Child Protection Worker

Job summary

Assess and investigate child protection concerns, manage cases, and provide preventative and ongoing services to children and families. Complete risk assessments and documentation, develop safety plans with families and community partners, and provide services to reduce the risk of future family breakdown.

Job details

Linck Child, Youth & Family Supports (“Linck”) requires one (1) Child Protection Worker. This is a contract, full-time (70 hour bi-weekly) position lasting for a period of nine (9) months. Child Protection Workers are responsible for performing assessment, investigation, case management and family service functions as required through the provision of a broad spectrum of services to children and families. These services may include but are not limited to providing preventative and child protection services to children and families, completing risk assessments, developing safety/protection plans in collaboration with families including kin and community services, completing required documentation necessary for determining disposition, providing services to families where protection concerns indicate need for such and providing ongoing service to prevent future breakdown of family structure. Qualifications Four-year Honours Bachelor degree (BA) or Bachelor of Social Work degree (BSW); BSW or Master of Social Work (MSW) preferred; Indigenous degree will be considered. *preference will be given to candidates who have completed the Child Welfare Pathway to Authorization Series and/or are Authorized Workers up to three (3) months of experience working with children, youth, families, individual, groups and community partners; directly related child welfare experience is an asset preference will be given to proven ability and willingness to work as an integral member of a team strong assessment skills in order to assess clients’ needs, formulate plans of service and monitor/evaluate progress preference will be given to persons with a strong understanding and extensive experience working with other cultures, heritages and traditions a commitment to developing the highest quality culturally-appropriate service possible for the various communities that we serve proven crisis intervention skills excellent oral and written communication skills strong time management skills computer literate the ability to communicate in French is an asset a valid driver’s license and use of a reliable personal vehicle. Please submit resumes by 4:30pm on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 quoting the posting number to: Human Resources E-mail: careers@linck.org Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Linck does not intentionally use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or make decisions regarding candidates during the recruitment, selection, or hiring process. However, we recognize that third-party recruitment platforms and software providers may periodically introduce or update AI-enabled features. Accordingly, we regularly review the technology used in our recruitment processes to ensure that any AI functionality is not relied upon in making hiring decisions and that candidate assessments remain under human oversight.

What you’ll do

Assess and investigate child protection concerns, manage cases, and provide preventative and ongoing services to children and families. Complete risk assessments and documentation, develop safety plans with families and community partners, and provide services to reduce the risk of future family breakdown.

Requirements

A four-year honours bachelor's degree or a Bachelor of Social Work is required; a BSW or MSW is preferred, and an Indigenous degree will be considered. The role seeks up to three months of relevant experience, strong assessment and crisis intervention skills, cultural awareness, communication and time-management abilities, computer literacy, and a valid driver's license with access to a reliable personal vehicle; French is an asset.

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Teamwork · Preferred
• crisis intervention · Preferred
• assessment · Preferred
• written communication · Preferred
• case management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Assessment
• Risk Assessment
• Case Management
• Family Services
• Safety Planning
• Child Protection
• Crisis Intervention
• Teamwork
• Cultural Awareness
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Time Management
• Computer Literacy
• French Communication

Job areas

• Social Services

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