Early Intervention Specialist

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 63344
Ministry: Children and Family Services
Location: Provincial
Full or Part-Time: Full-Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: October 21, 2024
Classification: Human Services Worker 7

**Salary**: $2,987.65 to $3,868.94 bi-weekly ($77,978 - $100,979/year)

A successful society is defined by its people and the opportunities available for them to participate fully and actively in all aspects of life and or their families. The Ministry of Children’s Services focuses on early intervention, child development and delivering supports and services to children, youth and families. It works to ensure that children in Alberta have the tools they need to thrive in healthy families and communities. You can be part of helping us make a difference

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**Role Responsibilities**:
The Family Resource Network (FRN) program is a network of 131 agencies working together through a hub and spoke model to provide high quality prevention and early intervention services to children, youth and families. As an Early Intervention Specialist, you will focus on supporting the development and delivery of prevention and early intervention programming across the province through the provincially funded FRN program.

This position helps support the strategic priorities of the FRN program to ensure all provincial prevention and early intervention supports align with the Well-Being and Resiliency Framework (including the Well-being and Resiliency Evaluation Framework and the Kâ-nâkatohêhk miyo-ohpikinawâwasowin).

You will collaborate with the Prevention, Early Intervention/Family Resource Network as well as Division staff to provide support and guidance to funded agencies that provide FRN programs and services across the province through ongoing collaboration and grant management/oversight activities.

This position takes an active role in the development and growth of the FRN program, supporting community networks of prevention and intervention services that wrap around families. In this position, you will contribute to continuous improvement efforts and support future FRN program development by working with various stakeholders to develop and enhance the FRN program and continually improve outcomes for children and families.

In this position, you will be providing a high level of individualized support to provincial FRN agencies. You will provide assistance to enhance program development, service delivery, outcome and indicator measurement and facilitate relationship development within and amongst FRNs. This role is crucial to the success to the growth and development of the FRN program.

In this position, you will develop communications materials that are appropriate for both internal and public audience(s), which includes: briefing notes, reports, status updates, and presentations to support Ministry level understanding of the FRN program.

This position requires travelling approximately 25-50% to meet with FRN grant holders and other stakeholders across Alberta.

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**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
The following competencies are essential for success in this role:
**Agility**: Ability to prioritize competing workload pressures in an effective manner and contribute to the organizational goals.

**Drive for Results**: Demonstrates ability to gather, integrate and interpret complex information Sets and accomplishes goals and priorities in order to deliver outcomes consistent with departmental objectives and directives.

**Develop Self and Others**: Ability to invest in the development of long-term capability of yourself and others.

**Building Collaborative **Environments: Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with a variety of teams within the workplace, community and other Government ministries/agencies to meet client and ministry goals and objectives

**Developing Networks**: Ability to interact positively, build relationships and work effectively with others.

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Recruitment Standard**:
Bachelor of Social Work and 2 years related experience

**Equivalency**: Master of Social Work and 1 year related experience; OR related university degree and 4 years related experience; OR related diploma and 5 years related experience; OR related certificate and 6 years related experience.

Related experienced will be considered as follows:

- Experience working in the Prevention and Early Intervention area, knowledge of the Well-Being and Resiliency Framework and the Family Resource Network (FRN) Program.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Kâ-nâka