Employment Information
- Post ID: 332937160
- Open Date: October 2, 2024
- Close Date: November 21, 2024
- Organization: Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
- Sector: Childcare & Caregiving
- Business Location:401 N Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 4P7
- Total Views: 201
- Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 11 hours ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/thunder-bay/332937160/geriatric-social-worker/
Job Details
- Experience: Not mandatory
- Job Vacancies: 1
- Compensation: $57,000 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
- Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
- Supervise other social workers, paid para-professional staff, student trainees and volunteers
- 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
- Advocate on client’s behalf in courts or at hearings
- Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
- Pick up and deliver materials
- Provide specialized programs for children, seniors and other groups
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
- 5-10 people
- 11-15 people
- 16-20 people
Experience and specialization
Target audience
- Adults
- Elderly
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Aboriginal groups
Social work specialization
- Community development
- Health
- Socio-economic needs or conditions
- Palliative care
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Standard First Aid Certificate
- Safe Food Handling certificate
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits
- Other benefits