About the Role
The Group Care Support Worker’s role is to empower and assist young individuals in achieving their personal, emotional, spiritual, mental, physical, and educational goals while promoting their cultural identity and overall well-being.
The Group Care Support Worker provides a passionate and enthusiastic approach to assisting children with behavioural challenges as their advocate and providing encouragement to develop and maintain independent living skills.
Candidates will display compassion, accountability, respect, inclusivity, courage, and innovation towards their work ethic. Candidates will provide culturally sensitive support and guidance to Indigenous youth residing in a group home setting. Candidates will implement flexibility and professionalism to work with individuals with complex needs. Candidates are required to work shift work, including weekends and some statutory holidays
KCWS provides onboarding and extensive ongoing training for advancement within group care
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Grade 12 is required, with preference given to those with a diploma or degree in Social
Work or Human Services and relevant experience.
Must have a vehicle and class 5 Driver’s License with $2,000,000 liability insurance.
Willing to use personal vehicle as part of the role.
Please email the following documents to hr@kcws.ca:
Resume
Child Welfare Intervention Check (No older than 6 months)
Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Check (no older than 6 months)
Driver’s Abstract (5 year)
Driver’s License
Certificates of Education/Training (related to the position)
About the Company
Kasohkwew Child Wellness Society (KCWS) is a child welfare organization located at Samson Cree Nation (Maskwacis) in Treaty Six territory. KCWS operates within a unique method of prevention and intervention that incorporates Nehiyaw culture, values and traditions into every facet of our work.
Our work supports families by keeping families together. We value connection, kinship, patience, compassion, love and care. Our programs include prevention, intervention, (re)connection, care, and cultural support. We work with kohkoms, mosoms, and community members to support the children, youth and families in our care to ensure Nehiyaw ways of knowing and being are incorporated into all aspects of our work.
KCWS incorporates Indigenous practices in protecting and empowering families of Samson Cree Nation to reaffirm our traditional Cree culture and to sustain a healthy community through enhancing the quality of life for our children, youth and families. KCWS achieves this by providing quality care and protection to Maskwacis children and families by reaffirming our Nehiyaw identity by incorporating our Cree values and traditions.