Residential Care Worker / Competition # 2025-RES-045

Tikinagan Child & Family Services; Sioux Lookout; On-site; CAD 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Tikinagan Child & Family Services is seeking a Residential Care Worker in Ontario, with a starting salary of $62,764 per year. The role involves visiting foster homes, processing referrals to open Provisional and Foster Homes, and maintaining case files with timely reports and assessments.

The position requires confidentiality, strong planning and communication skills, and willingness to travel. No remote work and no relocation support are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in child welfare is an asset.
• Knowledge of Foster Care Licensing Standards is an asset.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
• Possess skills in planning, organizing, problem solving, decision making, and communication.
• Travel is a requirement.
• No remote work available.
• No relocation assistance available.

Responsibilities

• Maintain our foster homes through visitations on a regular basis.
• Respond to referrals for opening Provisional and Foster Homes.
• Submit reports, assessments, and documentation on a timely basis to substantiate these visits.
• Responsible for the case management of foster care files.
• Provide crisis intervention and support services to foster parents.
• In partnership with the Legal Services Worker, focus on Band Representative cases with other CF agencies outside of our jurisdiction.

Skills

Planning

Organizing

Problem solving

Decision making

Communication

Job description

Starting Salary $62,764.

The Residential Care Worker is under the direct supervision of and reports to the DSS-Residential. The Residential Care Worker’s main responsibilities are to maintain our foster homes through visitations on a regular basis and respond to referrals for opening Provisional and Foster Homes. The worker submits reports, assessments, and documentation on a timely basis to substantiate these visits and is responsible for the case management of foster care files. The Residential Care Worker provides crisis intervention and support services to foster parents. In addition, the worker will, in partnership with the Legal Services Worker, focus on Band Representative cases where families/children are involved with other Child and Family agencies outside of our jurisdiction.

Qualifications

• This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all applicants. Persons of First Nations Ancestry will be given preference. We invite applicants to Self-Identify if Indigenous, Metis or Inuit.
• Experience in child welfare is an asset.
• Knowledge of Foster Care Licensing Standards is an asset.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
• Possess skills in planning, organizing, problem solving, decision making, and communication.
• Ability to speak Oji-Cree or Ojibway is an asset.
• Valid driver’s license or willingness to obtain one.
• Basic understanding of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act.
• Appropriate educational qualifications and/or equivalent combination of experience and training to manage the tasks and responsibilities of the position.
• Experience with special needs and high-risk children, behavioral problems and crisis intervention.
• Travel is a requirement.
• No remote work available.
• No relocation assistance available.