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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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MERCEDES E. MWEMERA

Clairmont

Summary

Registered Social Work professional with strong background in managing and supporting child welfare programs. Proven ability to lead teams effectively and adapt to evolving needs to ensure well-being of children and families. Skilled in case management, team collaboration, and implementing best practices to achieve positive outcomes. Known for reliability, empathy, and results-driven approach in challenging environments.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Warrior’s Way Family Engagement Worker

Horse Lake First Nation
02.2025 - Current
  • Facilitate to families, by bringing evening events to promote healthy engagement
  • Twice, evening shift to promote healthy ways to cope with life
  • Working with families within the community and connecting with outside agencies
  • Provide month end reporting, monthly stats and updated information to Health Director
  • Attend monthly community meetings in person with Health Director and Health department staff
  • Providing the cultural aspect by teaching the program through an Indigenous Lens
  • Providing a safe and secure place for children and families to come and reflect in without feeling any judgement

Family Liaison Worker/School Success

Kee Tas Kee Now Council Education Authority
08.2024 - 03.2025
  • Work alongside w/ Inclusive Education and Principal to ensure the parent / school connection is implemented
  • Work alongside w/ specialists to ensure consent forms are being returned to begin services as needed
  • Monthly progress reports
  • Assisted w/ classes as needed, providing one-on-one support with children
  • Finding community connections to support Outreach
  • Creating healthy relationships with the students, teachers and community
  • Providing ongoing support as needed to parents
  • Attending community events that are held at the school

Foster Care Manager

Western Cree Tribal Council
08.2021 - 07.2024
  • Supervise the foster care staff
  • Create on-call rotation and submit to outside agencies
  • Invoicing, submitting monthly maintenance, submit purchase orders
  • On-Call/After hours rotation schedule (Evenings and Weekends)
  • Advocate for Indigenous children and families, supported and attended the needs of children per case
  • Attended Indigenous communities around the area such as Horse Lake First Nation and Duncan’s First Nation to recruit members to become Foster Care / Kinship Care Provider(s)

Teen Healthy Relationships Program Manager

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre
11.2020 - 08.2021
  • Facilitate to youth programs by providing information on Teen Healthy Relationships
  • 12 week programs with non-profit organizations, evening shifts
  • Working with vulnerable diverse youth ages 11-17 years old
  • Research healthy and unhealthy topics, connecting with other organizations to work alongside with
  • Provide month end reporting, monthly stats and updated information to the Executive Director and Canadian Women’s Foundation
  • Attend monthly community meetings via online with other organizations that are within the Teen Healthy Relationships Program
  • Providing ways for youth to resolve conflict, understanding boundaries and the importance of consent
  • Providing the cultural aspect by teaching the program through an Indigenous Lens

Family Preservation Child and Youth Worker

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre
07.2020 - 08.2021
  • Work alongside with Grande Prairie Children’s Services with vulnerable clients with goals to connect them to their culture and to prepare them with life skills for adulthood.
  • Creating N/Totem Stories for clients and families
  • Case House, Case Conferences via in person or telephone
  • Connecting clients with other agencies within the community to help better themselves
  • Daily summaries, weekly summaries and monthly summaries that are sent over to Children’s Services in regards of the clients progress
  • Cultural aspects such as smudging, camps, events (Connecting clients with their heritage)
  • Bi-weekly staff meetings, finding ways to support one another when it comes to clients
  • Promoting a safe secure environment for children from 3 months to 17 years old
  • Youth connections from ages 13 to 17 years old, connecting through cultural activities and community events. Being a voice for the youth and meeting them half way when needed
  • 8 hour shifts, which consists of day, evenings and the odd weekends

Early Childcare Educator

University Infant & Toddler Centre
06.2016 - 10.2019
  • Part of the Leadership Team that worked with the Alberta Curriculum Framework and GRIT, attended meetings that allowed us to bring our learned knowledge and inform our other colleagues what we learned
  • Implemented the framework to the planning based on the children’s interest & development levels
  • Worked with infants aged 4 months to 24 months
  • Worked various shifts from opening to closing

Headstart Program Coordinator

Horse Lake First Nation
10.2012 - 08.2015
  • Reported to Health Canada and the Horse Lake First Nation Health Director with monthly summaries, cheque requisitions, timesheets, reports such as annual report and quarterly report.
  • Submitting funding applications and proposals to keep the program a float
  • Created a curriculum for the program and a parent handbook
  • Overviewed the program and provided supervision for ages 3-5 years old
  • Connected the community and surrounding community by hosting Teddy Bear Fairs(organizations that connected to the Health Field)

Education

Behavioral & Regulation Studies

NorQuest College
Homebased, Clairmont, Alberta
04.2025

Diploma - Social Work

Northern Lakes College
Homebased, Fairview, Alberta
06.2024

Certificate - Administration Bookkeeping

AccData Computer Systems & Training
Grande Prairie, Alberta
08.2021

Certificate - Addictions Recovery Practitioner

Norquest College
Edmonton, Alberta
06.2019

Certificate - Canadian Indigenous Languages & Literacy Development

University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
07.2018

Diploma - Early Learning Child Care

Norquest College
Edmonton, Alberta
06.2018

High School Diploma - undefined

Beaverlodge Regional High School
Beaverlodge, Alberta
06.2008

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Knowledge
  • Time Management
  • Organizing Events / Supervising Small Teams
  • Effective Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Team Player
  • Team leadership
  • Decision-making
  • Task delegation
  • Documentation and reporting

Accomplishments

Passionate Heart Award

Women's Day Showcase Winner

Certification

Registered Social Worker, Alberta College of Social Workers. #19415.

Timeline

Warrior’s Way Family Engagement Worker

Horse Lake First Nation
02.2025 - Current

Family Liaison Worker/School Success

Kee Tas Kee Now Council Education Authority
08.2024 - 03.2025

Foster Care Manager

Western Cree Tribal Council
08.2021 - 07.2024

Teen Healthy Relationships Program Manager

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre
11.2020 - 08.2021

Family Preservation Child and Youth Worker

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre
07.2020 - 08.2021

Early Childcare Educator

University Infant & Toddler Centre
06.2016 - 10.2019

Headstart Program Coordinator

Horse Lake First Nation
10.2012 - 08.2015

Diploma - Social Work

Northern Lakes College

Certificate - Administration Bookkeeping

AccData Computer Systems & Training

Certificate - Addictions Recovery Practitioner

Norquest College

Certificate - Canadian Indigenous Languages & Literacy Development

University of Alberta

Diploma - Early Learning Child Care

Norquest College

High School Diploma - undefined

Beaverlodge Regional High School

Behavioral & Regulation Studies

NorQuest College

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