Senior Child Intervention Practitioner - Wetaskiwin

Role Responsibilities

As a Senior Child Intervention (CI) Practitioner, you will be engaged in the implementation of the organizational goals and an active participant in decision-making and collaboration amongst colleagues, CI families, programs, stakeholders, and leadership.
 

The position is a senior working level practitioner responsible for child intervention activities and performing the full scope of duties of the role. This position is considered an expert in all competency areas of the field of Child Intervention and applies extensive theoretical knowledge and regional/provincial program expertise to lead in the field of practice, enhancing the lives of children, youth and their families. This position will provide support to other CI Practitioners through mentoring and supporting the organizational goals of Children’s Services.

You must demonstrate proficiency in the application of the Signs of Safety tools and in its philosophy merged with the Practice Strategies. You will have a lead role, with minimal supervision, in managing complex cases such as joint police investigations involving physical and sexual abuse, or other complex child intervention cases.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

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.
 

The following Child Intervention Framework competencies are essential for success in this role:

• CI Practitioner Competencies: Performing the Child Intervention Practitioner competencies with consistency at an advanced level of proficiency, according to the Child Intervention Practice Framework Principles, in order to provide practice supervision to CI staff.  
• Mindfulness and Self-reflection: Being intentionally aware, focused and present in the moment; continuously assessing, without reaction and judgment, one’s emotions and actions to guide one’s thinking and behavior.  
• Outcome Oriented: Maintaining a working knowledge of the CIPF Principles, CI outcomes and priorities. Demonstrates the ability to lead with a focus on CI outcomes and ensure the work of one’s team is in alignment with these outcomes. Demonstrates commitment to the CI outcomes and priorities by role modeling responsibility for decisions and accountability for results.  
• Engaging Others: Building a foundation of trust and respect to engage staff and inspire, empower, support, coach, and mentor. Building relationships individually and as a team to create a positive working environment and to achieve the best possible CI outcome.  
• Leading Continuous Improvement: Demonstrate ability to seek out opportunities for innovation and creatively problem solve. Support staff through implementing organizational initiatives. Operate with a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to implement learnings and achieving outcomes for children and families.  
• Enabling others Growth and Development: Guiding others to strengthen their professional ability and CI practice and fostering a climate of learning and self-reflection.  
• Communication: Engaging in and fostering active listening, creating an atmosphere of respect and positive problem solving. Ensuring one’s verbal and non-verbal communication is congruent. Demonstrating an awareness of the impact of one’s communication in both oral and written form.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Social Work and 1 Year related experience.
  
  

The successful candidate must have been Delegated Category 7 within the last 24 months under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act in Alberta and must have the related skills, abilities, knowledge and experience to be delegated. Also, there is an expectation for this position to provide on-call/afterhours services on a regular basis as part of their delegated duties under the CYFEA.

Equivalencies :

• Master of Social Work and some related experience;
• OR related university degree and 3 years related experience; 
• OR related Diploma and 4 years related experience; 
• OR related certificate and 5 years related experience.

Related university degree can include Bachelor of Social Work, Social Work Diploma, Bachelor of Child Studies/Child & Youth Care, BA Education, Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Human Services, BA/BSc Psychology, BA Sociology, Bachelor of Community Rehab, BSc. Family Studies/Human Ecology, BA Early Child Development, Law Degree.

Related diploma can include Addictions/Counseling Diploma, Child and Youth Care Diploma, Human Services Diploma and Criminal Justice Diploma.

 
Related Experience: 

• Conducting assessments and managing case files across legal authorities. 
• Experience applying Child Intervention Legislation, Regulations and Policy. 
• Experience with Safety Planning in a youth-focused environment. 
• Experience implementing Signs of Safety and the CIP Framework Principles. 
• Experience managing a caseload with minimal supervision. 
• Experience and knowledge in working within Indigenous communities.

Assets: 

• Preferably have directly related child intervention experience. 

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

Hours of Work
Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week (full-time). 

The successful candidate will be required to participate in on-call/after-hours rotation (evenings and weekends) to ensure the needs of Albertans are met.

Role Requirements

• As per the Health Professions Act, successful applicants must be registered with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) to be eligible for this position if they possess a Bachelor,  Diploma or Masters in Social Work. For more information, visit http://www.acsw.ab.ca/
• As this is a rural position, travel will be required in this role; therefore, final candidates for this position will be asked to provide a current 5-year commercial driver’s abstract. Candidates may also be required to use their own vehicle when government fleet vehicles are not available. Appropriate insurance is required.
• Successful candidate will require a clear Intervention Record Check (IRC) + Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Check (CRC VS) to be considered for the role.
• An academic check will be completed.
• 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. 

Application Requirements:

• In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. As well, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).
• Complete all pre-screening questions

Location
Wetaskiwin
 

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.