Supervised Family Visitation Workers

Seafair; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A community care service provider in Newfoundland and Labrador is seeking Supervised Family Visitation Workers to facilitate safe visitations for children and youth in foster care. This role requires monitoring behaviors, completing reports, and ensuring confidentiality. Ideal candidates will have experience working with children, strong communication skills, and a valid First Aid Certificate. The position offers a salary of $19.45 per hour in a unionized environment.

Benefits

On-call support during visitation times

Training provided

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and youth is required.
• Record of Conduct and Vulnerable Sector Check needed.
• Medical Certificate indicating good health and up-to-date immunization record.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and provide a safe environment for family visitations.
• Complete detailed reports to determine family reunification.
• Assess conditions and behaviors during visitations.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication skills

Decision-making skills

Education

Related field experience

First Aid Certificate

Job description

Overview

Are you ready to make a positive impact on the lives of children and strengthen families? Brightisle is seeking dedicated and compassionate individuals to join our team as Supervised Family Visitation Workers.

Brightisle is a leading provider of health and community care services in Newfoundland and Labrador. Our programs have over 25 years of operating experience and combined employ over 1000 individuals in the direct delivery of health and community care-related services.

Help families stay connected and ensure the well-being and safety of children and youth.

Responsibilities

Supervised Family Visitation Workers allow children and youth in foster care the opportunity to have visitation with their families in a safe environment. In addition to providing observation and safety, it is the workers' role to monitor conditions and behaviors and complete detailed reports. These reports are key to determining if families can be reunified and are often used in court. This role requires knowledge of child development, family dynamics, and social services. Candidates must have strong interpersonal and written communication skills, good decision-making skills, objectivity, and provide a high level of confidentiality of all client information.

Schedule and Support

Because visits are scheduled to fit children's and families' schedules, Supervised Family Visitation Workers must be flexible, the work consists of short shifts with a mixture of days, evenings, and weekends (minimum of 3 hours, no overnights or 24-hour shifts). If travel with the children is required for the visit, transportation will be arranged by taxi and covered by the program. Additionally, all Supervised Visitation Workers are compensated for their report writing time. Training is provided to prepare you for the role and there is on-call support during all the visitation times.

What you\'ll bring

Experience in a related field working with children and youth, Record of Conduct and Vulnerable Sector Check, First Aid Certificate, and a Medical Certificate indicating good health (negative TB test, up-to-date immunization record).

Compensation and Employment Details

Salary is $19.45 per hour as per the collective agreement. This is a unionized position with NL Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE).