social worker

Work setting

• Community service organization
• Associations and non profit organizations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Conduct psychosocial assessments
• Evaluate the effectiveness of social programs
• Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
• Prepare detailed plans for clients returning home after a stay in a rehabilitation centre
• Provide mediation services
• 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
• 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
• Conduct social research
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and the patient’s outcomes
• Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
• Monitor and evaluate

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Membership in a provincial association of social workers

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Adults

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Enhanced reliability security clearance
• Vulnerable sector check

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
• Adaptability

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

• Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)

Other benefits

• Wellness program   #LI-DNI