Description

Description

- Provide supervision to one of the Units of Children and Youth Services. Each unit is comprised of a maximum of five staff.
- Assume responsibility for a segment of Children and Youth Services including service planning, information and referral, foster placement, general protective services, family preservation services, parent education/homemaker services, and any other appropriate service.
- Meet regularly with workers individually and as a unit to discuss referrals and cases. Specific discussions focus on significant decisions, unusual cases, difficult problems, viable alternatives, and any factor impeding job performance.
- Review files as necessary to ensure compliance and agency policies and regulations.
- Attend unit meetings, staff meetings, and coordination of meetings as needed.




- Motivate workers to make use of their own potential so as to enable them to be more effective with their clients
- Interpret the program, policies, and procedures of the agency to individuals, groups, and other agencies.
- Evaluate workers on a formal and informal basis as required and necessary.
- Work in close conjunction with other agencies, and encourage the caseworkers to utilize these community resources in meeting the needs of their clients.
- Attend training as needed to maintain updated working knowledge of supervision, social work theory, community resources and child welfare initiatives.
- Assess training needs, register/provide appropriate training and assess worker’s ability to

📌 C&Y Casework Supervisor (Ottawa)
🏢 County of Northumberland
📍 Ottawa