EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Position: PREVENTION WORKER
Location: Dryden, ON
Status: Full-Time, fixed term contract (one-year) position with the possibility of an extension
Closing Date: October 4, 2024
Northwestern Ontario Métis Child and Family Services is a non-profit agency providing culturally safe support services for children, youth, families and elders using a Wholistic Service Delivery Model (WSDM).
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Reporting to the Program Supervisor, the Prevention Worker will provide prevention and early intervention services, using least intrusive measures to enhance child, youth, and family well-being and to help keep families together.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Prevention Worker is responsible for supporting children and families from an early help and intervention lens. The Prevention Worker will collaborate with services that are individualized, strength-based, child-centred, family focused, community based and culturally supportive. The Prevention Worker will provide, plan, and deliver early help services to families, children, and youth that is responsive to their needs and helps achieve family outcomes that will minimize the potential for child welfare intervention/investigation. The Prevention Worker will also plan and organize social and recreational activities, plan educational and wellness programs for children, families, and Elders based on the cultural needs of Métis people. The Prevention Worker will also provide clients with land-based social, recreational, and educational programming and will create awareness through a culturally supportive and wholistic approach.
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIREMENTS
Compensation: $55,445 – $68,000 per annum
Working Conditions:
This is a full-time contract position working standard office hours (35 hours per week). This position functions in a normal office environment with extended periods of sitting using typical office equipment. There are no unusual physical demands. The noise level can be moderate to high. The position may expose the Prevention Worker to high levels of tension and there may be some challenging contacts or situations. Given the traditional practices of Indigenous people, from time-to-time exposure to smoke from the burning of sacred medicines; tobacco, sweet grass, sage, or cedar, may also occur.
Application Process:
Please submit the Application for Employment available on our website www.nwomcfs.ca and include a detailed cover letter and resume before 4:30pm on the closing date. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Complete applications can also be emailed to careers@nwomcfs.ca
For additional information please contact NWOMCFS Human Resources at HR@nwomcfs.ca
Please note that as an Indigenous Well-Being Agency, preference will be given to qualified applicants of Métis, First Nations, and Inuit ancestry. Please self-identify when applying.
We thank all applicants; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.