POSITION SUMMARY
The Community Connection Supervisor is a senior leadership role that requires strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. The successful candidate will bring extensive experience in Child and Family Services and demonstrate the ability to make timely, sound decisions while balancing community priorities, legislative requirements, and organizational obligations.
Reporting within the Well-Being Services Program, the Community Connection Supervisor provides leadership, oversight, and support to program staff and services that promote permanency, safety, and well-being for children within their families, communities, and cultures. The role is responsible for ensuring the effective delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of programs and services while fostering a collaborative, culturally responsive, and strengths-based approach to service delivery.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Actively participate in community-level planning and developemnt initiatives to strengthen community-based programs, supports and services;
- Provide leadership, consultation and supervision to workers on all case management files including out of province files;
- Conduct regular supervision meetings and monthly caseload reviews with front line workers to ensure quality service delivery and compliance with standards;
- Assign, oversee, and evaluate staff work with supporting the development and implementation of program processes, procedures and best practices;
- Approve direct service provisions in accordance with delegated authority and stablished spending limits;
- Recruit, select, onboard and train and develop employees to support the programs goals and objectives;
- Provide leadership, training, support and direction to staff;
- Communicate performance and expectations and standards and ensuring applicable policies, procedures and best practices are adhered to;
- Develop and support employee growth and while identifying succession planning opportunities to ensure program continuity and organizaitonal sustainability;
- Actively engage in planning and development at the community level to improve community-based programs, supports and services;
- The Community Connection Supervisor is a key member of the team and may be asked to carry out additional duties and activities related to the effectiveness and successful implementation of the Well-Being Services program.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
- Ability to travel approximately 3 business days per week to member communities.
- Must be willing to work flexible hours as required, which may include some evening and weekends.
HEALTH AND SAFETY:
Rights: All Saskatoon Tribal Council employees have the right to information on potential hazards in the workplace , the right to participate in Occupational Health and Safety decisions , use personal protective equipment and clothing as directed by the employer and the right to refuse dangerous work.
Responsibillities: All employees must co-operate with the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Committee; remain alert to changes or events that might affect client or employee safety; report safety issues, accidents or injuries immediately; follow safe work practices, including the use of PPE; and use their training and knowledge to help other employees work safely as well.
The Community Connection Supervisor is ultimately responsible for providing a safe and healthy workplace, ard so must make the health and safety of all workers a priority. Related responsibilities include; ensuring workers and supervisors have the information, training, supervision and experience to do their job safely; ensuring that workplace injury/incident reporting is completed in a timely manner; supporting the OH&S Committee by involving the committee in health and safety activities, encouraging committee participation, and allocation time and resources; actively measuring and working to improve the health and safety performance of their unit/area by taking every reasonable precaution in the circumstances for the protection of employees and adhering to legislated safety policies and standards and identifies obstacles and recommends best practice solutions to challenges.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Post-Secondary degree in social work from an accredited post-secondary institution;
- Five (5) years' child and family services supervisory experience;
- Three (3) experience in delivering front line child and family services and working with First Nations children, families and communities;
- Must be a member in good standing or eligible for registration with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Work within 6 months of employment.
- Experience working within a governance structure in a community development capacity with First Nations; familiarity with First Nations culture, history is considered an asset.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND/OR ABILITIES:
- Must demonstrate the ability to plan, assess, and provide a high standard of delivery of care and services.
- Strong organizational and communication (verbal and written) skills;
- Ability to develop plans, supervise and monitor performance to effectively implement organizational goals;
- Ability to engage and encourage staff to work together as a team;
- Ability to deal with conflict situations in a professional manner;
- Knowledge of provincial child and family services legislation, regulations, policies and procedures and mitigatirg factors to ensure actions are legally compliant;
- Ability to apply systematic, logical reasoning when addressing problems or situations in order to arrive at an appropriate solution or outcome;
- Ability to work independently, be self-motivated and driven, and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint with an ability to easily learn new software applications;
- Knowledge of the political, social and economic objectives of the Saskatoon Tribal Council and of the Dakota, Cree, and Saulteaux cultures will be considered an asset.
OTHER CONDITIONS:
- Must possess a valid Saskatchewan driver's license and meet STC's insurance requirements.
- Must provide a current, original, Canadian Criminal Record Check (CPIC) with vulnerable sector search as a condition of employment
