Location
Leduc, AB | Canada
Job description
Key Responsibilities Include:
What will you do?
- In Home Family Support and building individual goal plans with families to meet their goals
- Develop and maintain ongoing contact with social services
- Assist and support residents to navigate and access services, programs and resources
- Provide caregiver capacity and child development programming for families
Requirements:
What do you need to succeed?You are an ideal candidate if you have the following:
- Post-secondary education, with a diploma in social services and/or human services discipline.
- Solid understanding of childhood development and the needs of parents, children and families is preferred.
- Integrated Strategies for Home Visitation, Suicide Intervention, Mental Health First Aid and Standard First Aid are assets. Equivalencies will be considered.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience working one-on-one with individuals and families, as well as working in partnerships with a variety of agencies.
- Experience working with a diverse population that may be experiencing mental health, poverty, homelessness and/or addictions issues.
- Knowledge of housing, employment, social services and supportive agencies.
- Training in ASQ-3 an SE2, Kimochis, Circle of Security, VTRA and Nobody’s Perfect would be considered an asset.
- Must be able to maintain healthy boundaries, communicate care and provide professional referrals.
- Successful completion of a Child Intervention check.
- Experience and training in Emergency Social Services is an asset.
- Be willing to work flexible hours that may include evenings and weekends.
- Must have an operator’s license and vehicle to drive.
MyRewards@COL- Competitive salary
- LAPP pension eligibility
- Comprehensive health, dental and wellness benefits, including a generous healthcare spending account
- Starting at 3 weeks’ vacation per year-prorated based on days worked
- Safe office location
- Free parking
- Annual City of Leduc recreation pass, including access to free drop-in programs
Successful candidate must be willing to provide a clean Criminal Records Check-Vulnerable sector and Child Intervention Check, at own expense, as part of the hiring process.
If this sounds like you, please apply through our website at www. leduc.ca/careers
Competition closes at 11:59 PM (MT) on March 6, 2024. This competition may be used to fill future vacancies at the same or lower classification level. Due to the high volume of resumes received, we are not able to respond to individual phone calls. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be selected.
Additional Job Information:
Posted Date: Feb 26, 2024
Closing Date: Mar 06, 2024
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