[Hiring] Foster Care Support Worker @McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association, Central Region

Role Description

Our Foster Care program in the Lloydminster, Vermillion and Wainwright areas is seeking a Casual Foster Care Support Worker. Foster Care provides safe, caring homes to children and youth ages 0 to 18 who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to live with their own families. Committed and highly skilled staff and foster parents ensure that individual social, educational, emotional, and physical needs of the children are met until they are able to return home, are adopted, or another permanent solution is arranged for their care. Children are eligible for Foster Care if they have been removed from a home situation and are determined by Child and Family Services as needing an alternative home.

Qualifications

• Post secondary diploma at minimum, preferred degree directly related to Human Services from an approved institution
• Required 2 years of frontline human services experience, preferred 3 years of frontline family work related to human services
• Proof of Membership in Professional Association (when applicable)
• Knowledge and understanding of Indigenous Culture
• Knowledge of parent/child relationships and family dynamics
• Basic First Aid Level C with Adult, Child, and infant CPR & AED
• Suicide Intervention Training & De-Escalation Training
• Intervention Record Check & Criminal Record Check with the vulnerable sector
• Class 5 driver’s license, clean drivers abstract and reliable vehicle for occasional client transportation
• Knowledge of the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act
• Knowledge and experience within the Signs of Safety framework would be an asset
• Preferred experience in the CFS System

Requirements

• Develop and maintain Foster Parent training plans
• Travel to the Foster Homes located in Central Alberta at minimum twice a month
• Ensure the continuous physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of designated children are being met
• Facilitate and support the youth’s relationship with their birth and extended family
• Ensure that culturally based services are available to all children in the homes
• Request and coordinate psychiatric, psychological, and academic assessment when appropriate
• Maintain treatment goals, treatment tasks and report on measurable outcomes

Benefits

• Wage Range: $27.28 - $30.51 per hour. Wage to be negotiated based on education and directly related experience.
• Hours of work: 5-10 hours per week. Candidates must be available to work select afternoons, evenings and weekends to provide programming that serves a wide range of populations.
• This is a remote position. The successful candidate must have the ability to work from home; travel will be required throughout the Lloydminster, Wainwright and Vermillion areas, travel paid at $0.57/KM.
• McMan promotes the wellbeing of our employees, promoting flexibility, health, and wellness, and an employee and family assistance program.