Career - Welfare Worker
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Welfare Workers will provide support and assistance to clients who experience difficulties such as marital problems, unemployment, illness or drug abuse and also arrange for clients to be referred to appropriate specialists or community agencies. They will help clients with long-term problems to bring about self-directed change in their lives and assess risks and provide intensive short-term crisis counselling for victims of domestic violence or child abuse.They will help to establish or administer neighbourhood houses or community groups and evaluate data and write reports, including submissions requesting funding for continuing programs and new projects. They will act on behalf of clients who have a complaint against an organisation or government department and arrange and evaluate support services, such as Meals on Wheels delivery to elderly people living alone.They will be responsible for recruiting, training and coordinating volunteer staff and also will assist community groups to identify and implement strategies to deal with local issues.
$44,644 AUD
£23,032 GBP
$29,050 USD
$66,000 NZD
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