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Tikinagan Child and Family Services
New Hire/Trainee - Red Lake, Ontario

POSITION SUMMARY

The contract position of New Hire/Trainee is responsible for participating in the New Workers Training Program delivered by Tikinagan Child and Family Services as sanctioned by the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies. The Trainee will be assigned to red Lake Tikinagan Unit and will be given pre-course reading material and field assignment activities appropriate to training topics with purpose being to enhance learning throughout the training.

All New Hire/Trainees must graduate from the New Workers Training Program in order to become an authorized frontline worker winthin the agency. Once aurthorized, the Trainee may be recruited in Child Protection Services within in the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Post secondary education or experience in social services is an asset.
• Fluency in Ojibway or Oji-Cree preferred; English is essential
• Commitment to Tikinagan's vision, goals and principles
• Empathy toward children and their families
• Experience and understanding of Native cultural issues and of the geographic realities and social conditions within northern remote Native communities
• No open child welfare files; not a foster parent
• Commitment to working with community members
• Respected member in the community
• Good communications skills, verbal and written
• Problem solving and decision making skills
• Professional integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality
• Possessing a valid Ontario driver's license is preferred
• Must provide and pass a criminal record check prior to employment
• Be willing and able to travel
• Computer training and experience an asset

SUBMIT AN UPDATED RESUME AND A COVERING LETTER TO:

The Hiring Committee
Tikinagan Child and Family Services
P.O. Box 627, 65 King Street
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
P8T 1B1

CLOSING DATE:           February 28, 2003