Social and community service workers

Example job titles

• Aboriginal outreach worker
• addictions worker
• child and youth worker
• community development worker
• community service worker
• crisis intervention worker
• developmental service worker
• drop-in centre worker
• family service worker
• group home worker
• income maintenance officer - social services
• life skills instructor
• mental health worker
• rehabilitation worker - social services
• social services worker
• veteran services officer

Main duties

• This group performs some or all of the following duties:
• Review client background information, interview clients to obtain case history and prepare intake reports
• Assess clients' relevant skill strengths and needs
• Assist clients to sort out options and develop plans of action while providing necessary support and assistance
• Assess and investigate eligibility for social benefits
• Refer clients to other social services or assist clients in locating and utilizing community resources including legal, medical and financial assistance, housing, employment, transportation, day care and other services
• Counsel clients living in group homes and halfway houses, supervise their activities and assist in pre-release and release planning
• Participate in the selection and admission of clients to appropriate programs
• Implement life skills workshops, substance abuse treatment programs, behaviour management programs, youth services programs and other community and social service programs under the supervision of social services or health care professionals
• Meet with clients to assess their progress, give support and discuss any difficulties or problems

Employment requirements

• Completion of a college or university program in social work, child and youth care, psychology or other social science or health-related discipline is usually required.
• Previous work experience in a social service environment as a volunteer or in a support capacity may replace formal education requirements for some occupations in this unit group.
• Social service workers may be required to be a member of a provincial regulatory body in some provinces.

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