If you are interested in joining the Caregiver teams in Wetaskiwin or Red Deer, now is the time! Come join an energetic and enthusiastic team for a challenging professional opportunity! So if you are motivated by working in a fast-paced work environment with an outstanding team of professionals, apply today!
As a Caregiver Practitioner, you will assess, support and reassess kinship/foster care caregivers for children in the care of the Director. This role is responsible for:
- Assessing kin and significant relationships for children/youth
- Approving/Licensing caregivers for fostering.
- Orientation and training of caregivers
- Supporting the placement of the child with the caregiver (including development of the Support Plan)
- Administering Caregiver files
- Completing the ongoing evaluation and support, re-assessments and supporting the caregiver when concerns arise for approved caregiver homes
- Quality of Care Assessments as required
- Providing access to a dispute resolution process
You will provide timely, meaningful and effective support to caregivers and be committed to relationship building with them alongside community partners and indigenous communities.
In addition, Practitioners carrying Kinship files will be required to complete the Home Study Report known as the ASKC (Assessment and Support for Kinship Caregivers) for newly opened kinship care homes. This will require an ability to engage in relationship building, address sensitive issues, past traumas and apply critical thinking skills to analyze the information to determine the capacity of caregiver(s) to provide quality care and supervision to the children placed. Conducting interviews, performing assessment activities, collecting and reviewing supporting documentation is required to develop the ASKC, which also involves a thorough mitigation of any concerns (if applicable). Assessment ability and writing skills are essential to this role.
For approved caregiver homes, ongoing monitoring, annual evaluation and support is provided. This requires a creative and energetic attitude in order to actively serve and support caregivers. You will have an ability to assess capacity of caregivers, be strength-based, responsively monitor, provide advocacy, mediation, develop networks and connection to resources to build capacity. You will work closely/collaborate with Child Intervention Practitioners to help the caregivers understand the child’s case plan. This also includes working with involved family members and networks to address possible resistance/fears; unclear expectations between each party in terms of plans and departmental policies and entitlements of Caregivers.
The successful candidate must have the ability to assess risk and family functioning, the interest and ability to work closely with community partners, well-developed organization and time management skills as well as excellent written documentation and verbal communication skills.
