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PARTNERS Family Services is accepting applications for the position of Outreach Worker. PARTNERS staff provide a safe, confidential and welcoming environment that assists individuals and families to meet their immediate and on going needs. This position is up to 20 hours per week and will require travel to rural communities. This position will require some evening work, in addition to daytime hours
Duties include:
- Meeting with clients to determine needs
- Provide referrals for housing, addictions, mental health, domestic violence, income assistance
-Provide advocacy for clients struggling to navigate social services programming
- Research, develop and deliver presentations in communities
Requirements:
-Certificate/diploa/degree in human services field (i.e. psychology, justice, child and youth, etc)
- Experience working with vulnerable or at risk populations
- Experience working with community groups, volunteers and agencies
- Strong team work capacity, highly organized, and capable of managing varied demands
- Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and professional demeanour
- Excellent writing skills, time management, communication and file management skills
- Computer competencies
- Certified in First Aid and CPR
- Use of personal vehicle including 2mil in liability insurance
-Clear Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector screening
For additional information, please email hkennedy@partnersfamilyservices.ca. No phone calls please.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
Additional Skills
- Perform administrative tasks
Specific Skills
- Write reports (assessment, follow-up, progress, court reports, etc.)
- Interview clients
- Evaluate clients' progress in resolving identified problems and movement towards defined objectives
- Develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and means of attaining them
- Assess clients' problems
- Identify additional/alternative services and provide referrals
- Liaise with communities
- Teach life skills
Work Setting
- Community service organization
Client Population
- Adults
- Seniors
- Organizations
- Families
- Couples
- Aboriginal groups
- Culturally diverse groups
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Females
- Males
- Homeless
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child welfare check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Area of Counselling Specialization
- Substance abuse
- Stress management
- Personal growth and self-development
- Life transitions
- Family and marriage
- Crisis intervention
- Conflict resolution
- Cross cultural issues
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