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Social Worker

Hungry Heart Cafe & Catering
Job Description

Location
St. John's, NL A1C 2E6

Full job description

 
  • Education

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Work setting

  • Community service organization
  • Correctional facility
  • 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
  • Supervise other social workers, paid para-professional staff, student trainees and volunteers
  • Take authorized protective action when necessary
  • 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
  • Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
  • Provide consultation services to government and other organizations
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and the patient's outcomes
  • Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
  • Monitor and evaluate
  • Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • Membership in a provincial association of social workers
  • Target audience

  • Adults
  • Females
  • Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Enhanced reliability security clearance
  • Vulnerable sector check
  • Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own vehicle
  • 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
  • Experience

  • 5 years or more
  • Health benefits

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

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Mileage paid
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
  • Long term benefits

  • Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
  • Other benefits

  • Travel insurance
  • Wellness program
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