Social Worker

**Position Summary**:
St.Amant's core values reflect a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. St.Amant maintains ongoing commitment to recruiting a diverse and talented workforce which is paramount to supporting the community we serve. Reporting to the Manager, Social Work and Counselling and consistent with the Mission, Values and policies of St.Amant, the Social Worker is a critical role in ensuring the success of St.Amant business and operations.

Exemplifying the mission, vision and values of St.Amant, the Social Worker works collaboratively with partnered programs while offering employees respectful customer service.

The Social Worker will take an active role in promoting service and developing creative strategies to work with families and systems. The Social Worker promotes a positive, nurturing environment for the family and works toward strengthening support networks, enhancing knowledge, competencies, skills, and family stability using a family-centered approach within an ecological model of practice. The Social Worker is responsible for evaluating effectiveness and efficiency of direct interventions to ensure positive, observable, and beneficial outcomes to families. The Social Worker will provide direct clinical and consultative services to clients, families or family supports, and is familiar with and promotes a “customer service focus” in the provision of services to clients, and other professionals.
- The Social Worker promotes processes which contribute to self-determination and the development of skills and competencies of individuals and care providers. This pertains to all areas of intervention including assessments, treatment, and implementation of service. The Social Worker is responsible for evaluating effectiveness and efficiency of interventions to ensure outcomes that are positive and beneficial to clients.
- The Social Worker is familiar with social policy, issues, trends, best practices in the field, needs, gaps or opportunities which may improve the lives of persons with disabilities, or which promote social justice, equity or accessibility.
- The Social Worker is familiar with and adheres to all policies related to risk management and those of workplace activity, promotes and follows all safety, health and respectful workplace practices.
- The Social Worker is involved in a variety of services and has responsibilities including the provision of direct and indirect services to individuals and families, facilitating groups, participating in research or educational activities, facilitating access to services and maintaining statistics. The Social Worker is involved in St.Amant activities that are related to optimizing enhancement of quality of life of individuals, families and the community.

**Qualifications**:
**Educational**:

- Must possess a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) Degree from an accredited university

**Professional**:

- Must be eligible for and maintain registration with the Manitoba College of Social Workers including meeting all prescribed continuing education requirements of the profession
- A minimum of 2 years social work experience in the area of developmental disabilities is preferred and is an asset

**Clinical**:

- Demonstrated knowledge and experience using a family-centered model of service provision
- Knowledge of the history of services to people with disabilities, current trends, philosophies and practices concerning their care, education and lifestyles
- Extensive knowledge and experience working with children and families and experience working in the area of developmental disabilities/mental disabilities
- Knowledge and ability to function within the legislation pertinent to practice, including CFS Act, Vulnerable Persons Legislation, and PHIA NVCI, CPR, and First Aid are assets
- Expertise in conducting social/family assessments using an ecological framework and family-centered approach
- Knowledge of psychosocial and environmental factors involved in chronic disability which may impact family functioning or adjustment, and the ability to define appropriate intervention strategies
- Knowledge of child development, family relationships and dynamics
- Knowledge of Manitoba Guidelines for Identification and Reporting Abuse (CFS Act / Vulnerable Persons Living with Disabilities Act)
- Ability to prepare an intervention, contract with individuals and families, appropriately assist in goal definition, engage in problem solving processes, focus on client strengths, restructure or access appropriate supports, define time frames and plan for transition
- Ability to form appropriate professional/trust relationship with clients
- Demonstrated counseling skills including supportive, adjustment, and crisis counseling
- Ability to identify high risk situations and respond appropriately
- Working knowledge of service systems and ability to creatively access or develop informal and formal supports or resources
- Ability to document plans and int