COMMUNITY WORKER at CBHSSJB

SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
Person who participate in the identification of the needs of the population, participate in the community organization & development and execute different action & programs by using appropriate techniques, may act as a resource person for the groups.
While creating, developing and nurturing culturally appropriate interactions and connections with each other, clients and the community, the person provides professional expertise and consultation to the primary health care team.

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS
The person works for the CMC clientele and provides social services and support to individuals and their families in order to improve their social and psychological functioning and therefore, maximize their well-being.
• Provide emotional support to the clients;
• Provide clients with a stable and ongoing relationship and offer guidance through various services as required;
• Provide short-term and solution-focused interventions, such as crisis management, and assistance with situations that can be resolved in a few sessions;
• Work in close collaboration and case discussions with social workers and the interdisciplinary primary care teams;
• Participates to the evaluation of population’s needs and to the development, design and, when required, to the evaluation of the community action activities;
• Participates to raising community awareness on the most important social-health problems in the community;
• Use different methods, approaches and techniques (individual interview, group facilitation, social activities, etc.) to intervene effectively with the clients and their family;
• Receives and assesses service requests from individual users or groups and refers them to the appropriate programs, services or resources (ex: Youth protection, NNADAP worker and other medical Social Services staff and other organisms within and outside the community);
• Attend or contribute towards court cases;
• Participate in intervention plans;
• Write reports;
• Perform home visits;
• Establish relationship with other organisms such as the band office, foster care, etc.;
• Carrie out other tasks usually assigned to a Community worker on the request of his supervisor.
• Will be a part of a multidisciplinary team
• Active member of clinical team, contributing to overall team function, team building, and enhancement.

REQUIREMENTS
Education:
• Must have a CEGEP diploma with a core concentration in techniques of social worker or a CEGEP certificate in social techniques or social counseling techniques;
• If no diploma in social field, past experience and general profile can be considered.
• Candidate might be willing to receive trainings required for the position and offered by Cree Board of Health. Those training are given during working hours, virtually or in person.
Knowledge and Abilities:
• Knowledge of Cree culture and social/health issues in Eeyou Istchee;
• Knowledge of Eenou/Eeyou Pimaatsiiun healing practices and paradigms is an asset;
• Ability to communicate with people, to run interviews and to establish and maintain a "helping relationship with beneficiaries";
• Ready to learn about 2nd line services (e.g. "Youth Protection" and "Young Offender Procedures");
• Skills in counseling and Knowledge of the laws: Y.O.A, Y.P.A, L.H.S.S.S
• Ability to work in collaboration with CLSC Community worker, NNADAP worker and other medical social services staff and other organisms within and outside the community;
• Initiative, dynamism and sense of responsibility;
• Must show initiative, be dynamic, exhibit responsibility and professionalism;
• Must be sensitive to issues within the family unit.

Language:
• Fluent in Cree and English;
• Fluency in French is an asset;

Other:
• Must be ready to work occasionally outside the regular working hours (availability);
• This position includes on-call periods.