Supervisor, Indigenous Family Services

1 week ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Native Child and Family Services of Toronto Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supervisor to join our team at Native Child and Family Services of Toronto. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and clinical direction to a team of professionals, ensuring the delivery of high-quality services to Indigenous children and families.

Key Responsibilities
  • Team Leadership: Provide direct supervision to a team of Resources and Permanency Planning professionals, including hiring, work prioritization, case assignment, direction, training, performance standards, and appraisals.
  • Service Oversight: Oversee the recruitment and approval process of Foster, Kin, and Customary Care homes, monitor and review case recordings, documents, plans of care, court documents, and in-care resources home files.
  • Adoption Processes: Oversee adoption processes, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and guidelines.
  • Licensing Standards: Ensure that licensing standards are met within our Resource Homes.
  • Community Partnerships: Build constructive working relationships with First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities to develop recruitment and placement strategies and plans for children in care.
  • Training and Education: Develop and facilitate training and public education to staff, foster parent groups, and Indigenous communities.
  • Clinical Supervision: Provide individual clinical supervision and direction to assigned workers.
  • Policy and Procedure: Participate in the development and implementation of team strategies, visions, and priorities, and provide input into the development of NCFST policies and procedures.
  • Partnerships and Committees: Initiate and maintain effective partnership relationships with various internal and external resources and services, and lead or participate on NCFST and community committees.
  • Standby Duty: Provide back-up and standby duty on a regular basis, rotating with other Supervisors.
  • Policies and Procedures: Ensure adherence to NCFST's policies, procedures, and standards, as well as child welfare legislation, through regular meetings with staff, advising staff of changes, and discussing current unit activities and concerns.
Qualifications and Requirements
  • Education: Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or Master of Social Work (MSW) from an accredited university.
  • Experience: Minimum of three years of relevant experience in a supervisory role.
  • Knowledge and Skills: Extensive knowledge of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, Ministry guidelines, NCFST policies and procedures, and requirements for permanency planning and adoption practice. In-depth experiential and theoretical knowledge related to child development and family dynamics. Demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to resolve conflicts and elicit cooperation.
About Native Child and Family Services of Toronto

We strive to provide a life of quality, well-being, caring, and healing for our children and families in the Toronto Indigenous Community. We achieve this by creating a service model that is culture-based and respects the values of Native people, the extended family, and the right to self-determination, and through the integration of holistic, culturally based prevention services that are child-centered, family-focused, and community-driven.



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