Toronto - Social worker

apartmentSioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre placeToronto calendar_month 

Overview

Languages

English

Education
  • Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting
  • Hospital

Responsibilities

Tasks
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of social programs
  • Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
  • Investigate cases of child abuse or neglect
  • Take authorized protective action when necessary
  • 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
  • Provide public education and consultation regarding counselling services, issues and methods
  • Advocate on client’s behalf in courts or at hearings
  • Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups
  • Provide consultation services to government and other organizations
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and the patient’s outcomes
  • Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
  • Monitor and evaluate
  • Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
  • Refer clients to the appropriate external services
  • Plan patient 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
Type of treatment experience
  • Crisis intervention counselling

Additional information

Security and safety
  • Criminal record check
  • Confidential security clearance
  • Child Abuse Registry check
  • Immunization records
  • Tuberculosis test
  • Vulnerable sector check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Large caseload
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics
  • Adaptability

Benefits

Health benefits
  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Pension plan
Long term benefits
  • Long-term care insurance
  • Maternity and parental benefits
Other benefits
  • On-site amenities
  • Other benefits
  • Parking available
  • Travel insurance
  • Wellness program
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