Family Social Worker (Youth Resiliency Worker)
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time, Weekend, Day, Evening
Salary: $43,600.00 to $47,000.00 Yearly for 40 hours per week, Other Benefits, Mileage Paid, Medical Benefits, Dental Benefits, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance Benefits, Group Insurance Benefits, RRSP Benefits
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Edmonton, Alberta (5 vacancies )
Skill Requirements:
Education: Some university, Completion of university
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.): Not applicable, Not required
Experience: Experience an asset
Work Setting: Community service organization, Social and family service agency
Area of Social Work Specialization: Community development, Family mediation
Type of Clients: Adolescents, Adult, Child, Developmentally delayed, Female, Male, Mentally impaired, Personal or social adjustment difficulty, Physically disabled, Social assistance recipient
Specific Skills: Interview clients to assess their situation and determine the types of services required and eligibility, 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 working with a client group, Act as an advocate for client groups in the community, Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups, Administer tests, Provide mediation services and psychosocial assessments
Additional Skills: Perform administrative tasks, Use computer applications
Security and Safety: Criminal record check, Child abuse registry check
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Fast-paced environment, Work under pressure, Tight deadlines, Attention to detail, Large workload, Large caseload
Transportation/Travel Information: Valid driver\'s licence, Own vehicle
Work Location Information: Urban area, Rural area, Remote location, Various locations, Work from home, Work in employer\'s/client\'s home
Languages: English
Employer: Alta Care Resources Inc.
Advertised until: 2014/04/28

By E-mail: Resume@altacare.ca