Manager, Child Intervention - Grand Prairie, AB

Role Responsibilities

Are you a transformational leader with a passion for strengthening children, youth, families, and communities? Children and Family Services – North Region is seeking an experienced Manager, Child Intervention to lead dedicated teams delivering critical intervention services across Northern Alberta.

Reporting to the Director, Child Intervention, in this role, you will provide strategic and operational leadership, support excellence in frontline practice, and help create lasting, positive outcomes for children and families while working in partnership with Indigenous communities, service providers, and community stakeholders.

This is an opportunity to take your leadership to the next level by guiding high-performing teams through change, promoting culturally responsive and relationship-based practice, and ensuring services are delivered in alignment with legislation, ministry priorities, and best practices. If you are a collaborative, forward-thinking leader who thrives on building strong partnerships and driving meaningful change, we encourage you to apply.

Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic leadership to multidisciplinary Child Intervention teams by coaching, mentoring, and supporting staff to deliver high-quality, client-centered services while fostering employee engagement, wellness, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Lead the delivery of Child Intervention services by exercising delegated authority under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, ensuring programs, practices, and decisions comply with legislation, provincial standards, ministry policies, and regional priorities.
• Champion continuous improvement and organizational change by implementing ministry and regional initiatives, applying systems thinking to enhance service delivery, improve practice outcomes, and strengthen supports for children, youth, families, and communities.
• Build and sustain collaborative partnerships with Indigenous communities, community agencies, service providers, and other stakeholders to deliver culturally responsive, relationship-based services that integrate Indigenous ways of knowing alongside Western practices and promote diversity, inclusion, and anti-oppressive practice.
• Provide strategic oversight of program operations by monitoring service quality, managing complex and emerging issues, ensuring compliance with quality assurance standards, and aligning operational planning and resource allocation with regional and ministry objectives.
• Lead people and resource management by overseeing recruitment, performance management, staff development, succession planning, budgeting, forecasting, and the effective stewardship of financial and operational resources.
• Promote healthy families and community well-being by leading the shift from a child protection-focused approach to one that emphasizes prevention, family preservation, collaboration, and sustainable outcomes for children, youth, and families.

Within an established scope of responsibility, success in this position is measured through achievement of organizational and business objectives in the core areas of Human Regions, Finance, Service Outcomes, Program and Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement and regional outcomes.

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APS Competentices

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 environment.
• 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; OR
• Related diploma plus six (6) years of related experience.

Preference will be given to those who have experience in:

• Child protection responsible for providing a full range of child protection duties delegated under a provincial or equivalent child welfare legislation.
• Safety Phase and Intake Workflow.
• Leading and managing a diverse team that does complex work.
• Managing systems and processes including performance management, budgeting, and forecasting processes, human resources.  
• Extensive experience working with Indigenous and diverse communities.
• Developing, evaluating, implementing policy initiatives, programs, and services.
• Demonstrated capacity to build effective partnerships with internal and external customers, clients, staff, and stakeholders essential to this position.
• Strong planning, analytical, issues management and consultative skills are required. 

Assets:

• Project management
• Proficient computer skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Share Point
• Working knowledge of the Child, Youth, and Family Enhancement Act, Child Intervention Practice Framework, Signs of Safety.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards

Notes

We are currently recruiting 1 Permanent and 1 Temporary *(travelling) position in Grande Prairie.

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week. (The role may require additional hours beyond the regular workday, including weekends, on-call duties, and travel as necessary.)

Location: Grand Prairie, Alberta

Perks of living in Grande Prairie:

• Retention Allowance - annual retention bonus of $6,000 ($3000.00 paid out in March and $3000.00 paid out in September) for positions between the 55th and 57th Parallel.

Preference would be for the successful candidate to reside in the North Region. Relocation support can be requested however, it will be subject to operational requirements, budget approvals, area of relocation etc. The successful candidate will be required to frequently travel to the designated office location they will be supporting as part of their role responsibilities.

Travel Requirement: The temporary position requires 50% onsite travel to Grande Prairie based on operational needs. The successful candidate must be able and willing to travel as required. Travel arrangements, including transportation and accommodation, will be coordinated as applicable, and eligible travel and subsistence expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with organizational travel and expense policies.

Additional Role & Application Requirements:

• This role requires that you have a valid Class 5 Driver's License and access to a reliable vehicle.
• The ability to travel within the region is required.
• As per the Health Professions Act successful applicants must: be registered and maintain their registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW). For more information, visit www.acsw.ab.ca
• Must hold current delegation or have been previously delegated under the Alberta Child and Youth Family Enhancement Act.
• Internal Candidates must have completed or be in the process of completing the Foundations, and Relationship and Culture pathways in the Ministry’s ICUF to be considered for the role. You may be asked to confirm training completion as part of your application.
• A cover letter outlining why you are applying to this role and how your experience relates to the qualifications is required. 

Pre-Employment Requirements

Pre-Employment Requirements:

• The final candidate for this position will undergo appropriate pre-employment checks and provide suitable security screening.
• Candidates will require a clear Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Check and Intervention Record Check (if applicable) to be considered for the role (if not currently in the Child Intervention Delivery Services Branch).
• 5-Year Commercial Driver's Abstract. 
• Academic credentials check.
• Please be advised that your current supervisor and manager will be contacted as references.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.