Certified Social Worker

Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Education: College/CEGEP
- Experience: Experience an asset
- or equivalent experience
- ** Work setting**:

- Urban area
- Community service organization
- Various locations
- ** Tasks**:

- Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
- Supervise other social workers, paid para-professional staff, student trainees and volunteers
- 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
- Provide public education and consultation regarding counselling services, issues and methods
- 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
- Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups
- Conduct social research
- Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and the patient's outcomes
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
- ** Supervision**:

- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
- 5-10 people
- 11-15 people
- 16-20 people
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Mental health first aid Certificate
- Provincial certificate of registration
- Membership in a provincial association of social workers
- Membership with the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)
- ** Target audience**:

- Adolescents
- Females
- Males
- Minority group
- People with personal or social adjustment difficulty
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Family
- Young adults
- Aboriginal groups
- Young offenders
- ** Policy and program experience**:

- Mental health
- ** Social work specialization**:

- Child welfare
- Community development
- Education and training
- Health
- Personal adjustment
- Socio-economic needs or conditions
- ** Area of specialization**:

- Cultural
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Vulnerable sector check
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Own vehicle
- Driver's abstract
- ** 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 previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- ** Support for Indigenous people**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers