Supervisor, Regional Services: Department of Health and Social Services - Whitehorse, YT

Supervisor, Regional Services - North

Department of Health and Social Services

Regional Program Management

Bring skilled leadership and extensive social work experience to this full-time, term position (to August 2014) meeting the needs of residents in rural Yukon

Location: Whitehorse, YT

Closing date: April 30, 2013

Requisition: #2361

Salary: $81,281 to $94,023 per annum

As a qualified professional with extensive social work experience, you are invited to join in our commitment to seeing individuals and families reach their full potential. A capable leader, mentor and coach, you will be called on to provide leadership and clinical supervision for a broad range of social work services in rural Yukon, including child welfare and youth justice as well as social assistance, adult protection and community development. Your collegial work style and ability to communicate effectively at any level of the organization——will enable you to ensure a high standard of service delivery.

Essential Qualifications:

• a Bachelor of Social Work
• extensive social work experience providing child welfare services
• clinical experience supervising social workers in a child welfare setting along with mentoring and coaching experience
• the willingness and ability to travel extensively and work in rural communities.

Candidates who meet the educational requirements, but have limited training, and/or experience may be considered on an underfill basis.

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Suitability:

• supervisory experience
• good self-awareness
• knowledge of youth justice, social assistance, adult protection and community development
• a strong knowledge of, and experience applying, social work principles and practices in child welfare and case management
• effective two-way communication skills
• the ability to build and maintain effective work relationships and professional partnerships
• strong organization and time management skills and ability to manage a diverse caseload
• ability to take a broad-based, strategic approach to community development
• sound ethical, decision making and practices guided by the Canadian Association of Social Work Code of Ethics
• a commitment to protecting children and supporting family development
• an ability to work in a multicultural environment with a respectful emphasis on First Nation’s culture.

Conditions of Employment: Security clearance with vulnerable sectors and a valid Class 5 driver’s licence

Approved candidates will be provided reimbursement of interview/relocations expenses, if required, in accordance with the Interview & Relocation Expense Directive.

We are the Yukon public service. Every day, we come together to serve the people who live here, and to make a difference in so many ways—from simple to extraordinary and everything in between. Here, you will find the diverse opportunities you desire to develop your career while enjoying a warm sense of community and vibrant artistic, cultural and recreational amenities, all set in a spectacular natural environment.

For more information, please visit our website or contact Amy Campbell at 687.667.5685 or via email at Amy.Campbell@gov.yk.ca.

To apply, please visit our website at www.employment.gov.yk.ca.