Child Prevention Worker

Overview:

The Child Prevention Worker is to protect and support children from abuse or neglect and enhances the lives of clients, their families and community members through the provision of a broad range of professional counselling, support, and protection services. This role reports and is responsible to the Director of Kingsclear First Nation Community Child and Family Services Division.

Responsibilities:

The Child Protection/Family Enhancement Workers supports the Community Child and Family Services Division goals and objectives through effective delivery of mandatory and community-based child protection, case management and family enhancement programs.

• Strong personal leadership, human relation skills and practices that include a good understanding and commitment to teamwork.
• Effective report writing skills with a good understanding of Federal and Provincial requirements and obligations.
• Well organized, is adept at utilizing monitoring strategies to keep abreast of delivery services and client progress as well as to ensure quality and practices standards are met.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multi-dimensional activities and changing priorities while maintaining composure, efficiency and effectiveness working in an often-stressful environment.
• Proven ability to work autonomously with strong critical thinking, independent, judgement, and problem solving.
• The ability to gain the trust and respect of others by utilizing persuasion, consultation, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to diffuse and manage difficult people and situations.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Employs communication strategies and techniques to ensure effective lines of internal and external communication are maintained.
• Well versed in electric and digital technology as well as relevant office systems and applications.
• Demonstrated empathy, purpose, and passion to work with Aboriginal children, families, and the vulnerable.
• Credibility and respect of others earned through successful lifestyle management, personal integrity, strong work ethics and professional behaviors.

Minimum Employment Requirements:

• Graduation from university with a degree in Social Work and a minimum of 1(entry level) to 3 (working level) years
• Registered member in good standing of the New Brunswick Association of Professional Social Workers, a good knowledge of applicable legislation, policy and reporting requirements as well as a solid understanding of the Maliseet culture, values, tradition and socio-economic conditions
• An equivalent combination of training and experience such as graduation from university with a related degree as recognized by the Canadian Association of Social Workers
• A current Criminal Record Check as required under law to work with the vulnerable sector
• Prior contact check with Community Child and Family Services or the Department of Social Development.
• The ability to travel throughout the community's territory and within the province as required.
• The ability and commitment to be on call and to work long hours to ensure the division can respond to client and organizational needs.