Support Worker – Social Services

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 270236309
  • Open Date: June 24, 2025
  • Close Date: August 11, 2025 (open for 47 days)
  • Organization: Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
  • Sector: Healthcare & Social Workers
  • Business Location:401 N Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 4P7
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  • Ad Active Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
  • Last Updated: 10 hours ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/thunder-bay/270236309/support-worker-social-services/
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Job Details

  • Experience: Not mandatory
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $60,000 annually / 35 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Apply by: email to [email protected], by mail
  • Education: College certificate or diploma more than 2 years

Job Description

Tasks

  • Prepare reports or case histories
  • Administrative and office activities
  • Appraise clients’ needs or eligibility for specific services
  • Assess offenders’ prospects for successful reintegration into the community
  • Develop specialized rehabilitation programs
  • Perform administrative tasks
  • Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders, establishing rules of conduct, goals and objectives
  • Conduct social research
  • Implement life skills workshops
  • Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders
  • Refer offenders to community and social services programs
  • Assess client’s relevant skill strengths and development needs
  • Interview probationer and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress
  • Conduct follow-up assessments
  • Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
  • Housekeeping activities
  • Food preparation
  • Provide suicide and crisis intervention
  • Resolve conflict situations
  • Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
  • Implement behaviour management programs
  • Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
  • Establish registry of special needs support workers
  • Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
  • Develop service intervention logic models and outcome measures
  • Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
  • Screen, recruit and train volunteers and support staff
  • Assist clients/guests with special needs
  • Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
  • Manage events
  • Offer mentoring
  • Supervise office and volunteer staff

Supervision

  • 1 to 2 people
  • 3-4 people
  • 5-10 people
  • 11-15 people
  • 16-20 people
  • More than 20 people
  • Working groups

Experience and specialization

Target audience

  • Aboriginal groups
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Elderly
  • Families
  • Persons with an intellectual disability
  • Persons with learning disabilities
  • Persons with mental health disabilities
  • Persons with physical disabilities

Areas of responsibility

  • Partner abuse

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Electronic mail
  • MS Office

Area of work experience

  • Community service organization

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Cultural Awareness Training
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Food Safety Certificate

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Mileage paid
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Other benefits