Job Description

The Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service is a professional community based organization that provides 24-hour crisis services for individuals and families in distress.

We are currently recruiting for casual Crisis Workers. Note: this is not a summer job but is year-round. Only those available year-round need apply.

This position provides direct responses on the telephone or in person to situations including child abuse and neglect, suicide intervention and mental health/addictions, domestic and family problems. Crisis Workers respond as a member of a team and also work independently. This is a shift-work position. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK DAYS, EVENINGS, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS.
The work is both challenging and rewarding. Excellent benefits package after 300 hours.

Qualifications:
- Must have a 4-year Bachelor of Social Work or Bachelor of Indigenous Social Work University Degree from an accredited Faculty of Social Work
- Must have a valid driver's license (Drivers Abstract required) and computer skills.
- Must agree to a Criminal Record Check including Vulnerable Sector Check
- In recognition of the various vulnerable populations served, we encourage up to date vaccinations.

How to Apply:
Submit cover letter, resume and two references in a Word document to:

Rita Field
Executive Director
Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service Inc.
313 Ontario Avenue
Saskatoon, SK S7K 1S3
Fax: (306) 664-1974

Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Type of Community or Social Service
- Corrections
- Child welfare
- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
- Early intervention programming for at-risk youth
- Crime prevention
- Services for pregnant teens
- Programs dealing with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Services for the homeless
- Settlement services for new immigrants
- Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- Bereavement issues
Specific Skills
- Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
- Provide suicide and crisis intervention
- Resolve conflict situations
- Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
- Provide personal services support to persons with special needs
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
Work Setting
- Suicide prevention centre
- Social service agency
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
Security and Safety
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check
- Child welfare check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Target Groups or Clients
- Adolescents
- Seniors
- Male
- Female
- Families
- Children
- Aboriginal groups
- Culturally diverse groups
- Young offenders
- Street population
- Persons who are deaf/hard of hearing
- Persons who are blind/visually impaired
- Persons with intellectual disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Persons with learning disabilities