About the role

  • Social Worker delivering diverse client care to promote wellness and reduce barriers in community settings. Engaging with clients through outreach and advocacy to support chronic disease management.

Responsibilities

  • Working as a member of the interdisciplinary Community Wellness team, the Social Worker provides a diverse range of client care to ensure client engagement and to reduce or remove barriers.
  • This care includes extended community outreach, health education, case management, treatment support, counseling, group facilitation, community programming, and advocacy for clients with acute and complex care needs.
  • The Social Worker provides this care to individuals while promoting wellness, disease prevention, and chronic disease management and adopting a long-term approach to client care consistent with the philosophy of harm-reduction.

Requirements

  • Must have a demonstrated understanding and grounding in Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, and being along with their application to social work practice.
  • Connection to the community along with experience and comfort with Indigenous ceremony is considered essential.
  • Familiarity with Indigenous customs and protocols will also be a necessity.
  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or a Combination of Education related to Social Services – BSW preferred.
  • Must be registered and in good standing with the Manitoba College of Social Workers.
  • A minimum of five (5) years of experience working as a Social Worker.
  • A minimum of three (3) years of experience working in the areas of addictions, mental health, crisis intervention, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
  • The Social Worker will be responsible for presenting information in group settings and facilitating sharing circles to promote discussions on health and wellness.
  • Proven knowledge and ability in relationship-building, critical thinking, facilitation, decision-making, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to prioritize and focus work-related activities to effectively and efficiently achieve service goals and produce expected results/outcomes.
  • Strong knowledge, commitment, and demonstrated ability to apply diversity, equity, cultural safety, pro-choice, social determinants of health, population health, harm reduction, trauma-informed, and community development principles in all aspects of the work.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proficiency in the use of computer systems.

Job title

Social Worker – Community Wellness

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$41 - CA$53 per hour

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

OnsiteCanada

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