Social Worker – Income Support (Casual Employment)

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

When submitting an application to this selection process, no cover letter is required. At the time of your application, you will be required to complete screening questions. When answering the screening questions you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the qualification. We can’t make any assumptions about your experience. Simply saying you have the required qualifications or listing your current duties is not enough. Instead, provide concrete and detailed examples that clearly explain where, when, and how you gained the experience. Should you indicate in your response "please refer to resume" your application will be rejected. We’ll only use your résumé as a secondary source of information. The breadth and depth of experience may be considered during screening, assessment and/or selection of candidates.

Work environment

Do you want to contribute to a team that makes a difference in the lives of Indigenous peoples through the improvement of social well-being and economic prosperity and the development of healthier, more sustainable communities?

If so, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) wants YOU to be a part of our team!

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) continues to renew the nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, government-to-government relationship between Canada and First Nations, Inuit and Métis; modernize Government of Canada structures to enable Indigenous peoples to build capacity and support their vision of self-determination; and lead the Government of Canada's work in the North.

The Income Assistance Program provides funding to eligible First Nations individuals and families to cover essential needs such as but not limited to food, clothing and shelter. The Social Worker provides a range of assessment, counselling, case management and pre-employment supports to clients to ensure they receive eligible income supports and are connected to the services necessary to maximize their individual well-being and self-sufficiency. Reporting to the Director, Strategic Investments within a federal government organization, client services office, the social worker plans and coordinates a regional income support program for Aboriginal people. Income Assistance case management and employment support is provided through an approach that identifies clients’ individual barriers to employment and/or education and then establishes with clients a personalized action plan to address barriers using a continuum of programs and services. Ultimately, case management supports a client’s achievement of safe, realistic and reasonable goals.

Intent of the process

This inventory is for casual employment which is a temporary employment of 90 working days or less, in a calendar year.

NOTE: Casual Appointments are excluded from the provisions of the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). This means Casual Appointments will not be eligible to apply to internal appointment processes. In addition, the PSEA specifies that the number of days worked as a casual worker cannot exceed 90 days in a calendar year within the same department.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization* in social work.

* The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Experience providing social work services.
Experience working with a case management process.
Experience interviewing, motivating OR counselling persons.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Based on the hiring division’s needs, additional essential qualifications, asset qualifications, organizational needs, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be identified and applied during the assessment and/or selection of candidates.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of Employment:
- Reliability Status security clearance
- Willing and able to travel for work related duties
- Medical Clearance*

*The incumbent and his/her dependents** may be required to obtain Health Canada medical clearance in accordance with the Isolated Post and
Government Housing Directive.
**Dependents include incumbent’s spouse or common-law partner and children.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.