Fulltime Family Support Worker

Family Preservation Worker

Employment Type: Full Time - 35 Hours/Week

Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) - A Great Experience Awaits You: CSFS is an innovative and progressive leader in Indigenous health and family services where culture is in everything we do. Enjoy unique experiences, close connections with communities, and a strong focus on professional development opportunities, as well as the natural wonders of the northern BC while you work .

The Opportunity: The Family Preservation Worker is accountable for the day to day support and programming to individuals, families and community members. This includes the development of prevention and educational programs, one on one support and home visits to ensure families have opportunities to increase their ability to effectively care for their children and develop or maintain healthy family dynamics that promote resilience.

Perform assessments, implement goal plans and collect data and charting on progress

Develop community programming based on demonstrated need and program objectives as outlined in funding contracts, community plans and individual goal plans. Provides services to clients supported by evidence, research and multidiscipline expertise on the wide range of health, social, and program specific issues related to health care services within First Nation communities and CSFS clinics.

Collaborates with other multidisciplinary team members and physicians to facilitate an inter-professional approach to standards of practice with a focus on promoting team-based care.

Foster a network of support services and provide referrals as required

Ensure cultural relativity for all services provided according to individual client needs

Liaise with Ministry of Children and Family Social Workers, Lawyers, Community Leadership, Community Based Teams, Nurses, other Carrier Sekani Family Services Support staff and any other stakeholders to ensure client needs are met

Maintain a documented system of records for Family Preservation Files which is inclusive of daily charting, monthly reports, quarterly reports, statistical records and reports, incident reports and the maintenance of personal files and forms required by the program

Bachelor of Social Work, Child & Youth Care or a comparable degree; Social Services Diploma with two years of extensive experience

Supported to pursue life long learning, professional development and recognition for your contribution

Family like atmosphere without traditional corporate inflexibility

Recognize the value of Carrier Sekani Knowledge holders and language speakers

Excellent total compensation package including competitive wages, benefits and pension plan

Unique, generous and flexible time off options promoting work life family balance

With the continuation of the global pandemic and because CSFS provides services to First Nations communities, classified as “Vulnerable Populations,” and to protect the health and safety of employees, candidates applying for employment will need to agree to provide their covid-19 vaccination status as a condition of employment.