week, occasional evening and weekend work required.
Location: Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners: Elgin Site – 450 Sunset Drive, St. Thomas (With some travel required within Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties). St. Thomas, Elgin General Hospital (STEGH): 189 Elm St. St. Thomas
Closing date: When filled
This position is a full-time position working half as a First Link Care Navigator (FLCN) and half as a Dementia Resource Consultant (DRC) in Elgin County, with the DRC position being job shared with a colleague.
Reporting directly to the Manager of Community Clinical Services, as a FLCN, the successful candidate will coordinate and integrate supports and services around the person living with dementia and their care partner. As a DRC, the individual will serve as the initial point of contact for the STEGH Emergency Department (ED) and Home and Community Care Support Services staff and people living with dementia and their care partners who enter STEGH ED.
Board Opportunities
The AlzSWP is an equal opportunity governance Board committed to building a culture focused on health equity, inclusion, and diversity. We are seeking individuals who can offer direct or indirect diversity of lived experience (e.g., class, race, or gender inequality) and a passion for community support services working as a non-for-profit organization. We want members to speak from their own lived experience to collectively provide varied perspective to the Board and committee discussions.
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteering is a great way to give back and help those living with dementia and their care partners.
