Role Responsibilities

Are you ready for a new adventure where you will lead casework practice and a team that strives for the pursuit of excellence in providing services to children, youth, and families? If so, step forward and start your journey in the North Region as a Child Intervention Supervisor.

As a Child Intervention Supervisor, you will support the alignment of casework practice by following the direction and working towards the operational goals of the Ministry of Children and Family Services. Your dynamic leadership will demonstrate your talents and enthusiasm to coach, mentor and guide your team within the Child Intervention Practice Framework, Signs of Safety, as well as Intake and Safety Phase Workflow.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• Sound practice and the ability to prioritize multiple projects and assignments, ensuring decisions consistently support the safety and well-being of children, youth, and families.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills that foster strong, collaborative working relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders.
• The importance of working collaboratively with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities by sharing knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and integrating them into practice.
• Exceptional team-building skills that strengthen and maintain effective teams, encouraging adaptability and embracing change.
• The ability to empower teams by providing clear direction and support for inclusive practices, ensuring service delivery aligns with legislation, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• The ability to build staff capacity to enhance critical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skills, applying a trauma-informed lens to all aspects of practice.
• The ability to engage teams by setting individual and unit goals, offering ongoing case consultation and practice supervision to promote accountability and continuous improvement.

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.

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

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, 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.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Social Work or Social Work Diploma and 2 years related experience.

Equivalencies:

• Master of Social Work and 1 year related experience; or
• Related university degree and 4 years related experience; or
• Related diploma and 5 years related experience; or
• Related certificate and 6 years related experience.

Related university degree can include 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 includes:

• Experience working with children, youth and families is essential.
• Knowledge of community resources is essential.
• Experience working with Microsoft office is required.
• Working knowledge of the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act is essential.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Child Intervention Practice Framework and Signs of Safety is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience working with Indigenous communities is required.

Assets:

• Previous supervisory and leadership experience would be an asset.
• Experience working with a multi-cultural and/or multi-language-based caseload would be beneficial.

Preference will be given to those candidates who have completed the Foundations, and Relationship and Culture pathways in the Ministry’s ICUF.  Recognizing that there will be exceptional situations, managers and supervisors who have not completed the training, will be given 12 months from their respective effective dates or from their hiring date thereafter to initiate/complete training. Application for equivalencies based on previous training will be assessed individually.

The ideal candidates will have a strong working knowledge of the Child, Youth, and Family Enhancement Act and other related legislations (e.g. PSECA), as well as possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong critical thinking skills and previous supervisory 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).  Working after-hours or outside of regular business hours may be required.

Location
Peace River, AB.

Preference will be given to candidates residing in, or willing to relocate to, Peace River. Consideration may be given for candidates to work from an alternate location based on operational needs.

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/.
• 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 2006 – June 2009: Assistant (Part-Time)
• Complete all pre-screening questions

Other Information:

• Please note candidates who recently interviewed for Child Intervention Supervisor positions within the last 6 months and were unsuccessful will not be considered on this competition. We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements.
• Relocation expenses may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Links and information on what the GoA have 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.
• 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.