Social Worker

**Social Worker (Bilingual - English/French)**:
**Job ID**:

- 232653

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

**Division**:

- Cecil Facer Youth Centre, Youth Justice

**City**:

- Sudbury

**Position(s) language**:

- Bilingual English/French

**Job term**:

- 1 Permanent

**Job code**:

- C10104 - Social Worker 2 (COR)

**Salary**:

- $1,352.75 - $1,717.58 Per week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

**Make a meaningful impact supporting youth in need**: Bring your expertise in case management, therapeutic interventions, and collaborative care and join our team in a dynamic environment as we support youth with complex needs through clinical assessment, crisis intervention, evidence-based programming, and meaningful engagement with families and community partners.

Read about Ontario's youth justice system and what happens when youth aged 12 to 17 are in trouble with the law.

**About the job**: Working in a multi-disciplinary team at the Cecil Facer Youth Centre, you can expect the typical day to include activities such as:

- Providing a full range of professional, culturally, and gender-responsive social work services
- Coordinating and facilitating the case management process
- Providing clinical assessment, crisis intervention and specialized treatment services for complex cases
- Providing input into individual goal development
- Developing and delivering evidence-based programs
- Conducting individual, family and group counseling and treatment sessions
- Liaising with family and community organizations

**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory requirements**:

- Master of Social Work or Bachelor of Social Work degree with significant post graduate supervised social work experience
- Currently registered in good standing as a Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
- Proficiency in English as well as French verbal and written communication skills at the advanced level

**Specialized Knowledge and Experience**:

- You have in-depth knowledge of theories, principles, and practices of social work assessment and intervention
- You can develop and implement rehabilitative treatment plans and programs to clients with complex needs
- You have expertise in case management and clinical planning
- You have demonstrated knowledge of adolescent development, processes, theories and effective therapeutic interventions, including understanding of gender-specific programming and issues related to at risk youth
- You have knowledge of relevant community resources and agencies

**Proven Communication, Presentation, Facilitation, Interpersonal and Group Leadership Skills**:

- You can provide training, assessment services, and individual, family and group counseling programs
- You can adjust your communication approach to build rapport with youth who have diverse and varied cultural, ethnic, and educational backgrounds
- You can prepare written assessments and program evaluations
- You have experience working effectively within a multidisciplinary team including external agencies

**Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills**:

- You can diagnose youth risk, needs, and responsivity issues
- You can develop treatment plans and evaluate programs and services
- You have organizational skills and planning skills to manage workload

**Computer Skills**:
**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy

**What we offer**: We are a supportive and compassionate community who are proud about our transformative role in helping youth. You will join a flexible, supportive working environment where you complete meaningful, challenging, and impactful work every day.

The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:

- a career that can grow across ministries and job functions
- flexible learning and