Social Worker
6 months ago
**Social Worker - Poverty Reduction Counselling**
**12 month contract**
**About The Agency**
Jewish Family and Child Service is a multi-service, client-centered, family service agency and a Children’s Aid Society. We support the healthy development of individuals, children, families, and communities through prevention, protection, counselling, and education and advocacy services, within the context of Jewish values.
**About the Role**
We are seeking a
**Social Worker - Poverty Reduction Counselling**
***to provide direct counselling, case management and other services to clients using appropriate techniques and methods of social work practice.
**Responsibilities***:
- Provide clients with basic financial literacy and budgeting supports through poverty reduction methodologies
- Formulate and develop client-centred service plans including crisis interventions, internal agency responses and referrals, etc.
- Provide individual, family, and/or group counselling to client(s) using a range of appropriate techniques, including psycho-social assessments of individuals and families and those who are living with, or who have lived with, complex mental health concerns, and poverty.
- Work within the poverty reduction program to support vulnerable clients by completing assessments and setting goals for client’s financial abilities to help them understand financial management.
- Deliver empowerment, advocacy, and problem solving supports to help clients navigate complex financial systems.
- Facilitate coordination of services which includes the provision of information, advocacy, and referral to both internal and external resources.
- Liaise with professional and community staff to provide support services in line with the case management plan.
- Organize client-related documents, records, and data collection for internal and external reporting purposes.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
**Qualifications***:
- BSW and/or MSW
- Minimum 3 years related clinical experience
- Poverty reduction service delivery knowledge and experience
- Clinical case-management and financial literacy knowledge
- Member of OCSWSSW in good standing
- Good judgement, initiative and resourcefulness are required
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Comprehension of French or another language reflecting the local community will be considered an asset
**JF&CS has a COVID-19 vaccination policy in place. As a condition of employment, all employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a valid exemption under the**
**_Ontario Human Rights Code _**
**is provided.**
**We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.**
**To learn more about Jewish Family and Child Service please visit**:
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