Social Worker

Overview

Languages

English

Education


 

• Bachelor's degree
   

• Community service organization
• Work in employer's/client's home
• Associations and non profit organizations
   

• Conduct psychosocial assessments
• 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
• Provide mediation services
• 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
• Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team of professionals working with a client group
• Advocate on client’s behalf in courts or at hearings
• Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups
• Apply for social program funding
• 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
   

• Membership in a provincial association of social workers
• Membership with the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)
   

• Females
   

• Criminal record check
• Vulnerable sector check
   

• Valid driver's licence
• Own vehicle
   

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Large workload
• Large caseload
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
   

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• Adaptability
   

• As per collective agreement