Community and social services worker
Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendshi…
Thunder Bay
Permanent
$58,000 per year
Street outreach worker
Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendshi…
Thunder Bay
$60,000 per year
Community and social services worker
Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
$58,000 per year
Permanent
Salary
$58,000 per year
Job Type
Permanent
Category
Social Services
Expected start:
4th April 2026
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 35 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- College/CEGEP
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Corrections
- Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
- Crime prevention
Work setting
- Urban area
- Social service or charity agency
- Cultural organization
Tasks
- Interview inmates to assess adjustment problems
- Prepare reports or case histories
- Administrative and office activities
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Assess offenders' prospects for successful reintegration into the community
- Perform administrative tasks
- Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders, establishing rules of conduct, goals and objectives
- Conduct social research
- Implement life skills workshops
- Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders
- Refer offenders to community and social services programs
- Liaise with the inmates' families and contacts in the community
- Advise and counsel inmates regarding their problems
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Evaluate offenders' progress
- Recommend actions when probation or parole is violated
- 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
- Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
- 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
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
- 5-10 people
- 11-15 people
- 16-20 people
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Cultural Awareness Training
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Target audience
- Aboriginal groups
- Females
- Males
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with learning disabilities
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Street population
- Young offenders
Area of work experience
- Community service organization
- Specification or technical writing
Area of specialization
- Legal services
- Cultural
Security and safety
- Enhanced reliability security clearance
- 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 13.5 kg (30 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
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits
- Other benefits
Support for Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers
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