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Support Worker - Social Services
Employer
Lionsheart Wholeness Centre IncDate Posted
January 12, 2023Languages
English-
Location Legal, AB
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Earnings $20.00 to $30.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 20 to 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Part Time Leading to Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Feb 11, 2023
Employer
Lionsheart Wholeness Centre Inc
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
- or equivalent experience
Asset languages
Cree
Work site environment
- Child welfare
- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
Work setting
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Staff accommodation available
- Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre
- Rural area
Tasks
- Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Implement life skills workshops
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Housekeeping activities
- Provide suicide and crisis intervention
- Supervise children's visits with parents to ensure their safety
- Implement behaviour management programs
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
- 5-10 people
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor Certification
- Emergency child care first aid and CPR
- Mental health first aid Certificate
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
- Cultural Awareness Training
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Target audience
- Aboriginal groups
- Children
- Families
- Females
- Males
- Persons with mental health disabilities
Security and safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Child welfare check
- Drug test
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Team player
Experience
Experience an asset
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Interest Codes
- SOCIAL
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Interest in consulting with social assistance recipients and pensioners to advise and aid them in locating and utitizing a variety of community resources; in referring clients to other social services; in counselling clients living in group homes and halfway houses and assisting in pre-release and release planning; in providing crisis intervention and emergency-shelter services; and in co-ordinating volunteer activities of community and social services organizations
- METHODICAL
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Interest in compiling information to participate in the selection and admission of clients to appropriate programs; to assess clients' relevant skill strengths and deficits; and in maintaining contact with other social service agencies and health care providers involved with clients to provide information and obtain feedback on clients' overall progress
- innovative
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Interest in assisting clients to sort out options and develop plans of action, and in implementing and organizing the delivery of life-skills workshops, substance-abuse treatment programs, behaviour management programs, youth services programs and other community and social service programs under the supervision of social workers and health care professionals
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