Child Protection Worker

Linck-Child,-Youth-; Chatham; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Linck Child, Youth & Family Supports is seeking a Child Protection Worker for a nine-month contract. The role involves assessment, investigation, case management, and delivering a broad range of family services to children and families in Ontario.

Responsibilities include risk assessments, creating safety plans with families and community partners, documenting processes for disposition decisions, and providing ongoing protection-focused services to prevent future family breakdowns.

Qualifications

• Four-year Honours BA or Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) required.
• BSW or MSW preferred; Indigenous degree considered.
• Up to three months of experience with children, youth, families, individuals, groups, and community partners is an asset.
• Strong assessment, crisis intervention, and communication skills are essential.
• Team collaboration and cross-cultural sensitivity are valued.

Responsibilities

• Perform assessment, investigation, case management, and family service functions.
• Provide preventative and child protection services to children and families.
• Complete risk assessments and develop safety/protection plans with families and community partners.
• Maintain required documentation for disposition determinations.
• Provide ongoing services to prevent future breakdowns of family structures.

Skills

Assessment skills

Crisis intervention

Oral and written communication

Time management

Computer literacy

French language (asset)

Education

Honours BA or BSW

MSW preferred

Indigenous degree considered

Job description

Linck Child, Youth & Family Supports (“Linck”) requires one (1) Child Protection Worker. This is a contract, full-time (70 hour bi-weekly) position lasting for a period of nine (9) months.

Child Protection Workers are responsible for performing assessment, investigation, case management and family service functions as required through the provision of a broad spectrum of services to children and families. These services may include but are not limited to providing preventative and child protection services to children and families, completing risk assessments, developing safety/protection plans in collaboration with families including kin and community services, completing required documentation necessary for determining disposition, providing services to families where protection concerns indicate need for such and providing ongoing service to prevent future breakdown of family structure.

Qualifications:

• Four-year Honours Bachelor degree (BA) or Bachelor of Social Work degree (BSW);
• BSW or Master of Social Work (MSW) preferred;
• Indigenous degree will be considered.
• *preference will be given to candidates who have completed the Child Welfare Pathway to Authorization Series and/or are Authorized Workers
• up to three (3) months of experience working with children, youth, families, individual, groups and community partners; directly related child welfare experience is an asset
• preference will be given to proven ability and willingness to work as an integral member of a team
• strong assessment skills in order to assess clients’ needs, formulate plans of service and monitor/evaluate progress
• preference will be given to persons with a strong understanding and extensive experience working with other cultures, heritages and traditions
• a commitment to developing the highest quality culturally-appropriate service possible for the various communities that we serve
• proven crisis intervention skills
• excellent oral and written communication skills
• strong time management skills
• computer literate
• the ability to communicate in French is an asset
• a valid driver’s license and use of a reliable personal vehicle.

Linck does not intentionally use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or make decisions regarding candidates during the recruitment, selection, or hiring process. However, we recognize that third-party recruitment platforms and software providers may periodically introduce or update AI-enabled features. Accordingly, we regularly review the technology used in our recruitment processes to ensure that any AI functionality is not relied upon in making hiring decisions and that candidate assessments remain under human oversight.