- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 35 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:

Education

- College/CEGEP
- Special education and teaching, general
- or equivalent experience

Work site workplace

- Child welfare
- Corrections
- Education or training
- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
- Early intervention programming for at-risk youth
- Crime prevention
- Services for pregnant teens
- Services for the homeless
- Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

Work setting

- Urban area
- Various locations
- Correctional facility
- Youth drop-in centre
- Social service or charity agency
- Community centre
- Cultural events
- Cultural organization
- Arts and culture

Tasks

- Prepare reports or case histories
- Administrative and office activities
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Conduct social research
- Implement life skills workshops
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- 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
- Supervise children's visits with parents to ensure their safety
- Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
- Implement substance abuse treatment programs
- 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
- Manage knowledge
- 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

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

Target audience

- Aboriginal groups
- Adolescents
- Children
- Culturally diverse groups
- Elderly
- Families
- Females
- Males
- Persons with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with learning disabilities
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Street population

Area of specialization

- Aboriginal or First Nations education
- Cultural

Security and safety

- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Driver's abstract

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large workload

Weight handling

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Values and ethics
- Client focus
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Team player
- Organized

Screening questions

- Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

- Evening
- Flexible hours

Experience

- 3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

- Day
- Weekend

Health benefits

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other bene

📌 Community and social services worker (Thunder Bay)
🏢 Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
📍 Thunder Bay