Zagime Anishinabek
Location
Grenfell, SK | Canada
Job description
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide case management services for all assigned children, working with other family support providers for guidance and assistance.
Coordinate the provision of services to clients including consultation, assessment, therapy, group composition/scheduling and follow-up for all clients relevant to the service in accordance with the programs mandate, policies, and procedures.
Assess child and family strengths and needs, including risk identification, according to program standards.
Ensure the continuous implementation of the case management system and implement regular, appropriate documentation and written reports, including data collection and data reporting, for all clinical files in keeping with the standards of CFW.
Develop treatment plans and goals in conjunction with the family, addressing risk management.
Carry out various treatment components outlined in case management and treatment plans, including but not limited to: individual, family, and group counselling with parents and child, effectively liaise, consult, and collaborate with other service providers (e.g., police, schools) and make appropriate use of community resources, act as an advocate when needed (within the school and child welfare systems);
Conduct face to face interviews with each family and child (individually) at least one time per month or more often if needed.
Maintain familys confidentiality per Zagim Anishinabk standards and all applicable codes of ethics.
Work within the following environments: home, community, school, on-reserve school.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Membership with the Canadian Association of Social Workers
- Membership in a provincial association of social workers
Additional Skills
- Use computer applications
- Supervise other social workers, paid para-professional staff, student trainees and volunteers
- Perform administrative tasks
Specific Skills
- Act as an advocate for client groups in the community
- Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team working with a client group
- 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
- Provide counsel and therapy to help clients resolve social and personal problems
- Plan programs of assistance for clients
- Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups
- Interview clients to assess their situation and determine the types of services required and eligibility
- Investigate cases of child abuse or neglect and take authorized protective action when necessary
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
- Apply for social program funding
Work Setting
- Aboriginal band council
- Social and family service agency
Area of Social Work Specialization
- Socio-economic needs or conditions
- Health
- Family mediation
- Child welfare
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