social worker Verified

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Interview client individually, in families, or in groups, to assess their situation and problems to determine the types of services required
• Take authorized protective action when necessary
• Perform administrative tasks
• Provide counsel and therapy to help clients resolve social and personal problems
• Plan programs of assistance for clients
• Refer clients to agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment and other services
• 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
• Advocate on client’s behalf in courts or at hearings
• Lobby for solutions to problems affecting client groups
• Conduct social research
• Apply for social program funding
• Administer tests
• Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
• Provide consultation services to government and other organizations
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling and the patient’s outcomes
• Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
• Monitor and evaluate

Experience and specialization

Social work specialization

• Child welfare
• Community development
• Education and training
• Health
• Personal adjustment
• Socio-economic needs or conditions
• Social research
• Social policy development
• Family mediation
• Palliative care

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Large caseload
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Values and ethics
• Adaptability