Description
COMPETITION # 2024-2-14
NATIONAL OCCUPATION CODE 42201
POSITION TYPE FULL-TIME, PART-TIME
10-hour shifts, evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays
Hours of work vary: 4 pm – 2am, 8 am – 6 pm, 10 pm – 8 am
DUTIES:
After Hours Workers are responsible for providing crisis intervention, assessment, child protection and after-hours emergency services.
- Assessing requests for service with reference to risk, functioning and service needs.
- Providing immediate crisis intervention and conducting child protection investigations.
- Apprehending children at risk and placing in appropriate and or available settings.
- Supervising and physically caring for children awaiting placement.
- Referring and providing information to professional and community resources.
- Completing all required written documentation.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must have an understanding of the impact of colonization and the legacy of residential schools and 60’s scoop, be passionately committed to de-colonization actions, and have the knowledge to mitigate the stereotypes and myths applied to Indigenous Peoples
- Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent education and experience.
- Experience in a family services environment and Child & Family Services protection experience an asset.
- Knowledge of and experience with the CFS Intake Module (IM) required.
- Fluency in French and/or an Indigenous language is an asset.
- Knowledge of substance abuse, family violence, child abuse/neglect, and community resources is required.
- Demonstrated skills in areas of crisis intervention, abuse investigations and assessing high risk situations which require immediate response.
- Knowledge and understanding of multicultural issues and demonstrated skill working cross culturally.
- Excellent organizational, computer, oral and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure and in a team environment.
- The core competencies for this position include communication, cultural competence, customer/client focus, decision-making, collaboration, organizational ability, and stress tolerance.
A valid driver’s license and a vehicle with $2,000,000 liability insurance is a requirement of this position. A satisfactory criminal records check, prior contact check and a check of the Child Abuse Registry is a requirement of all ANCR employment positions. Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
Please send a cover letter and a resume to employerrep@abcentre.org.
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