Social Worker

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

- 229394

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of the Solicitor General

**Division**:

- Sudbury Jail

**City**:

- Sudbury

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 2 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.

**Consider Your Next Career with the Ministry of the Solicitor General, Ontario Public Service**

We are currently seeking a qualified Social Worker to provide professional assessment, rehabilitative, and discharge services for inmates at the Sudbury Jail. Take on this unique opportunity to showcase your skills and expertise**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
- Perform other duties, as assigned

**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

**What we offer**: Our managers foster a supportive and collaborative environment through open communication, an open-door policy, and regular feedback. They emphasize inclusivity, respect, and shared goals, empowering team members and adapting to individual preferences.

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 developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs
- many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups
- tailored work arrangement