Child & Youth Permanency Worker (Float)

Halton Children’s Aid Society

JOB POSTING # 12-26

CHILD AND YOUTH PERMANENCY WORKER

(FLOAT POSITION)

POSITION TYPE:

One (1) Regular, Full Time Position

EMPLOYEE GROUP:

CUPE Local 2501

SALARY RANGE:

$71,842.45 to $93,708.96

DEPARTMENT:

Children and Youth Services

REPORTS TO:

Service Supervisor

POSTING DATE:

September 11, 2026

POSTING

DEADLINE:

Applicants should create an account and apply at https://myavanti.ca/careersathaltoncas/ by 4:30pm on September 25, 2026.

The Child and Youth Permanency Worker provides support and services to children and youth in care, supporting their integration into family and community. Services are provided from admission to care until readiness to leave care (up to age 23), in accordance with legislative requirements, Ministry Standards, and the Society's strategic direction, values, and best practice framework.

The Child and Youth Permanency Worker (Float) provides support across a variety of Children and Youth Services programs based on operational needs. The incumbent may be assigned to Children in Care, Resource Services, Kinship Services, Adoption and Permanency, or RSG caseloads. While typically assigned to one service area at a time, assignments will change periodically to address staffing and service delivery requirements.

This position offers a unique opportunity to gain experience across multiple areas of child welfare practice, develop a broad understanding of service delivery, and build skills that support future career growth. It is an excellent developmental opportunity for individuals interested in expanding their expertise and preparing for leadership or supervisory roles.

Main duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Duties are typically assigned from the following service streams to address specific service needs while ensuring a seamless approach to providing care to children and youth in care.

Children / Youth in Care Services:

• Ensures children and youth in care receive services in accordance with legislative requirements, Quality Standards Framework (QSF), Agency policies, and best practices.
• Develops, implements, and reviews plans of care and permanency plans that support the safety, wellbeing, and long-term stability of children and youth.
• Builds and maintains meaningful relationships with children and youth, ensuring their voices are heard and considered in service planning and decision-making.
• Supports placement stability and quality of care by collaborating with caregivers, families, schools, and community service providers.
• Facilitates family connections, access arrangements, case conferences, and transition planning to support permanency and positive outcomes.
• Coordinates services and resources to address children's and youth's developmental, educational, emotional, and life skills needs.
• Prepares for and participates in court proceedings, providing documentation, recommendations, and evidence in support of permanency planning.

Ready, Set, Go Services for Children and Youth:

• Supports youth participating in RSG by developing and implementing transition, independence, and service plans in accordance with legislation, directives, and Agency requirements.
• Builds and maintains supportive relationships with youth, promoting their physical, emotional, educational, social, and life skills development.
• Assesses needs and connects youth with community resources, supports, and opportunities that foster independence and long-term success.
• Assists youth with housing, education, employment, family connections, and other aspects of transition planning, while ensuring their voice is central to decision-making.
• Coordinates services, case conferences, and advocacy efforts to support youth in achieving their goals and successfully transitioning to adulthood.

Resource/Kin-in-Care:

• Recruits, assesses, and approves kin foster, foster, foster-to-adopt, and adoptive families in accordance with legislative, Ministry, and Agency requirements.
• Provides education, training, guidance, and ongoing support to prospective and approved resource and kin foster caregivers.
• Identifies and recommends appropriate placements that support the safety, well-being, development, and permanency needs of children and youth.
• Manages approved resource and kin-in-care homes, ensuring compliance with licensing requirements, standards, and Agency policies.
• Collaborates with caregivers, families, and community partners to support placement stability, permanency planning, and successful transitions.

Kinship Services:

• Conducts kinship caregiver assessments, home studies, background checks, and approval processes in accordance with legislative and Agency requirements.
• Provides ongoing support, guidance, and service coordination to kinship caregivers, ensuring compliance with Ministry standards and Agency policies.
• Identifies and recommends kinship placements that promote the safety, wellbeing, development, and permanency of children and youth.
• Facilitates family meetings and collaborates with caregivers and families to support placement stability, permanency planning, and successful transitions.

Adoption Case Management:

• Provides support, guidance, and skill development opportunities to adoptive families before and during adoption placements.
• Supervises and supports adoption placements through the probationary period, promoting successful integration and attachment.
• Completes adoption finalizations and related documentation in a timely manner.
• Provides adoption disclosure services, including responding to requests, preparing disclosure information, and offering counselling and support in accordance with legislative and Agency requirements.
• Collaborates with community partners to connect adoptive families with postadoption supports and resources.

Family Finding / Connections Facilitation:

• Provides consultation, coaching, and training to staff on family finding, family connection, and permanency-focused practices.
• Facilitates family finding activities, including identifying and engaging family and support networks to strengthen lifelong connections and permanency options for children and youth.
• Promotes and embeds family connection practices across the Agency through conferencing, collaboration, education, and case-specific consultation.

Core duties are listed above. Please refer to the full job description for complete position responsibilities and requirements.

Knowledge, Education, Experience, Skills and Attributes

Qualifications

• MSW, BSW (preferred) or one of the following alternative degrees with the specified years of experience:
  • Master’s Degree in a human services discipline and a minimum of three (3) years satisfactory experience working with children and families; or
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a human services discipline and a minimum of three (3) years satisfactory experience working with children and families.
• Lived experience as Black, First Nations, Inuit and Metis people considered a strong asset.
• Previous child welfare experience considered a strong asset.
• Knowledge of relevant CAS computer applications considered a strong asset.
• Valid Driver’s License and access to a reliable motor vehicle with appropriate liability insurance is required.
• A satisfactory Police Records Check is required.

General Skills and Attributes

• Knowledge of child welfare legislation, child development, family assessment, attachment theory, and evidence-informed practice.
• Strong analytical, assessment, problem-solving, and report-writing skills, with the ability to make sound recommendations and manage confidential information.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with children, youth, families, caregivers, colleagues, and community partners.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, maintain attention to detail, and adapt to changing operational needs.
• Commitment to professional standards, equity, diversity and inclusion, and the Society's values, with proficiency in Microsoft Office and related technology.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

• Responsive to the knowledge and understanding of the culture, history and current oppressions experienced by marginalized communities and communities that are overrepresented in the child welfare system, including Indigenous, racialized and the 2SLGBTQ+ communities.
• Fosters an inclusive and accessible environment where all employees, service recipients and volunteers are respected
• Strong knowledge, understanding and experience working within an equity and anti-oppressive, anti-racism practice framework, including knowledge of the 11 One Vision One Voice Race Equity practices and the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action
• Ensures ethnic, spiritual, linguistic, familial and cultural differences are respected
• Acts in accordance with and incorporates the Society's Code of Conduct, Confidentiality, Equal Opportunity and Anti-Discrimination, Harassment & Discrimination policies, etc.

Halton CAS has a vaccination policy and procedure in place. As a condition of employment, new employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 unless they have a valid reason not to be vaccinated based on a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

The successful candidate will be made an offer of employment on the condition of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated is defined as having received all of the required doses of a Health Canada approved vaccine and having received the final dose at least 14 days before your employment start date. The candidate will be asked to provide Halton CAS with proof of full vaccination, prior to the candidate’s employment start date. Acceptable proof includes an Ontario Ministry of Health COVID-19 vaccine receipt which you can obtain through the Provincial portal https://covid19.ontariohealth.ca/, or other government-issued vaccine passport or certification.

As described above, the requirement to be fully vaccinated is subject to the Ontario Human Rights Code. If the candidate is unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for a reason protected by the Code, requests for accommodation from the vaccine policy will be assessed on a case by case basis and will be subject to Halton CAS’ accommodation process.

The Halton Children’s Aid Society is an equal opportunity employer.

The Halton Children’s Aid Society is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public are respected. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.

We thank all applicants for their interest in the Halton Children’s Aid Society, we will only contact those selected for an interview. All interviewed candidates will be asked to provide a minimum of two supervisory references.

We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier free. Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. Applicants need to make any accommodation requests for the interview or selection process known in advance by contacting the Human Resources Department at 905-333-4441 ext. 0775. Human Resources will work with the applicant and the interview committee to arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation for the selection process which will enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.