Social Worker

**Social Worker**:
**Job ID**:

- 229766

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of the Solicitor General

**Division**:

- Quinte Detention Centre

**City**:

- Napanee

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Temporary up to 10 months

**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.
- Consider a rewarding career in correctional services and join us in making a difference in the lives of individuals in custody and in keeping our communities safe

We are currently seeking a Social Worker to provide professional assessment, rehabilitative, and discharge services for inmates at the Quinte Detention Centre.

**Please note**: This position may be required to work evenings, weekends and rotational shifts.**About the job**:

- Formulate reintegration/release plans in collaboration with professional and community partners and inmates
- Provide crisis intervention services
- Prepare clinical assessments and statistical reports
- Collaborate on multidisciplinary care plans
- Facilitate group and individual rehabilitative programming
- Provide one-to
- one counselling
- Participate in social work research activities and evaluate treatment programs and services
- Provide social work consultation and training to staff

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

- You are currently registered as a Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)

**Specialized Knowledge and Experience**:

- You have in-depth knowledge of, and experience with, theories, principles and practices of social work normally acquired through a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or a Master of Social Work (MSW)
- You are able to develop rehabilitative program/treatment plans as well as conduct individual/group therapy and crisis intervention
- You have knowledge of risk assessment tools and rehabilitative/treatment options in order to recommend appropriate classification placement
- You have knowledge of community support services to assist inmates in formulating reintegration plans
- You have a general understanding of the justice system in Ontario

**Communication and Interpersonal Skills**:

- You can liaise with clients, correctional staff, and community support services
- You can provide individual counselling, evaluation, and assessment services to offenders with complex needs
- You are able to connect and build rapport with a diverse client population with varied cultural, ethnic, and educational backgrounds
- You have experience working within a multi-disciplinary setting, including community agencies
- You have proven tact, discretion and sensitivity to discuss problems/options with offenders and maintain confidentiality
- You have advanced written communication skills to prepare case notes, assessments, and progress and statistical reports

**Analytical, Assessment, and Problem-Solving Skills**:

- You can gather and compile data from multiple sources to identify inmate needs
- You can develop/modify rehabilitative, treatment, and case management plans

**Organizational Skills**:

- You can manage conflicting priorities, meet deadlines, and maintain adequate records**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

**Additional information**:

- Friday, May 30, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

**Position details**:

- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 10 months, 89 Richmond Blvd, Napanee, East Region, Vulnerable Sector Check, Credit History Check, Local Police Databases Search, PIP/NICHE/RMS

**Compensation group**:

- Ontario Public Service Employees Union

**Work hours**:

- Schedule 3-7

**Category**:

- Health and Social Services

**Posted on**:

- Thursday, May 15, 2025

**Note**:

- **About security checks**:
A criminal or other federal offence record **does not automatically disqualify you** from the position. We consider each situation based on the p