Social Worker, Child and Youth Program

Timmins; Timmins; Hybrid; CAD 49,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Misiway in Timmins, Ontario is hiring a Social Worker to provide client-centered counselling and family support within a Wholistic Health framework. The role emphasizes land-based healing, cultural practice, and collaboration with a supervising clinician to ensure safe, culturally safe care for Indigenous children, youth, and families.

You will partner with schools and community agencies, maintain confidential records, participate in team planning, and support clients through complex systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Social Work (preferred) or a diploma in Social Service Work, Child and Youth Work, or related field.
• At least 2 years of direct experience with Indigenous children and youth in social services/health settings.
• Experience with trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally safe approaches to care.
• Ability to conduct holistic assessments and develop safety plans with clients.
• Good communication, listening, and writing skills.
• Able to manage an active caseload as part of a team.
• Valid Ontario G licence and access to a reliable vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual counselling and emotional support using a wellness wheel approach
• Facilitate healing circles, talking circles, and group sessions for youth and families
• Build care plans together with clients from their strengths and what matters to them
• Work through risk assessments and safety planning with clients alongside supervising clinician
• Lead and take part in land-based cultural activities as part of the program
• Offer follow-up care through videoconferences when in-person visits aren't possible
• Provide case management to clients and their families, including videoconferencing psychiatry and psychology consultations
• Speak up for clients and coordinate services with community agencies and partners
• Fulfill your professional reporting obligations as required by law
• Build relationships within local schools and support students with counselling and follow-up
• Document your work accurately and on time in Misiway's Electronic Health Record
• Show up for case conferences, team meetings, and program planning
• Keep client information confidential, following privacy standards and applicable law

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Culturally safe approaches

Holistic assessments

Case management

Communication

Active caseload management

Education

Bachelor of Social Work

Diploma in Social Service Work/Child and Youth Work

Job description

Misiway is an Indigenous-led Primary Health CareOrganization in Timmins, Ontario. Misiway, meaning “everyone” in Cree,reflects our commitment to inclusive, community-centred care. We support thewhole person by bringing together people, culture, and services to ensure carefor everyone.

Status: Full-Time, Permanent (35 hours per week)
Salary Range: $49,400 - $54,950

Why This RoleMatters

At Misiway, we believe children and youth deserve care that sees themas a whole. Their strengths. Their family. Their culture. Their story. Not justthe reason they were referred.

The Social Worker is one of the most relational roles in ourorganization. You'll sit with young people through hard moments, walk withfamilies through complex systems, and be part of a team that genuinely changeslives. Your wellbeing matters here as much as your clients' does.

Land-based healing is central to our Child and Youth Program. If youcarry a love for the land, a connection to seasonal teachings, or knowledgepassed down through your family or community, that belongs here. The land isn'ta backdrop to our programming. It's part of how healing happens.

Our work is guided by the IPHCC Model of Wholistic Health andWellbeing. We understand that physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healthare all connected, and that you can't separate them. Culture is not asupplement to care. It's the foundation of it.

What You’ll Do

Work Directly with Clients

• Provideindividual counselling and emotional support using a wellness wheel approach
• Facilitatehealing circles, talking circles, and group sessions for youth and families
• Buildcare plans together with your clients, starting from their strengths and whatmatters to them
• Workthrough risk assessments and safety planning with clients who are struggling, alongside your supervising clinician
• Leadand take part in land-based cultural activities as part of the program
• Offerfollow-up care through videoconferences when getting in person isn't possible

Support Families and Work Across Systems

• Providecase management to clients and their families, including attending videoconferencingpsychiatry and psychology consultations
• Speakup for clients and help coordinate services with community agencies andpartners
• Fulfillyour professional reporting obligations as required by law
• Buildrelationships within local schools and support students with counselling andfollow-up

Keep Good Records and Stay Connected to theTeam

• Documentyour work accurately and on time in Misiway's Electronic Health Record
• Showup for case conferences, team meetings, and program planning
• Keepclient information confidential, following Misiway's privacy standards andapplicable law

What You Bring

Required

• Bachelorof Social Work (preferred), or a diploma in Social Service Work, Child andYouth Work, or a related field
• Atleast 2 years of direct experience working with Indigenous children and youthin a social services or health setting
• Experiencewith trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally safe approaches to care
• Comfortableconducting wholistic assessments and developing safety plans with clients
• Goodcommunication, listening, and writing skills
• Ableto manage an active caseload as part of a team
• ValidOntario Class G licence and access to a reliable vehicle

Assets

• Knowledgeof Indigenous cultures, histories, and the generational impacts of colonialism and residential schools
• Experiencewith land-based healing, ceremonial practices, or Traditional Knowledge
• Abilityto speak Cree or Ojibway
• Experiencewith virtual counselling
• Registrationwith a relevant professional regulatory body such as the OCSWSSW, or eligibility to register

Acombination of education and lived experience will be genuinely considered forthis role.

What Working Here Means

Working atMisiway means being somewhere that takes its values seriously. We talk aboutputting people first, and we try to do it, for clients and for staff. You'll beencouraged to grow here, reflect on your practice, and speak up when somethingisn't working.

It also meansbeing part of a place where your cultural knowledge and community connectionsare recognized as strengths, not footnotes on a resume. We've learned a lotfrom workers who grew up in Timmins, who know these families, who understandwhat it means when someone finally walks through our door.

Our Commitment

Misiway is an equal opportunity employer.

We strongly encourage Indigenous applicants to apply and self-identifyin their applications. We also welcome applications from people withdisabilities. Accommodation is available throughout the recruitment processupon request.

A Vulnerable Sector Screening Police Check is required as acondition of hire.