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Family Resource Worker – Brandon

Accountability

Family Resource Supervisor

Job Summary

Reporting directly to the Family Resource Supervisor, the Family Resource Worker is responsible for providing comprehensive support to foster children, their families, and foster parents. This role involves monitoring and enhancing the well-being of children in foster care, ensuring the appropriate matching of children to foster families, and offering guidance and support to foster parents. The FRW will work closely with families, community agencies, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure the safety, development, and emotional health of children in care.

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

- Licensing foster homes – taking applications and acknowledging receipt of application.
- Criminal record checks, abuse registry and prior contact checks.
- Forwarding and requesting letters of reference and tracking.
- Annual foster home reviews.
- Providing support to the foster home by maintaining monthly contact with new placements and quarterly contacts after the initial three-month period.
- Ensuring foster parent education, informing foster parents of current laws and regulations
- Conduct regular visits to foster homes to assess the safety and well-being of children in care.
- Monitor and evaluate foster parents’ ability to meet the physical, emotional, and psychological needs of children.
- Provide guidance, training, and support to foster families on child development,



discipline, and managing children with complex needs.
- Ensure foster parents have the necessary resources, tools, and information to succeed in their roles.
- Address emergency situations in foster homes, providing immediate support to children and foster parents.
- Implement crisis intervention strategies, offering emotional support and resolving challenging situations effectively.
- Facilitate ongoing training for foster parents on topics such as child abuse, neglect, trauma-informed care, behavioral management, and other relevant issues.
- Offer educational resources to foster families to enhance their understanding of fostering and parenting children with special needs.
- Work closely with child protection agencies, social workers, healthcare providers, and legal teams to ensure a coordinated approach to the child’s care.
- Advocate on behalf of children in foster care, ensuring their needs are prioritized in all decision- making processes.
- Provide emotional and logistical support to children, helping them cope with the challenges of foster care and potential changes in placement.
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date records of all interactions, assessments, and case progress, following agency guidelines and legal requirements.




- Assist in the identification and connection of foster families with community resources, including medical, mental health, and educational services.
- Other Family Resource Worker duties as assigned.

Qualifications

- BSW degree preferred; or Post-secondary degree in Social Sciences acceptable. Other acceptable combinations of education and related experience may be considered.
- Minimum five (3) years of experience working directly in the child welfare profession.
- Knowledge of the CFS Act.
- Respect for, sensitivity towards as well as knowledge and understanding of Ojibwe culture, traditions and the Seven Grandfather Teachings.
- Good communication and written skills.
- Skills and knowledge of MS Office Word, Excel, and Sharepoint required.
- Demonstrated time management skills.
- Knowledge of or work experience in First Nation communities an asset.
- Previous experience working with children and families, particularly in a foster care, child welfare, or social services setting.
- Adoption Act, and related Regulations and Standards
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written and organizational skills.
- Strong analytical, assessment, problem solving and treatment planning skills.
- Able to utilize and navigate the Provincial CFSIS system
- Ability to travel and occasionally within Canada.

Knowledge Requirements

- Respect for, sensitivity towards, knowledge and understanding of Ojibway culture, traditions and teachings.
- Knowledge of First Nation service delivery, customs and traditions in responding to child welfare.
- Knowledge of all relevant legislation, including the Employment Standards Act, Human Rights Cod

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