Post Majority Support Services Worker

KGCFS is a designated Children`s Aid Society delivering Child Protection Services within seven member First Nations in the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin. KGCFS honours and supports our families’ and community’s inherent authority to care for their children based on unity, traditions, values, belief, and customs. Preference will be given to Anishinaabe Candidates (please self-identify) in your application.

Salary Range: $69,026 to 89,723 + Pension & Benefits

OVERVIEW
Post Majority Care Supports Worker will begin outreach and engagement work as it relates to PMSS to provide coordination and planning for youth and young adults who are or who have transitioned out of care from the ages of 18 to 26 that are eligible for post-majority services supports. Post Majority Services Support Workers will support the safety and well-being of First Nations youth and young adults in an approach that is culturally appropriate to assist them in thriving in their transition to adulthood.

QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: 

• University degree or college diploma (two-year minimum) in a field related to Human Services, Education, or Social Work.  However, other combinations of skills, education, and experience that are relevant may be considered.

EXPERIENCE:

• Direct experience with at-risk populations for a minimum of 1 year.
• Experience in harm reduction, safety planning, and crisis intervention.
• Experience in working within an Anishinaabe Child and Family Well-Being Services is preferred or proven experience in working with Anishinabek people.
• An individual of Anishinaabe ancestry is preferred with a genuine understanding and lived experiences of Anishinaabe worldviews, traditions, customs, and practices

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & ABILITIES

• Broad knowledge of the Child, Youth, and Family Services Act.
• The ability to speak the Anishinaabe language is a definite asset and/or willingness for continual learning.  Preference will be given to applicants who can speak or write Ojibway, provided they have the skills, ability, and qualifications to do the job.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Given the traditional practices of the Anishinabek, from time-to-time exposure to wood smoke and the burning of sacred medicines, including tobacco, sweet grass, sage, or cedar, may occur within the work setting.

Applicants are encouraged to visit our website at www.kgcfs.org/employment to review the full job description.

KGCFS offers competitive wages, a generous benefit package and OMERS pension plan.

Please submit your application marked “Confidential –Post Majority Support Services”. Include in your application a cover letter, resume, and (3) three reference letters – two (2) employment related from recent employers.

Please also detail in your application:  education, employment experience, and cultural participation.

Applications are accepted and in the following order of preference: by email, fax at

Human Resources – Confidential
Post Majority Support Services Worker
Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services
Main Office – 98 Pottawatomi Avenue,
Wikwemikong, Ontario   P0P 2J0
Email: hr@kgcfs.org

At KGCFS we are committed to providing a barrier-free work environment following the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in the recruitment process. Miigwetch for your application, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate must submit the following: satisfactory Criminal Reference Check (within 3 months of application date), Vulnerable Sector Check, and Driver’s Abstract.)

Salary Rate: $69,026