Family Connector - 0426

The Family Centre•Edmonton, AB

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Family Centre is seeking a Family Connector who excels at building strong relationships with families, community resources, and support networks. The organization prioritizes Trauma-Informed Care for both its community and staff, utilizing research and evidence-based practices. They foster a diverse, inclusive, and authentic work environment, with a specific commitment to Indigenous ceremony and practice, welcoming those with knowledge and lived experience in this area. The company culture emphasizes a safe and supportive workplace, offering paid training, excellent benefits, and a wellness program.

Requirements

Degree in Child & Youth Care, Social Work, or Human Services (Psychology, Sociology, Education, Human Ecology or Early Childhood Development) with experience in the field.
Diploma in Child & Youth Care or Social Work with related experience.
Certificate in Human Services Sector with extensive experience with Indigenous culture and communities.
Reference checks with most recent employers.
Police Information Check - Vulnerable Sector (completed within the last 6 months).
Child Intervention Records Check (completed within the last 6 months).
Registration with a professional body, if eligible (such as RSW).
$2 million Vehicle Liability Insurance.
Reliable Vehicle, available for regular use and valid driver’s license.
5-years Driver Abstract.
Our Children Are Sacred Youth Suicide Prevention Training or ASIST Suicide Intervention Training within 3 months of start date.
Standard First Aid Level C CPR within 3 months of start date.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Indigenous ceremony and lived experience.

Responsibilities

Provide in-home and community-based support to vulnerable children and families involved with Children and Family Services, with a primary focus on Indigenous families and individuals who have experienced trauma and multigenerational abuse and neglect.
Operate on a flexible work schedule, including evenings and weekends, to build therapeutic relationships with parents using basic counseling skills and a trauma-informed care approach.
Collaborate with a team to coordinate, initiate, and mobilize internal and external resources to achieve service plan objectives.
Utilize problem-solving, organizational, and collaborative skills.
Support family time between children in care and their parents/significant others.
Amplify caregiver strengths, model, and teach parenting skills, child development, play, structure, routine, and positive discipline.
Assist children and parents in connecting with their culture and support Indigenous families in participating in ceremony.
Identify, strengthen, and reconnect relationships with family, kin, and friends to create long-term support for child well-being, reunification, and safety.
Initiate and facilitate family support network meetings.
Assess ongoing risk for children and families receiving services as per the Child Youth and Family Enhancement Act (CYFEA).
Transport parents and children as needed between appointments and scheduled family time.
Complete formal documentation and ensure file standards are met.
Provide on-call support to families 24/7 on a rotational basis.

Benefits

Paid training
Excellent benefits
Wellness program
Comprehensive onboarding/orientation process including service-specific, leading-edge training, and agency-wide core training.
Strong reflective supervision model with regular formal and informal feedback opportunities.
Performance coaching for personal and professional growth and development.
Reasonable accommodation provided upon request.
Competitive compensation package reflecting employee wellbeing.
Fully paid employee group benefits plan.
Health spending account.
3 weeks’ vacation.
RRSP-matching.
Ongoing paid training.
Mileage compensation.
Paid sick time (up to 8 days per calendar year).
Agency-wide social events.
Employee Resource Groups.