Catholic Social Services is currently recruiting for a contract, full time (40 hours/week), Support Coordinator in Red Deer in the Foster Care Program.

This is a temporary contract position with the possibility of extension.

Job Summary:
As Support Coordinator, you will coordinate and implement support services to foster families as identified in the service plan. This may include conducting initial assessments, service planning, case notes, and follow up meetings to verify that the needs and requirements of children and foster families are being met. This position may include facilitating connections for families to external resources. This position may act as a point of contact for various support services agencies and as an advocate for children and foster parents. This position includes recruitment and retention of foster parents and working as part of an interdisciplinary team to meet the needs of children in care.

What This Job Requires:

• Diploma or Degree in Human Services (or equivalent)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working with individuals with emotional and behavioral needs
• Experience supporting individuals with complex and high behaviours
• On Call with flexibility to work evenings and weekends when necessary
• Supervisory experience is considered an asset
• Valid First Aid and CPR is considered an asset
• Vulnerable Sector Check
• Child Intervention Record Check
• Valid Driver's License
• Reliable Vehicle

What We Offer:

• The annual compensation for this position is $54,288.00 to $61,110.40 per year based on qualifications and experience.
• Benefits available when eligible.
• Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
• Growth Opportunities: apply and grow your skills within a dynamic, innovative and expanding Agency that is taking a leadership role in our industry

About Catholic Social Services:
CSS is an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 60 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1900 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.

We welcome and celebrate the diversity of our employees and volunteers who choose to work with our Agency in support of our mission, values, and principles. We employ and serve people of all faiths, or no faith, while respecting all backgrounds and experiences.

Our values are at the core of everything we do!

• Humility: We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
• Compassion: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
• Respect: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

We thank all applicants. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, and people of faith or no faith.