School Social Worker jobs in Toronto, ON

For over 30 years, The Safehaven Project for Community Living has been providing exceptional care to children with developmental disabilities and complex care needs.

Our mission is to provide high-quality, family-centered, and community-based residential and respite care for individuals with complex care needs.

Safehaven serves individuals with disabilities and their families, through respite and residential programs at our Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Woodbridge, and Aurora facilities, as well as client homes.

Our Future

At Safehaven, we are constantly striving to better serve our clients and communities that need us most. That’s why we are currently exploring opportunities to expand our service offerings beyond children to include adults, developing programs and services to care for more medically complex individuals, and implementing innovative therapy and recreational programs for our existing and future clients.

For Safehaven to achieve our goals, we are looking for exceptional people with huge hearts who are motivated by positively impacting the lives of others and believe in our vision of creating a more inclusive world for people with complex care needs.

Whether you are working in one of our locations, or in a client’s home, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference and improve the lives of clients and their families in our communities. You will be part of an outstanding team that is so passionate about the work we do.

Role Summary

The Social Worker role at The Safehaven Project for Community Living (Safehaven) provides a range of clinical services, case management and advocacy, as well as community outreach, consultation and program implementation. This role is also responsible and accountable for the maintenance of strong standards of quality as far as satisfaction and utilization of respite beds, along with providing a range of clinical services, case management, and advocacy as well as community outreach, consultation and program implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Providing a range of clinical services to individuals, families and/or groups with an assigned caseload
• Providing assessments, case coordination, liaison, and service planning with community resources
• Participating in case reviews, program planning and evaluation
• Providing coverage to intake process including consultation to referring services/families
• Providing clinical supervision to students
• Raising awareness and educational presentations
• Maintaining documentation and records
• Participating in case conferences for client plans of care
• Participating as a member of the On-Call Team
• Other duties may assign to you by your supervisor and indirect supervisor according to the needs of the business/ organization
• You will also be required to work/ visit other locations within GTA as per operational needs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's of Social Work, preferably a Master of Social Work, must be registered with OCSWSSW
• Knowledge of the Developmental services sector;
• Minimum three (3) years of clinical experience or other relevant experience;
• Thorough knowledge of social work, including group work, community organization, consultation, education, and research;
• Thorough knowledge of the scope and activities of local and private health and welfare agencies and community organizations;
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills;
• Demonstrated advanced computer proficiency and knowledge of social media;
• Must have a valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle;

We thank all interested candidates for applying. Successful candidates will be contacted to participate in the interview process.

All Safehaven employees are required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of hire in accordance with Safehaven policies.

Safehaven is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If contacted for an employment opportunity or testing, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation.

Accommodation can be made for individuals identifying with a disability under the Ontario human rights Code.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Toronto, ON M6H 1M9: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you have valid experience working as a Social Worker?
• Do you hold a diploma/certificate, or degree in Social Work?

Education:

• Master's Degree (preferred)

Work Location: In person