Job Detail: Social worker

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
• Provide public education and consultation regarding counselling services, issues and methods
• Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team of professionals working with a client group
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and the patient’s outcomes
• Monitor and evaluate

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Membership in a provincial association of social workers

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Adolescents
• Children

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail

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

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Life insurance
• Mileage paid

Other benefits

• Other benefits
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)