Case Management Social Worker - Brantford, Canada - Canadian Mental Health Association, Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk Branch

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Description

Work Term:
Temporary


  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 35 hours per week
  • Education: Bachelor's degree
  • Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment:


  • Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
  • Socioeconomic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)

Work setting:


  • Community service organization
  • Various locations
  • Work in employer's/client's home
  • Social and family service agency
  • Health care institution, facility or clinic
  • Mental health institution, facility or clinic
  • Social service or charity agency

Tasks:


  • Interview clients to assess their situation and determine the types of services required and eligibility
  • 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
  • Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories
  • Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
  • Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
  • Conduct followup assessments
  • Provide suicide and crisis intervention
  • Resolve conflict situations
  • Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
  • Assist clients/guests with special needs
  • Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
  • Accompany clients to appointments and social outings

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses:


  • Mental health first aid Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Target audience:


  • Adults
  • People with personal or social adjustment difficulty
  • People who require psychiatric care
  • Persons with mental health disabilities

Social work specialization:


  • Health
  • Socioeconomic needs or conditions

Security and safety:


  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information:


  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own vehicle
  • Own transportation
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities:


  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability:


  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics
  • Initiative
  • Adaptability

Health benefits:


  • Dental plan
  • Health
care plan

  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits:


  • As per collective agreement
  • Mileage paid

Long term benefits:


  • Group insurance benefits
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

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