Are you motivated to make a difference in the lives of others? If so, consider this challenging opportunity at theHamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre where you will provide specialized and professional social work services for inmates.
The Ministry of the Solicitor General offers a comprehensive and competitive compensation package including:
- A defined benefit pension plan
- Maternity and parental leave top-up benefits
- A comprehensive health and dental plan
- Life and disability insurance
- Flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including online training and mentorship programs
- Opportunities for career advancement and specialization
In this role, you will:
- Complete bio-psycho-social, suicide, mental health, risk/needs and clinical assessments and reports for the purposes of crisis intervention, counselling, classification, rehabilitative programs, reintegration planning and parole proceedings
- Conduct individual and/or group counselling and case work sessions
- Provide individual and/or group rehabilitative programming
- Plan, develop and deliver rehabilitative treatment programs and intervention strategies to address the social, emotional, criminogenic and/or psychological needs of female offenders
- Explore community resources and facilitate referrals for female offenders re-entering into the community
- You are currently registered as a Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
- You have a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or Master of Social Work (MSW) degree
- You apply risk assessment tools and rehabilitative treatment placement options to provide recommendations on offender classification placement
- You can develop rehabilitative program and treatment plans for offenders using bio-psycho-social rehabilitative treatment theories, principles, and techniques
- You utilize trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches addressing sexual abuse, addiction recovery, and gender responsive individual, group, and family practices
- You are familiar with community support services to assist offenders in formulating reintegration plans
- You know relevant legislation (i.e., Social Work and Social Service Work Act, Health Information Protection Act, privacy acts, etc.) and can comply with regulatory requirements
- You can liaise with clients, correctional staff, and community support services
- You connect and build rapport with a diverse client population with varied cultural, ethnic, and educational backgrounds, as well as provide individual counselling, evaluation, and assessment services to offenders with complex needs
- You have experience working within a multi-disciplinary setting, including community agencies
- You have proven tact, discretion and sensitivity to discuss problems/options with offenders and maintain confidentiality
- You have advanced written communication skills to prepare case notes, assessments, progress and statistical reports
- You can gather and compile data from multiple sources to identify female offender needs
- You can develop or modify rehabilitative, treatment and case management plans
- You can make recommendations on appropriate classification of offenders
- You can assess female offenders in crisis and apply appropriate therapeutic intervention
- You can evaluate program and treatment effectiveness
- You have planning and organizational skills to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and contribute effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary team
- You are proficient with computer software and database systems to input and retrieve inmate data, prepare reports, and maintain case documentation and statistics
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy
