Family Social Worker

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 594215359
  • Posted Date: Apr 8, 2025
  • Closing Date: May 23, 2025
  • Company: Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services
  • Category: Healthcare & Social Workers
  • Business Location:Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
  • Total Views: 212
  • Duration: 8 calendar days (7 business days)
  • Last Updated: 1 week ago
  • Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/594215359/british-columbia/kamloops/family-social-worker/
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Job Details

  • Experience: Not required
  • Opening Positions: 2
  • Remuneration: $38.20 to $51.88 per hour (To be negotiated) / 35 hours per week
  • Commencement Date: As soon as possible
  • Education: Bachelor's degree
  • How to apply: email to [email protected]

Job Description

Tasks

  • Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
  • Investigate cases of child abuse or neglect
  • Prepare detailed plans for clients returning home after a stay in a rehabilitation centre
  • Supervise other social workers, paid para-professional staff, student trainees and volunteers
  • Take authorized protective action when necessary
  • Perform administrative tasks
  • Plan programs of assistance for clients
  • Refer clients to agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment and other services
  • Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team of professionals working with a client group
  • Advocate on client’s behalf in courts or at hearings
  • Prepare reports or case histories
  • Complete legal documentation
  • Process files and paperwork
  • Determine custody of children between contesting parents and other guardians
  • Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
  • Interview clients, prepare case histories and assess problems
  • Observe children for signs of potential learning or behavioural problems and prepare reports for parents, guardians or supervisor
  • Communicate with other workers to co-ordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments
  • Manage incidents
  • Enter client information in databases
  • Direct staff

Experience and specialization

Target audience

  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Developmentally delayed
  • Family

Experience with special needs children

  • Children with behavioural issues

Social work specialization

  • Child welfare

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver’s licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement
  • Life insurance
  • Mileage paid
  • Pension plan

Long term benefits

  • Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Team building opportunities
  • Variable or compressed work week