case management worker - corrections

at  Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre

• Work Term: Temporary
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Education: College/CEGEP
• Experience: Experience an asset
• or equivalent experience

COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE

• Electronic mail
• MS Office

AREA OF WORK EXPERIENCE

• Community service organization

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Large workload
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large caseload

• Interview inmates to assess adjustment problems
• Prepare reports or case histories
• Administrative and office activities
• Assess offenders’ prospects for successful reintegration into the community
• Perform administrative tasks
• Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders, establishing rules of conduct, goals and objectives
• Implement life skills workshops
• Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders
• Refer offenders to community and social services programs
• Liaise with the inmates’ families and contacts in the community
• Advise and counsel inmates regarding their problems
• Assess client’s relevant skill strengths and development needs
• Interview probationer and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress
• Conduct follow-up assessments
• Evaluate offenders’ progress
• Recommend actions when probation or parole is violated
• Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
• Housekeeping activities
• Food preparation
• Provide suicide and crisis intervention
• Resolve conflict situations
• Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
• Implement behaviour management programs
• Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
• Establish registry of special needs support workers
• Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
• Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
• Screen, recruit and train volunteers and support staff
• Assist clients/guests with special needs
• Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
• Manage events
• Manage knowledge
• Offer mentoring
• Supervise office and volunteer staff