Community and Social Services Worker
4 days ago
Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Education: College/CEGEP
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:
- Child welfare
- Corrections
- Education or training
- 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
- Services for pregnant teens
- Services for the homeless
- Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
**Work setting**:
- Urban area
- Various locations
- Youth drop-in centre
- Social service or charity agency
- Community centre
- Correctional facility
- Cultural events
- Cultural organization
- Arts and culture
**Tasks**:
- Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories
- Administrative and office activities
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Implement life skills workshops
- Research techniques
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
- Housekeeping activities
- Food preparation
- Provide suicide and crisis intervention
- Resolve conflict situations
- Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
- Implement substance abuse treatment programs
- Implement behaviour management programs
- 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
- Develop service intervention logic models and outcome measures
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Screen, recruit and train volunteers and support staff
- 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
- More than 20 people
- Working groups
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:
- Cultural Awareness Training
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
**Target audience**:
- Aboriginal groups
- Adolescents
- Children
- Culturally diverse groups
- Elderly
- Families
- Females
- Males
- Persons with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with learning disabilities
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Street population
**Area of specialization**:
- Aboriginal or First Nations education
- Cultural
**Security and safety**:
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
**Transportation/travel information**:
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Driver's abstract
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
**Weight handling**:
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
**Personal suitability**:
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Team player
**Screening questions**:
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
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