Employment Information
- Post ID: 414153737
- Posted Date: Apr 18, 2024
- Closing Date: Jul 6, 2024
- Company: Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
- Category: Healthcare & Social Workers
- Business Location:401 N Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 4P7
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Job Details
- Experience: 3 years - 5 years
- Opening Positions: 1
- Remuneration: $55,000 annually / 35 hours per week
- Commencement Date: As soon as possible
- Education: College certificate or diploma more than 2 years
- How to apply: email to [email protected] or by mail
Job Description
Tasks
- Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
- Supervise other social workers, paid para-professional staff, student trainees and volunteers
- Perform administrative tasks
- Provide counsel and therapy to help clients resolve social and personal problems
- Plan programs of assistance for clients
- Refer clients to agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment and other services
- Provide public education and consultation regarding counselling services, issues and methods
- Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team of professionals working with a client group
- Advocate on client’s behalf in courts or at hearings
- Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups
- Conduct social research
- Apply for social program funding
- Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
- Provide consultation services to government and other organizations
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
- 5-10 people
- 11-15 people
- 16-20 people
- More than 20 people
- Working groups
- Committees
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver’s licence
- Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
- Large caseload
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Benefits
Other benefits
- Other benefits