Lead, FCSS Direct Client Services
Location
Leduc, AB | Canada
Job description
Key Responsibilities Include:
What will you do?
- Client Work: provide direct client service to families and other demographics- this may include caseload, walk-ins. Lead the Subsidized Counselling program.
- Leadership: Supervise two to three direct reports who are also providing direct client work. This will include daily guidance, mentoring and overall and team valuation of performance.
- Data Collection and Administration: complete relevant individual and team data related to caseload and data collection.
- Community Partnerships: foster and maintain working relationships with community agencies, schools and related stakeholders.
- Emergency Social Services: support the ESS work of the overall department. This may include taking on a lead position in the time of emergencies.
Requirements:
What will you need to succeed?
You are an ideal candidate if you have the following:
- Degree in Social Work, Human Ecology, Psychology, or Child and Youth Care or equivalent field.
- Suicide intervention, mental health first aid and standard first aid are assets.
- Minimum five (5) years of related experience.
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Experience working one-on-one with individuals, parents/guardians, and children, as well as partnerships with variety of agencies and schools.
- Experience in supervision and budget management
- Experience and knowledge providing parenting strategies for all ages.
- Knowledge of mental health and addictions, crisis intervention and family violence prevention strategies across the lifespan.
- Knowledge of FCSS Act and Regulations would be an asset.
- 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/careersCompetition 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 22, 2024
Closing Date: Mar 06, 2024
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