File Disclosure Clerk

Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services

Location: Manitoulin Island or Sudbury

Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services (KGCFS) is a designated Child Welfare Service delivering Child Protection Services within seven member First Nations in the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin. KGCFS honours and supports our families’ and community’s inherent authority to care for their children based on unity, traditions, values, beliefs, and customs. Preference will be given to Anishinaabe Candidates (please self-identify) in your application.

OVERVIEW

Reporting to Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services in-house counsel, the File Disclosure Clerk is responsible for providing all access and permissible disclosures in accordance with Part X of the Child, Youth, and Family Services Act, Federal Act Respecting First Nation, Inuit and Metis Children, Youth and Families, and Agency policy and procedure. The incumbent will be responsible for preparing File Disclosures including but not limited to requests from clients, former clients, legal representatives, court ordered File Disclosures, requests from office of the Children’s Lawyers, community partners, and others.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education & Experience

• Accredited College Diploma in Legal Office Administration or Law Clerk or Post-Secondary education relevant to the position.
• Two (2) years’ experience in a related field working with legal disclosures.
• Experience in working within an Anishinaabe Child and Family Well-Being Services is preferred or proven experience in working with Anishinabek people.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & ABILITIES

• Experience working within Child Welfare and/or Indigenous Child-Wellbeing setting considered an asset.
• Knowledge of the Child, Youth & Family Services Act (CYFSA) and of child protection proceedings.
• Must be willing to authorize a Vulnerable Sector Check and Driver’s Abstract.
• An individual of Anishinaabe ancestry is preferred with genuine understanding and lived experiences of Anishinaabe worldviews, traditions, customs, and practices.
• The ability to speak the Anishinaabe language is a definite asset and/or willingness for continual learning. Preference will be given to applicants who can speak or write Ojibway, provided they have the skills, ability, and qualifications to do the job.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Given the traditional practices of the Anishinabek, from time-to-time exposure to wood smoke and the burning of sacred medicines, including tobacco, sweet grass, sage, or cedar, may occur within the work setting.

Applicants are encouraged to visit our website atwww.kgcfs.org/employment to review the full job description.

Please submit your application marked “Confidential-File Disclosure Clerk”. Include in your application a cover letter, resume, and (3) three reference letters - two (2) employment related from recent employers.

Please also detail in your application: education, employment experience, and cultural participation.

Applications are accepted and in the following order of preference: by email, fax at

Human Resources – Confidential
File Disclosure Clerk.
Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services
Main Office - 98 Pottawatomi Avenue,
Wikwemikong, Ontario P0P 2J0
Email: hr@kgcfs.org

At KGCFS we are committed to providing a barrier-free work environment following the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in the recruitment process. Miigwetch for your application, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate must submit the following: satisfactory Criminal Reference Check (within 3 months of application date)and/or Vulnerable Sector Check, and Driver’s Abstract.)

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Salary: $62,688.00-$77,098.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• DCS / DEC (required)

Experience:

• legal assistant: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• G License, $1M Liability Insurance and reliable vehicle (required)

Ability to Commute:

• Greater Sudbury, ON P3A 5J9 (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Greater Sudbury, ON P3A 5J9: Relocate before starting work (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (required)

Work Location: In person