Support Worker – Social Services in Edmonton

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare reports or case histories
• Appraise clients’ needs or eligibility for specific services
• Assess offenders’ prospects for successful reintegration into the community
• Develop specialized rehabilitation programs
• Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders, establishing rules of conduct, goals and objectives
• Implement life skills workshops
• Conduct follow-up assessments
• Evaluate offenders’ progress
• Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
• Provide suicide and crisis intervention
• Resolve conflict situations
• Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses
• Supervise children’s visits with parents to ensure their safety
• Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
• Implement substance abuse treatment programs
• Implement behaviour management programs
• Establish registry of special needs support workers
• Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
• Develop service intervention logic models and outcome measures
• Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
• Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
• Assist clients/guests with special needs
• Accompany clients to appointments and social outings