Geriatric Social Worker

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 694187214
  • Open Date: April 24, 2024
  • Close Date: July 11, 2024
  • Organization: Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
  • Sector: Childcare & Caregiving
  • Business Location:401 N Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 4P7
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Job Details

  • Experience: Not mandatory
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $47,000 to $52,000 annually (To be negotiated) / 35 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Apply by: email to [email protected] or 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
  • Investigate cases of child abuse or neglect and take authorized protective action when necessary
  • 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

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

Other benefits

  • Other benefits