Caregiver Practitioner

Job Title:

Caregiver Practitioner
Job

Requisition
Ministry:

Children and Family Services

Location:

Stettler
Full or Part-Time:

Full Time
Hours of Work:
36.25hours per week
Permanent/Temporary/Wage:
Permanent
Scope:
Open Competition
Closing Date:
October 8, 2026
Classification:
Human Services Worker 5
Salary: $2,872.21 to $3,712.88 bi-weekly ($74,964 to $96,906 /year)

The Alberta Public Service works to build a stronger province for current and future generations. We make a difference in the lives of Albertans through rewarding and diverse career opportunities.

The Ministry of Children and Family Services funds programs and services to support vulnerable children, youth, families, and individuals to live safely and succeed in Alberta. This includes providing services and resources to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect and effectively address harm that has placed them in need of intervention.

Mentoring and support services are available to youth transitioning into healthy, productive adults. The ministry also invests in community-based groups that support prevention and early intervention services such as Family Resource Networks, youth emergency shelters as well as programs that raise awareness and help respond to family violence, sexual violence, and abuse.

As a Caregiver Practitioner, you will assess, support and reassess kinship/foster care caregivers for children in the care of the Director. This role is responsible for:

• Assessing kin and significant relationships for children/youth
• Approving/Licensing caregivers for fostering
• Orientation and training of caregivers
• Supporting the placement of the child with the caregiver (including development of the Support Plan)
• Completing the ongoing evaluation and support, re-assessment and supporting the caregiver when concerns arise for approved caregiver homes
• Quality of Care Assessments as required
• Providing access to a dispute resolution process

You will provide timely, meaningful and effective support to caregivers and be committed to relationship building with them alongside community partners and Indigenous communities.

In addition, Practitioners carrying Kinship files will be required to complete the Home Study Report known as the ASKC (Assessment and Support for Kinship Caregivers) for newly opened kinship care homes. This will require an ability to engage in relationship building, address sensitive issues, past traumas and apply critical thinking skills to analyze the information to determine the capacity of caregiver(s) to provide quality care and supervision to the children placed.

Conducting interviews, performing assessment activities, collecting and reviewing supporting documentation is required to develop the ASKC, which also involves a thorough mitigation of any concerns (if applicable). Assessment ability and writing skills are essential to this role.

For approved caregiver homes, ongoing monitoring, annual evaluation and support is provided. This requires a creative and energetic attitude in order to actively serve and support caregivers. You will have the ability to assess capacity of caregivers, be strength-based, responsively monitor, provide advocacy, mediation, develop networks and connection to resources to build capacity. You will work closely/collaborate with Child Intervention Practitioners to help the caregivers understand the child’s case plan.

This also includes working with involved family members and networks to address possible resistance/fears; unclear expectations between each party in terms of plans and departmental policies and entitlements of Caregivers.

The successful candidate must have the ability to assess risk and family functioning, the interest and ability to work closely with community partners, well-developed organization and time management skills as well as excellent written documentation and verbal communication skills.

To better understand the policies and related practice supports related to this role, please review the Placement Resources section of the CFS Enhancement Policy Manual.

The Ministry of Children and Family Services has several caregiver initiatives aimed at enhancing recruitment and retention and support for caregivers. To learn more about this please see the attached action plan.  

The Job Description is provided for further details on this position.

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