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Quality Specialist, Child and Family Services and Adoptions Services

$116.26k - $138.88k per year
Full-time

The Government of the Northwest Territories

Job Information

The Quality Specialist for Child and Family Services and Adoptions Services will lead the development of key standards, protocols, and policies that drive child and family services and adoptions services best practices across the NWT. The position is required to research national and international best practices in service delivery to ensure NWT standards, protocols and policies, and tools are rooted in quality practices. The incumbent will facilitate the implementation of policies, standards, protocols, and tools, by providing education and support to staff, and will perform quality improvement and quality assurance activities to ensure safe care to children, youth, and families, including but not limited to the auditing of all CFS and Adoptions Services work sites across the NWT.

The incumbent is also responsible for reviewing and auditing the Subsidized Departmental Adoption Assistance Agreements on behalf of the Director of Adoptions and support the post Adoptions Services Program when request for information received under the NWT Adoption Act. Additionally, the incumbent is an expert in adoptions, post adoption policy, and service delivery and will advise the Statutory Director and Registrar of the Adoptions Registry (CFS/Adoptions) regarding the development and sustainability of a healthy and well-functioning adoption and post adoption system in the NWT.

Key Responsibilities
Leads the design and development of CFS and Adoptions Services System Standards, Procedures, Policies, and Directives on behalf of the Director.
Monitors and evaluates the quality of care provided by the CFS and Adoptions Services systems and leads or supports strategic approaches in quality improvement and quality assurance.
Provides direction, and/or support and advice to HSSAs, including senior and middle management, and frontline staff, to effectively address complex CFS quality and risk issues.

Key Qualifications
Bachelor of Social Work Degree and three (3) years of direct experience in Child and Family Services and/or Adoptions Services.

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:


Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR  
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel View phone number on gov.nt.ca
Fax View phone number on gov.nt.ca
View email address on gov.nt.ca

Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.

Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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