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September 30th, 2021
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SOCIAL WORKER - SERVICES NAVIGATION
Full time - permanent position (35 hours/week)
RESPONSIBILITY
The incumbent supports Indigenous families in their efforts when they find themselves in a youth protection context. He advises and supports families in the articulation of their needs and aspirations. He facilitates the understanding of the workings of the youth protection system, particularly the laws, rights and recourses that apply to them. When appropriate, they work with families to identify and implement options to overcome barriers to successful outcomes. He works to build long-term relationships with youth protection professionals and authorities as a witness to families' journeys along the continuum of services.
 
YOUR BIG CHALLENGES 
  •  Establish a relationship of trust with community members in order to encourage dialogue and exchange;
  •  Welcoming community members who wish to assert their rights;
  •  Prepare and assist community members in a youth protection context;
  •  Develop an action plan wit the member based on their case;
  •  Convene with the member on the measures to be taken to assert his rights and/or regularize his situation and to assist him in a concrete manner in the justice services of the community;
 
 
REQUIREMENTS
 
Your profile 

  •  Hold a bachelor’s degree in social work, criminology or equivalent, combined with 2 to 5 years of work experience in a similar field.
  •  Have work experience and-or knowledge related to the reality and issues of First Nations communities.
  •  Great knowledge of Office suite software.
  •  Hold accurate knowledge of the workings of the justice system and ressources.
  •  Good knowledge of French and English.
  •  Be a member of a professional association, an asset.
 
Your skills

  •  Excellent adaptability skills.
  •  Interpersonal relationship and listening skills.
  •  Ability for teamwork.
  •  Analysis and synthesis mindset.
  •  Critical judgment and discernment.
  •  Autonomy.
 
 
OUR BENEFITS

  •  Hourly rate from $30.51 to $39.47, depending on experience.
  •  Summer schedule.
  •  Work-family balance valued.
  •  Group Insurance.
  •  Voluntary retirement savings plan.
  •  Paid sick leave and personal leave.
 
OTHERS
 
 Workplace: Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre and outreach.
 Start date: to discuss.
 
 
You are interested in this challenge? Interested candidates are invited to submit their application before September 30th, 2021, at the following address: 
 
Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre
Human Resources Services 
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.caavd.ca
 
We encourage First Nations applications. We thank you for your interest in our organization.  Please note than only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. 
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The Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre is a hub of urban services, a living environment and a cultural anchor for the First Peoples, fostering harmonious cohabitation in its community. Rooted in human values of inclusion, solidarity, equity and justice, the Centre shares this vision of a fairer society, which makes way for diversity, without discrimination. 
 
If you are looking for a motivating place that showcase First nations culture and a cause to mobilize around, you are going to love working with our teams. The Centre's great quest is the Mino Pimatisi8in, which refers to the state of overall, harmonious, and balanced well-being and, more broadly, the quality of life of its community. 
 
Minowé oversees the organization, practice and clinical ethics and ensures that the First nations community provides multidisciplinary professional services in health, social services, justice, and traditional healing.
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