Careers

Please see our external recruitment section below to learn about the steps in this process. Employment at Bruce Grey Child and Family Services is conditional upon the verification of:

• Academic and/or professional credentials
• A criminal and vulnerable sector record check
• Provincial child welfare record check
• Valid, full-G Ontario driver license and confirmation of vehicle (where required)
• Proof of vehicle insurance (where required)
• Medical note from your physician indicating you are fit to perform the duties of the job and if any accommodation is required.

BGCFS is fully committed to having a workforce that is reflective of the diversity of Bruce and Grey and strongly encourages application from all qualified individuals.

We welcome applications from racialized persons, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ persons and those from diverse backgrounds and experiences.

BGCFS is committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier free.

Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. Applicants that may require accommodation during the selection process are encouraged to notify the Human Resources Department when contacted for an interview.

Human Resources will work together with the hiring committee to arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation for the selection process, which will enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.

We appreciate all applications received. All communications will be held in strict and professional confidence. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

We sincerely thank all applicants for their submissions.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Support to Children and Families

• Provides short term, specific goal focused support, mentoring and coaching to families (biological, foster and kin) to enhance skills and enhance the safety and well-being of the child
• Meets with the referring case manager to discuss the strengths and -worries of the family which create danger for a child.
• Identifies SMART goals and trajectories with the family and CPW
• Implements the intervention strategies identified with the family by use of appropriate professional skills and techniques including child management, healthy parenting skills, life skills, coping mechanisms, social skills, anger management skills, communication skills, problem solving techniques, nutritional guidance, household management skills, financial skills, co-parenting strategies.
• Report child protection concerns to the FRW supervisor
• Supports children and youth with personal and physical care including medication administration, crisis response, advocacy, liaising with other staff and collaterals, 1 to 1 supervision
• Support and assist youth in building communication skills, behaviour management, emotional regulation, and other daily life skills
• Maintain documentation of work with children as required.
• Provide crisis intervention and de-escalation skills when required

Group Facilitation

• Develops, implements and facilitates groups including training on a variety of topics to youth and caregivers which includes topics such as but not limited to: parenting, life skills, financial literacy, independence, anger management and bullying.
• May facilitate groups along with other community organizations such as Public Health, Social Services, and Keystone etc.
• Facilitate Network building and Network conferences

Family Visiting

• Facilitates positive and meaningful family interactions by providing coaching and support to achieve goals of the case plan including areas such as parenting skills, coping, anger management, child development, healthy attachment and meeting the child’s basic needs
• Meets with the parent either before or after the visit to review the visit and provide feedback
• Family contact takes place in a safe place (family home, community, foster home, kin home, agency office)
• Ensures the safety of the child during the access visit and takes action to intervene if necessary
• Report child protection concerns to the FRW supervisor; maintains contact logs which include copies of all handouts given to parents.

Youth Support

• Provides time limited support to youth in care with a focus on independence, financial literacy and permanency
• Time limited and goal oriented one to one support in the resource home or community
• Being available to respond to crisis situations that will focus on stabilizing, enhancing, and maintaining family relationships.
• Provides independence support to VYSA and CCSY population through building and strengthening lifelong connections, achievement of developmental assets that support independence and positive transition to adult living
• Collaborates with child welfare team around transitions into VYSA and CCSY support
• Ensures all documentation is completed within ministry and agency standards
• Drafts and completes VYSA and CCSY agreements and explains agreement to youth
• Provides youth with connections in the community for independence related to finances, employment, education, physical and emotional well-being
• Builds strong partnerships and shares opportunities for learning and seamless transition of services with community service providers

In Collaboration with the Case Manager may Support Network Building and Network Navigation

• Using technology, file research, genograms, family research tools and interviews, the FRW will:
• Seek out network members to share responsibility in the development of safety plans and trajectories in complex high-risk situations where an urgent and rapid response is required including in situations of access planning, repatriation of youth from OPR, adolescent admission prevention, identification of kin for removals building on existing relationships;
• Promote stability for children and youth;
• Provide viable alternatives to admission to care;
• Enable continuity of relationships between family / community members and the child/youth;
• Maintain the integrity of children and youth’s connections to aboriginal and other relevant cultural groups; and
• Engage the extended family and community services in a wrap around intervention approach to support families to raise adolescence and meet their needs without admission to care.
• Group facilitation including facilitate, lead and support the family and network led conferences to reinforce and clarify planning around danger statements and safety goals in planning for access, repatriation of youth from OPR, repatriation of children from care to kin

1. 1. 1. Coordinate with the case manager to develop, implement and facilitate group network conferences.
      2. Preparing participants to explain the conferencing agenda and ground rules and to ensure safety, as well as expected outcomes
      3. Completing the Conference Plan and trajectories, distributing it to participants and entering it into the Child Protection Information Network
      4. Coordinating and facilitating follow up planning meetings including documentation and distribution.

• Conduct thorough reviews of relevant case files to assist in identifying family members or other key people in the child / youth’s natural network.
• Conduct interviews with a child / youth’s caregiver, relatives, community members and the child/ youth.
• Use all available technology and resources to identify, contact and build a network of support for a family, child or youth.
• Collaborate with members of the child welfare team to ensure that all relevant information relating to the search for Kin is shared and explored.

Knowledge, Education, Experience, Skills & Attributes

• Child and Youth Worker Diploma or other relevant 2-year community college program or equivalent required
• Minimum of 1 year child welfare experience in a Children’s Aid Society or children’s social service agency preferred
• Solid knowledge of CAS programs and services
• Solid knowledge of legislation, regulations and standards governing child welfare, including CYFSA and its regulations and Ministry standards
• Solid knowledge of behavioral modification, parenting, engagement and child development theory and practice
• Excellent crisis intervention skills
• Solid knowledge of industry software applications including CPIN
• Satisfactory Police Records Check is required

Efforts and Working Conditions

• Work is primarily performed in the community, often in the service user’s home,
• Regular hours of work may be scheduled on any day including days, evenings and nights when required to support children and youth 1-1
• Intermediate periods of sitting and computer/phone use
• The incumbent has the freedom to move about or change position at will
• Ability to multi-task
• Absorbs and interprets information from multiple parties on a regular basis
• Required to listen to and reconcile multiple points of view being discussed/presented
• Frequent interruptions
• Frequent travel within the BGCFS region
• May be exposed to potentially hazardous environments including driving conditions, volatile situations, and visits to client’s homes

If you are interested in learning more about the role: 2025-17 FRW Permanent

Please send resumes to hr@bgcfs.ca by July 3rd at 4:30 pm and include “Family Resource Worker (#2025-17)” in the email subject line.