social worker
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Education:
Bachelor's degree.
Work setting:
Community service organization. Associations and non profit organizations.
Tasks:
- Conduct psychosocial assessments.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of social programs .
- Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required .
- Prepare detailed plans for clients returning home after a stay in a rehabilitation centre.
- Provide mediation services.
- Perform administrative tasks.
- Provide counsel and therapy to help clients resolve social and personal problems.
- Plan programs of assistance for clients.
- Refer clients to agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment and other services.
- Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team of professionals working with a client group.
- Advocate on client's behalf in courts or at hearings.
- Conduct social research.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and the patient's outcomes.
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs.
- Monitor and evaluate.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
Membership in a provincial association of social workers.
Target audience:
Adults.
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check.
- Enhanced reliability security clearance.
- Vulnerable sector check.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Attention to detail.
- Large workload.
- Large caseload.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Flexibility.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Adaptability.
Screening questions:
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Experience:
5 years or more.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Health benefits:
- Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Paramedical services coverage.
- Vision care benefits.
Financial benefits:
- As per collective agreement.
- Group insurance benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).
Long term benefits:
Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA).
Other benefits:
Wellness program.