Position Vacancy: 2 Positions: (1) Permanent and (1) 18 Month Contract - Full Time Service Manager.

The candidate must have a strong understanding of the Sarnia Lambton Children's Aid’s mission and values and a commitment to providing the highest quality of service possible for the families that we serve.

In addition to a strong focus on family-based care and permanency, the successful candidate will have responsibilities for ensuring the ongoing career development of staff, promoting a positive internal working environment and acting as an ambassador between the Society and the Community.

The major components of the position are:

Accountable to: Director of Services

Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

The direct supervision of staff;

- Ensuring that services provided to children and their families meet the expectations of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, and Act respecting First Nation, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, the Society’s Policies and Procedures, and the Ministry’s standards;
- Overseeing the regular assignment of cases to staff ensuring caseload balance including factors such as workload, staff skills and experience;
- Engaging in clinical and case supervision with the goal to promote staff critical thinking and sound decision making;
- Working collaboratively with other Managers to ensure timely, effective, high-quality services to families and children involved with the Society; and




- On a rotational on-call basis participate as a back-up Manager for emergency after hours duty workers.

Qualifications, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other competencies required:

- MSW, BSW or Indigenous Social Work degree preferred or a substantially related degree
- Minimum of 5 years Child Protection experience;
- Full support for the agency’s values, mission and strategic directions and evidence of implementing them on a consistent basis;
- Strong understanding and belief inEquity, Anti-Black Racism, and Reconciliation, the rights of children and youth receiving service;
- Knowledge of Indigenous history, people and communities and a demonstrated ability to engage with the communities;
- Experience working with Indigenous communities;
- Demonstrated ability for creative and innovative thinking;
- Ability to positively implement change;
- Strong understanding of provincial child welfare legislation;
- Knowledge and experience of court procedures;
- Demonstrated strengths and skills in collaboration within organizations and in the community;
- Demonstrated experience in team building;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills;
- Demonstrated time management skills;
- Working knowledge of computerized information systems.

Interested and qualified applicants are invited to apply in writing to Human Resources not later than 5.00 p.m., Tuesday October 20, 2026 Pay: $97,236.00-$118,191.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Service Manager (Sarnia)
🏢 Sarnia-Lambton Children's Aid Society
📍 Sarnia