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PARTNERS Family Services is accepting applications for the position of Social 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 full time for a term until April 1, 2020 with possibility of extension.
Scope of practice includes crisis intervention, walk in counselling, program facilitation, and client advocacy.
Weekly travel within a 100km radius of Humboldt is required.
Requirements:
- BSW, BISW, M.Psych, or equivalent OR current registration with a Canadian counselling body such as CCPA, CCPC, etc.
- Competent in a variety of counselling modalities including solution focused and brief therapy
- Experience working with youth and adults experiencing mild to moderate mental health challenges including anxiety and depression
-Experience collaborating and with internal and external stakeholders to ensure coordination of services to clients
- 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 demeanor
- Excellent writing skills, time management, communication and file management skills
- Computer competencies
- Certified in First Aid, CPR, ASIST and NVCI
- Use of personal vehicle including 2mil in liability insurance
-Clear Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector screening
PARTNERS Family Services offers competitive wages, benefits and generous vacation and sick leave policies.
Interviews to commence ASAP. Position to commence ASAP.
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
Additional Skills
- Use computer applications
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 public education and consultation regarding counselling services, issues and methods
- 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
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and social programs
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
Work Setting
- Social and family service agency
- Community service organization
Client Population
- Adolescents
- Adult
- Social assistance recipient
- Psychiatric
- Physically disabled
- Personal or social adjustment difficulty
- Minority group
- Mentally impaired
- Male
- Female
- Elderly
- Developmentally delayed
- Child
Area of Social Work Specialization
- Socio-economic needs or conditions
- Personal adjustment
- Health
- Family mediation
- Community development
- Child welfare
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