Job Information

Job Title: Manager, Caregiver

Job Requisition ID: 85866

Ministry: Children and Family Services

Location: North Region - Various

Full or Part-Time: Full-time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary: Temporary (1 Year)

Scope: Open

Closing Date: August 27, 2026

Classification: Manager Zone 2

Salary: $3,920.66 to $5,276.07 Bi-weekly ($102,329.22 - $137,705.42/year)

The Ministry of Children and Family Services funds programs and services to support vulnerable children, youth, families, and individuals to live safely and succeed in Alberta. This includes providing services and resources to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect and effectively address harm that has placed them in need of intervention. Mentoring and support services are available to youth transitioning into healthy, productive adults.

The ministry also invests in community-based groups that support prevention and early intervention services such as Family Resource Networks, youth emergency shelters as well as programs that raise awareness and help respond to family violence, sexual violence, and abuse.

To find out more about our work visit: https://www.alberta.ca/children-and-family-services.

Role Responsibilities

Children and Family Services in the North Region are seeking a dynamic and experienced Caregiver Manager to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for Caregiver Services, including Foster Care, Adoptions and Supports for Permanency. This role plays a critical leadership function in ensuring high-quality, culturally responsive, and legally compliant services that support stable, safe, temporary and permanent homes for children and youth.

As a member of the leadership team, you will lead a team of supervisors and professional staff, drive program excellence, support employee growth, and collaborate with internal and external partners to strengthen caregiver capacity and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families.

- Strategic Leadership
- Lead regional caregiver services, including foster care, and permanency supports.




- Driving strategic planning, program development, service excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Lead change initiatives and collaborate on regional and provincial priorities to strengthen caregiver and permanency outcomes.
- People Leadership
- Provide leadership, coaching, and development to supervisors and staff.
- Foster an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing workplace culture.
- Lead workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and employee relations in partnership with HR.
- Practice and Quality Oversight
- Ensure services comply with legislation, policy, standards, and best practices.
- Oversee quality assurance, performance monitoring, compliance, and continuous improvement activities.
- Provide guidance on complex practice, permanency, placement, and service delivery matters.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate with contracted home study writing agencies, Alberta Foster and Kinship Association (AFKA), and community partners to support coordinated service delivery and positive family outcomes.
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships with Indigenous communities, caregivers, service providers, and government partners.
- Represent the region in provincial, community, and cross-sector initiatives.
- Strengthen partnerships that support caregiver recruitment, retention, and permanency outcomes.
- Financial and Operational Accountability
- Manage budgets, contracts, staffing resources, and operational pressures effectively.
- Support business planning, reporting, risk management, and organizational decision-making.
- Ensure compliance with administrative, financial, and information management requirements.





Perks of living in the north are:

- Northern Allowance.
- Attraction bonus for employees located in Fort McMurray and north of the 57th parallel.
- 55th to 57th parallels retention allowance.

The is provided for Further details on this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.
- Agility– Demonstrated ability to manage and adapt to change, while effectively overseeing human, financial, and physical resources within a dynamic operating workplace.
- Drive for Results– Strong leadership skills, including decision-making, coaching, and mentoring, with the ability to inspire confidence and motivate others toward achieving goals.
- Develop Self and Others– Proven ability to foster partnerships and support professional growth to achieve organizational objectives.
- Build Collaborative Environments– Strong track record of establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Develop Networks– Ability to create a climate of cooperation and build strong relationships with public agencies, government bodies, committees, and other partners.
- Systems Thinking– Effective leadership combined with a commitment to teamwork and the ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve shared goals.
- Creative Problem Solving– Excellent analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to develop innovative solutions to complex challenges.

Qualifications

Preferred education is a Bachelor of Social Work with four (4) years of related experience including supervisory in a child protection environment.

The following equivalencies maybe considered

- Master of Social Work and three (3) years of experience; OR
- Related university degree with four (4) years of related experience

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