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Seeking 1 Family Service Worker for Montreal Lake 106A and 1 Family Service Worker for Little Red 106B to provide services such as child protection and assessment, casework, legal support and reporting requirements mandated under the FSIN Indian Child Welfare and Family Support Act and the Saskatchewan Child and Family Services Act.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- 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
Additional Skills
- Use computer applications
- Supervise other social workers, paid para-professional staff, student trainees and volunteers
- Perform administrative tasks
Specific Skills
- Act as an advocate for client groups in the community
- Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team working with a client group
- Refer clients to agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment and other services
- Provide mediation services and psychosocial assessments
- Provide counsel and therapy to help clients resolve social and personal problems
- Provide consultation services to government and other organizations
- Plan programs of assistance for clients
- Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups
- Interview clients to assess their situation and determine the types of services required and eligibility
- Investigate cases of child abuse or neglect and take authorized protective action when necessary
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and social programs
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
Work Setting
- Social and family service agency
Client Population
- Adolescents
- Adult
- Social assistance recipient
- Child
Area of Social Work Specialization
- Health
- Family mediation
- Community development
- Child welfare
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