School Social Worker

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 333394765
  • Open Date: November 23, 2024
  • Close Date: February 6, 2025
  • Organization: Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
  • Sector: Education, Training & Research
  • Business Location:401 N Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 4P7
  • Total Views: 201
  • Duration: 0 calendar days (0 business days)
  • Last Updated: 4 hours ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/thunder-bay/333394765/school-social-worker/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 3 years - 5 years
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $53,500 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
  • 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
  • Conduct social research
  • Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
  • 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
  • Teach students through lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations and laboratory, shop and field studies
  • Answer inquiries from students

Supervision

  • 1 to 2 people
  • 3-4 people
  • 5-10 people
  • 11-15 people
  • 16-20 people

Experience and specialization

Target audience

  • Adolescents
  • Aboriginal groups
  • First Nations students

Social work specialization

  • Community development
  • Education and training
  • Health
  • Personal adjustment
  • Socio-economic needs or conditions

Area of specialization

  • Aboriginal or First Nations education

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Mental health first aid Certificate
  • 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