Resource Worker

4 days ago

Toronto, Canada Jewish Family and Child Service Full time

**Resource Worker - Adoption and Permanency**

**About The Agency**
- Jewish Family and Child Service is a multi-service, client-centered, family service agency and a Children’s Aid Society. We support the healthy development of individuals, children, families, and communities through prevention, protection, counselling, and education and advocacy services, within the context of Jewish values.

**About the Role**

We are seeking a **Resource Worker - Adoption and Permanency **to be responsible for direct counselling and other practical and concrete services to clients using appropriate techniques and methods of social work practice primarily in the areas of permanency and adoption.

**Responsibilities***:

- Provide individual, family or group counselling to clients using a range of appropriate methodologies and techniques to best meet client needs
- Maintain an understanding of legislation and government prescribed procedures, regulations and standards of the applicable JF&CS/Child Welfare programs
- Provide counselling and/or referrals services to clients inquiring about adoption, and to those clients who request medical/social birth histories
- Develop ongoing referral relationships within the health, education, legal and social services system
- Conduct home study assessments in order to identify adequate adoption placements
- Provide post adoption counselling and adoption background information
- Prepare court and Ministry related documentation for finalization of adoptions
- Compile sealed adoption files of a non-identifying medical/social birth history
- Advocate on behalf of clients outside the Agency to obtain adoption records where they do not exist within the Agency (e.g. Ministry of Children and Youth Services and/or Children’s Aid Society, etc.)
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications***:

- Bachelors in Social Work or equivalent degree
- 3 years’ experience in adoption or child welfare related position
- Registered Social Worker will be considered an asset
- Administrative and clinical experience within the social services field
- The ability to establish rapport, credibility and build strong relationships with clients and colleagues
- Extensive knowledge of the Child & Family and Youth Services Act in Ontario, the field of adoption and the relevant child welfare legislation in Ontario concerning this area
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills

**please submit your résumé and cover letter**
**by visiting our Career Opportunities page at**
**.**

**JF&CS has a COVID-19 vaccination policy in place. As a condition of employment, all employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a valid exemption under the**
**_Ontario Human Rights Code _**
**is provided.**

**We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.**

**To learn more about Jewish Family and Child Service, please visit**:
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