Roles for Social Workers – Ministry of Children and Family Development
Adoption Worker
The Adoption Worker is a member of a specialized team developing permanency options,
including adoption, to meet the needs of children and youth in government care. This key role
works with guardianship social workers in preparing children for adoption and in developing
adoption plans that meet the unique permanency needs of individual children and youth.
Recognizing that cultural ties are integral to the well-being of children and youth and preparing
them for permanency, the Adoption Worker forges relationships with aboriginal leaders,
communities and agencies to ensure solid cultural planning is woven into the permanency plan
of each child and youth. The Adoption Worker also works closely with prospective adoptive
parents to educate, assess and complete their adoption home studies. The Adoption Worker
provides on-going support to adoptive parents through the post placement period and beyond
through the Post Adoption Assistance program.
Child Protection Mobile Response Team
The Mobile Response Social Worker position has been created to address critical, short-term
BC child protection worker shortages in British Columbia. The positions will be headquartered in
Vancouver, Prince George or Victoria and services communities all over the province. You will
travel to parts of the province where you are needed and provide vital services as a Child
Protection Worker. Your skill set includes interviewing clients, evaluating vulnerability factors,
validating child welfare reports and determining a plan of action, including family support
services. You are an experienced Social Worker with a minimum of three years of experience,
able to support families; fulfill the role of guardian; support foster parents in the role of resource
worker; and coordinate and consult with other service providers in a multidisciplinary team
environment.
Child and Youth Special Needs Generalist
In the role as a Child and Youth Special Needs Generalist (CYSN), you may provide a
combination of Family Support Worker and guardianship functions. You will convene and
facilitate assessment and planning processes with individuals and/or families and determine the
supports and services that they require. Coordinating access to the best resources and services
available, you collaborate and build relationships with service providers, community partners,
contracted agencies and foster parents.
Child Protection Worker - Social Program Officer
As a Child Protection Worker, through assessment and collaboration you develop plans with
families to ensure the safety of children and youth. Your skill set will include interviewing clients,
evaluating vulnerability factors, validating the child welfare reports and determining a plan of
action including family support services. You support families, fulfill the role of guardian and
coordinate and consult with other service providers in a multidisciplinary team environment.
Child Youth Mental Health Clinician
As the Child and Youth Mental Health Clinician, you provide direct clinical services such as
intake, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention for children and youth.
Consulting with community agencies, schools, hospitals, and other ministry programs, you
understand the importance of being involved in community education, development,
coordination and prevention/early intervention programs. You build and maintain relationships
with a wide variety of stakeholders in the community to ensure conflicts are resolved and
appropriate outcomes are achieved.
Guardianship Worker
Under the direction of the Aboriginal Services Team Leader and in accordance with legislation
and policy, the Guardianship Worker promotes the safety and well-being of Aboriginal children,
families and communities, including day-to-day care of the child throughout the child’s stay in
care; develops and implements the comprehensive plan of care and cultural plan in consultation
with families, children, youth, elders, caregivers and communities; develops and makes referrals
to appropriate community resources; deals with issues related to placement, develops
appropriate permanency planning and maintains appropriate cultural connections; develops
meaningful relationships with the child, family, caregivers and community; and ensures the
child’s Section 70 rights under the Child, Family and Community Service (CF&CS) Act are met.
Outreach Clinician
As the Outreach Clinician, your role will be of intervention specialist and stabilization specialist,
applying Applied Behavioral Analysis and providing clinical oversight and supervision/mentoring
to Provincial Secondary and Primary Complex Care Intervention specialists. You will also
provide community education and training events, develop, organize and implement community
development initiatives as well as ongoing involvement in the model of care development and
evaluation.
Resource Worker
The Resources Social Worker is primarily responsible for recruiting, developing and maintaining
a range of resources in which to place Children in Care: Foster Homes, Group Homes,
Specialized Residential Resources such as Emergency Assessment and Treatment
Homes/Centres. The position monitors services provided, supports the resource providers, and
liaises with staff in district offices providing child protection services. The goal of this service is
to provide the most appropriate placement to meet the needs of the child in care. Conducting
adoption home studies and making recommendations for approval, and liaising with nonresidential contract resources, may be required of some positions.
Team Lead, Child Protection
As Team Leader, you supervise a multi-disciplinary community Child and Family team who
deliver statutory MCFD services. Your duties will include supervision of staff providing Child
Protection Services. You ensure integrated case management practices are current and meet
required service levels and standards. You provide leadership, support and encourage
professional development within your team to improve professional and integrated services
delivery. You establish productive working relationships with community partners and provincial,
federal and non-governmental agencies, and participate on internal and external committees as
designated by the Community Services Manager.