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The Lighthouse Supported Living is an emergency shelter, supported living and affordable housing provider offering a range of services to people experiencing homelessness and poverty to help them overcome barriers and achieve self-sufficiency. For more information, see our website: www.lighthousesaskatoon.org
Working as part of a team, the Lighthouse Social Worker will provide support to fifteen individuals requiring a medium-high level of residential support; clients may be housed within The Lighthouse or in the broader Saskatoon community. The focus of the medium-high residential support beds is intensive visiting support that might be daily and increasing or decreasing in frequency as the client requires. The Social Worker will work in conjunction with the Lighthouse care team, and with SHA service providers such as community recovery teams and/or other mental health and addictions services.
For full job description please visit:
https://www.lighthousesaskatoon.org/lighthouse-social-worker/
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
- 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 counsel and therapy to help clients resolve social and personal problems
- Plan programs of assistance for clients
- Interview clients to assess their situation and determine the types of services required and eligibility
Work Setting
- Community service organization
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