Child and Family Service Worker

Introduction

Rural and Northern Child and Family Services (RNCFS) have an exciting opportunity to build a new Intake service system in the Parkland area to respond to mandated child protection reports and provide related services. RNCFS is seeking to fill a Regular Full-Time position in Dauphin and a Term Full-Time position in Swan River for Child and Family Services Workers. These roles will support Intake Investigations, Family Services and Child in Care functions, Foster Care management, supervision of support workers, and related responsibilities. Join us in building this new team.

The Child and Family Service Worker is responsible for the full range of statutory child welfare services to families and children within the designated geographical area. These dynamic positions require effective case management skills as well as establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with individuals, families, services providers and agencies. These positions will allow for areas of specialization under the CFS Worker title, i.e. completing child abuse / protection investigations, providing support on open family files, fulfilling guardianship and permanency responsibilities for children in care, recruiting and supporting foster parents / kinship caregivers. Duties : At the full working level (SP4), the successful candidate will perform a range of duties that include : intake, conducting abuse investigations, developing case plans to ensure child safety, coordinating support services, working with collateral community agencies, assisting with after-hour services to children and families. You will play a key role in the management of protection, voluntary family service and child in care cases. Candidates who do not meet the full working level will be considered as an underfill. The expectation of the successful candidate would be to achieve the full working level based on a developmental learning plan. Qualifications : Essential :

• Ability to work from a strength based social work practice.
• Ability to identify signs of child abuse and neglect.
• Effective interpersonal skills to develop positive working relationships with clients, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize complex tasks / assignments in a high volume work environment with competing demands.
• Effective written communication skills to write clear and concise correspondence to a variety of audiences including detailed reports.
• Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate or deliver difficult messages or information to clients.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications (Word and Outlook).

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