Child and Family Service Worker

Introduction

Rural and Northern Child and Family Services has exciting opportunities for those who want to make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families. RNCRS is seeking to fill a variety of positions to complete their teams in the North. 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.

The Manitoba Government has a comprehensive benefit package which includes extended health care, health care spending account, dental care, vision care, long term disability insurance, group life insurance, maternity / paternity leave, family related leave, and a defined pension plan.

Conditions of Employment :

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
• Must provide a current satisfactory Criminal Record Check with a Vulnerable Sector Search.
• Must provide a current and satisfactory Child Abuse Registry Check.
• Must provide a current and satisfactory Adult Abuse Registry Check.
• Must provide a current and satisfactory Prior Contact Check.
• Must be available to work evenings, weekends, statutory holidays and the after hours stand-by rotation when required.
• This position requires occasional overnight travel.

Qualifications : Essential :

Desired :

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. The expectation of the successful candidate would be to achieve the full working level based on a developmental learning plan.