Child Welfare Visit Support Worker

Child Welfare Visit Support Worker

Family & Children’s Services of Renfrew County is a multi-service agency committed to providing preventative, protective, and socially inclusive services and programming that empowers and strengthens everyone. Our agency commitments include moving forward with anti-oppressive practice, French-language services, and working alongside indigenous communities.

We are recruiting for a Child Welfare Visit Support Worker. This is a part-time position working 17.5 hours per week out of our Renfrew office.

Child and Family Access Workers are part of a multi-service team tasked with providing children no longer in their family’s care, the opportunity to maintain their relationship with their parents and extended family. The incumbent will assist with completing a variety of visits for families.

General Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance, support, and modeling for families in visit settings.
• Provide supervision to non-custodial and visiting persons with their children during child welfare access visits.
• Complete all paperwork associated with the visits and client contact.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all client information.
• Troubleshoot and address any issues as required.
• Attend meetings.
• Provide feedback to protection and children and youth services workers.

Complete Job Description

• A minimum of two years of relevant post-secondary education (Ie. ECE, SSW, DSW, child and youth worker diploma, etc.)
• Valid driver’s licence, driver’s abstract and liability insurance
• Ability to mentor, supervise, instruct and negotiate with parents
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Above-average verbal and written communication skills.
• Above-average organizational skills, the ability to multitask, prioritize and manage time effectively
• Excellent public relations skills, self-discipline and good judgement
• Knowledgeable about computer-based technologies relevant to report writing, the collection and maintenance of client information
• Respect for confidentiality

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Family and Children’s Services of Renfrew County is committed to providing a barrier-free workplace. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.