Social Worker - Toronto, Canada - SPRINT Senior Care
Description
Job Summary:
Social Workers are the initial point of agency contact for most SPRINT Senior Care clients; they take responsibility for screening calls and determining needed services/supports to which clients (and their families) can be referred.
Responsibilities:
- Screen and assess clients' eligibility for SPRINT Senior Care services; provide consultation and counseling regarding the appropriateness of services.
- Develop strategies and supports to ensure the successful transition of clients to their next right place of care.
- Provide case management services including locating and managing appropriate resources; contacting and communicating with health care, mental health and legal professionals and interdisciplinary teams, families, and caregivers; providing psychosocial/functional assessments; and solutionfocused and crisis counseling to clients and caregivers.
- Plan, coordinate, and provide facilitative leadership to selfhelp, therapeutic, problemsolving, and educational group programs as part of SPRINT Senior Care services.
- Consult with and train internal staff and volunteers to share knowledge of the client system in order to enhance client service and enable any/all SPRINT Senior Care services/programs to connect appropriately with clients/families.
- Provide ongoing monitoring and reassessment of clients' social, mental, and physical status and modify care plans to respond to changes.
- Participate in and provide leadership to partnerships between current SPRINT Senior Care partners and establish new partnerships to support communityorganizing activities.
- Seek opportunities for acquiring information related to policy changes that will affect, or are of interest to, SPRINT Senior Care's client group.
- Facilitate community organizing with SPRINT Senior Care clients to support clientidentified/directed advocacy.
- Provide clinical supervision to placement students from colleges and universities.
- Undertake special tasks as assigned by the Manager.
- Analyze trends and identify needs for service in the community; provide leadership in planning, development, and evaluation of progressive Social Work programs.
- Assist in implementation of program evaluation, quality and risk management activities of the program and agency.
Qualifications:
- BSW or MSW, registration with the OCSWSSW required.
- Demonstrated experience in geriatrics and dementia.
- Experience working with individual caregivers.
- Experience in community capacity building, health promotion, adult education, or social group work.
- Demonstrate an intermediate level for database concepts and structures.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
Our Caring Workplace:
Working at SPRINT Senior Care, you'll have the opportunity to be a part of a passionate team committed to providing client-centred, high quality services to seniors in our service area.
SPRINT Senior Care's inclusive environment is one of many benefits for staff, including SPRINT Senior Care's dedication to staff wellness, a comprehensive benefits package, pension plan, learning opportunities and a tuition reimbursement program.
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