Child and Family Service Worker

Rural and Northern Child and Family Services, Community Service

Advertisement Number: 44876

Salary(s): SP4 $ 64,210.00 - $91,312.00 per year

Closing Date: March 1, 2026

The Manitoba government recognizes the importance of building an exemplary public service reflective of the citizens it serves, where diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, identities, languages and perspectives drives a high standard of service and innovation. The Manitoba government supports equitable employment practices and promotes representation of designated groups (women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities).

This competition is designated for Indigenous people. Only applicants who self-declare at the time of application will be eligible for further consideration.

An eligibility list may be created to fill similar regular, term, part-time, casual and full time positions in rural Manitoba and may remain effective for 12 months. Office locations Flin Flon, The Pas, Thompson, Dauphin, and Swan River. Candidates that are interested in these office locations are encouraged to apply. When applying, please include the office location you are interested in.

Rural and Northern Child and Family Services (RNCFS) have an exciting opportunity to build a new Intake service system in the Parkland area to respond to mandated child protection reports and provide related services. RNCFS is seeking to fill a Regular Full-Time position in Dauphin and a Term Full-Time position in Swan River for Child and Family Services Workers. These roles will support Intake Investigations, Family Services and Child in Care functions, Foster Care management, supervision of support workers, and related responsibilities.

Join us in building this new team.

The Child and Family Service Worker is responsible for the full range of statutory child welfare services to families and children within the designated geographical area. These dynamic positions require effective case management skills as well as establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with individuals, families, services providers and agencies. These positions will allow for areas of specialization under the CFS Worker title, i.e. completing child abuse/protection investigations, providing support on open family files, fulfilling guardianship and permanency responsibilities for children in care, recruiting and supporting foster parents/kinship caregivers.

At the full working level (SP4), the successful candidate will perform a range of duties that include: intake, conducting abuse investigations, developing case plans to ensure child safety, coordinating support services, working with collateral community agencies, assisting with after-hour services to children and families. You will play a key role in the management of protection, voluntary family service and child in care cases.

Candidates who do not meet the full working level will be considered as an underfill. The expectation of the successful candidate would be to achieve the full working level based on a developmental learning plan.

• Post secondary degree in social sciences (preferably BSW). Other combinations of education and experience may be considered at an underfill or commensurate classification and salary level. Applicants who have been educated outside of Canada must have education which is comparable to the minimum qualification in Canada. Applicants submitting foreign credentials require an official academic assessment report issued by a recognized Canadian assessment services ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).
  
  or by Canadian Association of Social Workers at application).
• Ability to work from a strength based social work practice.
• Ability to identify signs of child abuse and neglect.
• Effective interpersonal skills to develop positive working relationships with clients, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize complex tasks/assignments in a high volume work environment with competing demands.
• Effective written communication skills to write clear and concise correspondence to a variety of audiences…