Family Preservation Worker

gov; Behchokǫ̀; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tlicho Community Services Agency seeks a Family Preservation Worker to support families across the four Tlicho communities. You will provide home-based and community support to strengthen parenting, ensure child safety, and promote wellbeing in collaboration with the Child and Family Services team.

Reporting to the Supervisor of Family Preservation, you will deliver parenting education, facilitate psycho-educational workshops, advocate for clients, and connect families with community

Qualifications

• Knowledge of child development, family dynamics, and factors affecting family functioning.
• Experience with parenting education and psycho-educational approaches.
• Ability to engage families in difficult conversations with trust and respect.
• Knowledge of Indigenous cultures and culturally safe practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide services to strengthen parent-child relationships and support healthy child development.
• Engage in culturally relevant community capacity building and program development.
• Support Child and Family Services team through collaborative decision making.
• Promote family preservation and reunification across involvement with services.

Skills

Child development

Family dynamics

Communication skills

Assessment & interviewing

Cultural sensitivity

Independent & collaborative work

Education

Diploma in Social Work or related field

Job description

This Job Opening is limited to employees with the GNWT/WSCC in indeterminate and term positions.

The Tlicho Community Services Agency is a unique organization responsible for the delivery of education, health and social services within the Tlicho region. The Tlicho Community Services Agency's vision 'Strong Like Two People' is a metaphor for the desire by community leadership to build an organization, and create programs and services that recognize the strength and importance of two cultures.

Job Information

Are you passionate about strengthening and supporting families and making a meaningful difference in your community? The Family Preservation Worker plays a vital role in promoting the safety, wellbeing, and healthy development of children and families across the Tlicho region.

Reporting to the Supervisor of Family Preservation, as the Family Preservation Worker, you will provide direct support to parents and caregivers in their homes and communities throughout the four communities of the Tlicho region. Working with families who have been referred through Child and Family Services, you will help strengthen parenting capacity, promote child safety and wellbeing, and support families in meeting the emotional, physical, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual needs of their children. You will focus on building trusting relationships with families, delivering parenting education and psycho-educational workshops, promoting culturally relevant parenting practices, advocating on behalf of families, and connecting clients with appropriate community resources and services.

Working with individuals and families facing complex and often emotionally challenging circumstances, you will support positive outcomes for children and families while adhering to legislation and standards of practice.

Key Responsibilities

• - Provide a continuum of services and support that facilitate positive parent-child relationships, stimulate child development, promote healthy lifestyles, and improve the capacity and functioning of involved individuals and families.
• - Engage in culturally sensitive and culturally relevant community capacity building, at which the community can be mobilized to develop and implement programs that prevent child maltreatment, enhance family and community functioning and evaluate the effectiveness of these efforts.
• - Contribute to the effective functioning of the Child and Family Services team to enhance program development and delivery by supporting workers and the families they work with to engage in collaborative decision making.
• - Promote family preservation and reunification throughout all Child and Family Services involvement.

Knowledge and Skills

• - Knowledge of child development, family dynamics, positive parenting practices, and factors affecting family functioning, including addictions, domestic violence, and high-risk youth, with the ability to apply this knowledge in family support and intervention planning.
• - Knowledge of Child and Family Services legislation, regulations, standards, and practice guidelines, with the ability to exercise sound judgment and make informed decisions that support child safety and family wellbeing.
• - Strong communication, interviewing, assessment, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to engage families experiencing complex and emotionally challenging circumstances, facilitate difficult conversations, and establish trust.
• - Knowledge of and sensitivity to Indigenous cultures, traditional parenting practices, and community needs, with the ability to provide culturally safe, respectful, and responsive services within a cross-cultural environment.
• - Ability to assess family strengths and needs, develop individualized service plans, coordinate community supports, and advocate for clients, while working independently and collaboratively with service providers to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
• -Knowledge counselling fundamentals and supportive approaches to be utilized with the client and family.

Key Qualifications

• A Diploma in Social Work, Child Development, Youth Care or Early Childhood Education and one (1) year of related experience.

Additional Requirements

• Must have a valid Class 5 Drivers License

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:
Tlicho HR Client Service Centre
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
NISHIKHONBUILDING, 2nd FLOOR
BOX 419
BEHCHOKONT X0E 0Y0
Tel [phone]
Fax [phone]
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