Native Community Worker

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 35 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:

- **Education**:

- College/CEGEP
- or equivalent experience
- ** Work site environment**:

- Corrections
- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
- Early intervention programming for at-risk youth
- Crime prevention
- ** Work setting**:

- Urban area
- Various locations
- Correctional facility
- Government department and/or agency
- Social service or charity agency
- Courthouse
- ** Tasks**:

- Prepare reports or case histories
- Administrative and office activities
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Perform administrative tasks
- Conduct social research
- Refer offenders to community and social services programs
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Recommend actions when probation or parole is violated
- Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
- Provide suicide and crisis intervention
- Resolve conflict situations
- Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
- Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
- Establish registry of special needs support workers
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
- Assist clients/guests with special needs
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
- ** Supervision**:

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

- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- ** Target audience**:

- Aboriginal groups
- Adolescents
- Elderly
- Families
- Females
- Males
- Street population
- Young offenders
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Vulnerable sector check
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
- ** Weight handling**:

- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Values and ethics
- Client focus
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Team player
- Organized
- ** Screening questions**:

- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- ** Experience**:

- 2 years to less than 3 years
- ** Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- ** Other benefits**:

- Other benefits
- ** 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