Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Master's degree
- or equivalent experience
Experience
5 years or more
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Public or community health centre
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
- Perform administrative tasks
- Provide counsel and therapy to help clients resolve social and personal problems
- Plan programs of assistance for clients
- Refer clients to agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment and other services
- Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team of professionals working with a client group
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
- Monitor and evaluate
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Implement an interdisciplinary plan of care
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Membership in a provincial association of social workers
Experience and specialization
Target audience
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Children
- Developmentally delayed
- Elderly
- Females
- Males
- Minority group
- People with personal or social adjustment difficulty
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Psychiatric
- Social assistance recipient
- Abused adults
- Family
- People who require psychiatric care
Area of work experience
- Research
- Clinical and diagnostic health
Social work specialization
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Vulnerable sector check
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Driver's abstract
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Adaptability
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Life insurance
- Mileage paid
- Pension plan
Long term benefits
- Maternity and parental benefits
Other Benefits
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Wellness program
