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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 operates from Wynyard and Punnichy.
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/diploma/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
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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