Clinical Social Worker

Selection process number
2026-PEN-EA-ONT-202964

Salary
$86,348 to $106,671-(Plus Correctional Service Specific Duty Allowance of $2,140 per year. Allowance for Master's Degree in Social Work is $3,850. These allowances are subject to change, modification or revocation, with notice.)

Level
SW-SCW-02-Clinical Social Worker

Who can apply
Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.

Work environment
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is a key player in public safety. We are responsible for the supervision and reintegration of offenders serving sentences of two years or more. On a typical day, we manage approximately 15,000 offenders placed within our 43 institutions and more than 8,500 offenders under supervision in the community.

We are building a strong, vibrant, and diverse team of professionals. CSC has been widely recognized as an international leader in correctional justice. We offer a variety of work locations with challenges and impacts like no other organization in Canada.

CSC supports professional growth. We offer career development opportunities, and we believe in continuous learning throughout your career.

Intent of the process
The immediate need is to fill a position on an indeterminate basis. A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established to staff similar positions with various tenures (such as indeterminate, term, casual).The placement of CSC employees with an affected status as a result of a current or future workforce adjustment exercise may be considered ahead of other candidates for a deployment or an appointment.

Affected status as defined in the Workforce Adjustment Directive or appendix to the relevant collective agreement.

Important messages
When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies.
As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.
If you apply to this process and participate in our other SW-SCW-02 selection processes advertised in different regions, please note that you may be assessed once, and your assessment results may be applied to all of those selection processes. The waiting period for reassessment is 180 calendar days from your last assessment.

Reference checks may be sought.
An Interview may be conducted.
You must provide proof of education credentials.
Persons are entitled to participate in the selection process in the official language of their choice.
Candidates must meet all essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. This will be determined through the use of various evaluation tools.
Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
Indeterminate employees at the same group and level, or equivalent may be considered for deployment, assignment/secondment prior to the assessment of other applicants. An assignment, secondment, or acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.

Occupational Certification:
Registration as a Social Worker with a provincial registering/licensing body

Operational Requirements
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Willingness to travel frequently within a province or region.

Ability to work overtime on short notice or to work variable hours.

A valid driver's license.

You need (essential for the job)
Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following

EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in Social Work.

EXPERIENCE
Experience in providing Social Work services to clients in mental health settings or correctional settings.
Experience working independently with minimal clinical supervision.
Experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Applied / assessed at a later date

COMPETENCIES

Demonstrative integrity and respect

Thinking things through

Working effectively with others

Showing initiative and being action-oriented

Effective communication skills

Language requirements (essential for the job)
May be applied / assessed at a later date

EDUCATION
Graduation with a Master's degree in Social Work from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in Social Work.

EXPERIENCE
Experience in the provision of Social Work services to culturally diverse populations.
Experience providing Social Work services in community mental health, medical, acute or forensic settings.
Experience providing crisis intervention services.
Experience establishing, developing and managing productive and cooperative partnerships with community-based services (i.e., community capacity building).
Experience providing Social Work services to vulnerable populations (e.g., cognitively impaired/brain-injured, geriatric, adults who are disadvantaged or in conflict with the law, Indigenous peoples, etc).

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
To support employment equity objectives, diversity and inclusion and/or to meet…