Education, law and community
Social worker
$44.85 to $56.02 hourly (to be negotiated)
Pay is above the B.C. median for this work ($36.81 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)
What the posting asks for
- 2 to 3 years' experience
- Master's degree
- English
From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- 37.5 hours a week
- Shifts: days
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Supervised practical experience is usually required.
- Successful completion of provincial written and oral examinations may be required.
- Use of the titles "Social Worker" and "Registered Social Worker" is regulated in all provinces.
- Membership in a provincial association of social workers is usually required.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Social workers (NOC 41300). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems and determine the types of services required
- Provide counsel and therapy to assist clients in developing skills to deal with and resolve their social and personal problems
- Plan programs of assistance for clients including referral to agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment and other services
- Investigate cases of child abuse or neglect and take authorized protective action when necessary
- Serve as members on interdisciplinary teams of professionals working with client groups
- Act as advocates for client groups in the community, lobby for solutions to problems directly affecting client groups and develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
About the employer
- Industry: Health care and social assistance
- Region: Nechako Region
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From Job Bank.