Career Opportunities

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Job Title: Family Support Worker

Job Type: 64 hours per month

Pay Rate: $27.00-$28.50 per hour (experience dependent)

Job Summary

The family support program is an outreach intervention service to children, youth and their families who are experiencing difficulties with parenting and who are potentially at risk of family or placement breakdown. The purpose of the program is to restore family functioning by supporting families in discovering ways to find their own solutions, make positive choices and decisions about their situations and to help families utilize community resources. This program also facilitates supervised access between children in care and the natural parent/caregiver.

Key Duties

-In collaboration with MCFD staff, complete a family assessment, goal setting and service plan, therapeutic planning and interventions, as well as transition planning.

-Attend ongoing planning and transition meetings facilitated by MCFD.

-Provide family support and intervention, teach and model parenting skills, problem solving, healthy communication, and strategies to enhance family relationships and functioning.

-Provide crisis management support

-Make appropriate referrals to community resources as needed

-Maintain accurate and up-to-date administration and caseload records, ensuring confidentiality.

Qualifications:

-Degree or diploma in Early Childhood Education, Human Social Services, Social Work, Counselling (preferred)

-Background that includes relevant training, education or experience in working with at risk families (preferred)

-Proficient in communicating efficiently with compassion and empathy

-Knowledge of (or willing to learn) MCFD operations, community resources and supports available

-Understanding of working within our scope

-Details orientated and organized

-Reliable transportation with a class 5 driver’s license

-Clear driving abstract

-Satisfactory criminal record check is required

-Must always maintain strict professional standards of confidentiality and ethical behavior

Qualified individuals are encouraged to submit resume and cover letter to executivedirector@pfss.org