Family Preservation Worker
Dead Line: February 2, 2022
- Provide support, education and encouragement to families in order to facilitate positive parent-child relationships, stimulate child development and promote healthy lifestyles
- Work collaboratively with the Band Reps, Community Support Service Worker, Family Resource Worker and other MFN Health and Social Services staff to provide support to families
- Work collaboratively with parents/care givers to develop and implement a Wellness Plan that supports parents in achieving the identified concrete and attainable goals
- Establish a relationship with at risk families built on mutual trust and respect
- Assist parents in strengthening their parenting skills and knowledge; developing an understanding of age-appropriate expectations; effective coping strategies; appropriate discipline; using positive reinforcement in parenting and identifying and using their strengths and support networks
- Provide a liaison function and advocacy role for families, helping them to access services that support healthy family functioning
- Teach parents problem solving, anger management and coping skills using modeling as a primary teaching method
- Carry a client caseload, and participate in case management and regular team meetings
- Assist parents in developing culturally appropriate strategies in addressing problems that impact their family; and provide workshops allowing parents to learn and identify skills needed
- Assist parents in maintaining a safe, healthy and functional home environment
- Conduct ongoing assessments of clients’ strengths and weaknesses and progress made towards goals and maintain documentation on progress made
- Monitor progress towards achievements of the goals and close cases when the goals have been reached
- Work collaboratively with service providers (internal and external) to provide comprehensive and coordinated service for the families
- Ensure regular case conferences are held with the family and other services involved
- Respond immediately to families in crisis
- Establish linkages to support services, both informal and formal, according to the needs of the family
- Ensure that referral procedures are negotiated and the ongoing role of community services are clarified prior to case closure
- Post-Secondary Diploma in: Social Services, Native Child and Family Worker, Native Studies, Child and Youth Worker or equivalent
- Three (3) years’ experience in an Indigenous social service organization working directly with families
- Experience working with Indigenous people, organization, and communities
- Communicate effectively/ make sound decisions/give clear direction (written and oral communication skills)
- Driver’s license, insurance and access to a vehicle required
- Provide and maintain clear Vulnerable Sector Check (CPIC)
Assist in enforcing rules and regulations of recreational facility and to assist in maintaining discipline and ensure safety of customers.
Mississauga First Nation is developing a Debaakinagewin Circle, a group of community who will utilize Anishinaabe principles of justice to make decisions about criminal diversion, administrative appeals, governance, and conduct mediation.
Under the direction of the Lands and Resources Manager and the Infrastructure Director, the Lands and Resources/ Data Management Technician will provide technical expertise in Geographic Information System (GIS) and Data Management support services (i.e. data entry, editing, manipulation and quality control), information product generation (including maps, queries, geo-processing, tabular summaries and reports), to Mississauga First Nation.
Provide effective programming client-based services related to family violence to assist clients in peer counselling, accessing services, advocacy, crisis intervention and referrals to engage community and staff.
Receive all incoming telephone calls and visits in person and to direct all inquiries and persons appropriately and with courtesy.
Provide support, education and encouragement to families in order to facilitate positive parent-child relationships, stimulate child development and promote healthy lifestyles.