social worker

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Bachelor's degree

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Retirement home
• Nursing home/home for the aged

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Evaluate the effectiveness of social programs
• Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
• Perform administrative tasks
• Provide counsel and therapy to help clients resolve social and personal problems
• Plan programs of assistance for clients
• Provide public education and consultation regarding counselling services, issues and methods
• Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team of professionals working with a client group
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and the patient’s outcomes
• Monitor and evaluate

Additional information

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Life insurance