Child and Family Service Worker

Manitoba Government; Flin Flon; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Canada is seeking a Child and Family Service Worker to provide statutory child welfare services. This role involves case management, conducting investigations, and developing case plans. Ideal candidates will possess strong interpersonal skills and time management abilities. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package including health care and a pension plan.

Benefits

Comprehensive health care benefits

Defined pension plan

Parental leave options

Qualifications

• Ability to work from a strength-based social work practice.
• Ability to identify signs of child abuse and neglect.
• Ability to prioritize in a high-volume work environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct intake and abuse investigations.
• Develop case plans to ensure child safety.
• Coordinate support services and work with community agencies.

Skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Time management

Strong written communication

Strong verbal communication

Proficiency with MS Office

Job description

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

• 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).

Desired

• Case management experience (including intakes, assessments, service coordination, counselling, and monitoring) in a social service setting and / or knowledge of case management.
• Ability to conduct safety assessments.
• Ability to conduct child abuse investigations.

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.