Winnipeg Children's Access Agency

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Children & Youth
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Justice & Legal

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385 River Ave.Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 0C3Canada Canada

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https://www.wcaa.ca/

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Visitation Monitor

Flexible Schedule | Winnipeg, Canada

About the Visitation Monitor Position We invite individuals who enjoy working with children and are interested in supporting families to apply to the Winnipeg Children's Access Agency! Volunteering at WCAA provides a person with the opportunity to supervise and record family visits to ensure that families can have a safe, neutral, and child focused visit together. Following a family visit, a volunteer will also write a summery of the visit. Volunteers must adhere to the Winnipeg Children’s Access Agency’s policies and procedures, including record-keeping requirements, confidentiality of agency and client information, and ethics. We also expect volunteers to demonstrate professionalism by being prompt and on time and to advise of their availability on a regular. As WCAA is a place that is free of judgment, volunteers need to be able to work objectively. A variety of training sessions will be provided before supervising a family on their own. An interview and reference checks are required. Criminal record check, child abuse check, and adult abuse check are required. Criminal record check will be reimbursed after 50 hours of successful independent shifts. Skills Gained from this oppourtunity Development of highly employable and transferable observation and documentation skills. Hands-on work experience for mature person with interest in families and children of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. Experience in working with families who have experienced interpersonal violence. Experience in dealing with challenging situations and resolving conflict. Highly satisfying experience for individuals interested in making an impact on their community and in helping to keep children and their families connected. Maintaining professional relationships. Recognizing and respecting diversity. Mentoring and peer learning. Casual employment is possible after approximately 50 hours of volunteering when positions become available. This can be a great opportunity for students studying social work, criminology, law, psychology, and social family sciences. This is also a great opportunity for individuals who have a variety of lived experience and are interested in continuing to work with families and children of all ages and abilities.

Date Posted: Jul 11, 2025

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To provide supervised visitation and exchange services for children and their family. Guiding principles: safety, child focused, neutrality, accessibility, consistency, respectful communication.

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The Winnipeg Children's Access Agency is a non-profit, charitable organization whose mission is to facilitate contact between children and their parent or legal guardian where there has been evidence of interpersonal violence. This is fulfilled through supervised visitations and supervised exchanges in a protected, neutral and child-focused environment.

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