Youth Camp Counsellor

4 weeks ago


Ottawa ON, Canada RobertsSmart Centre Full time

We are always accepting résumés for part-time, on-call Youth Counsellors. To provide care and treatment to youth in one of the Centre’s Live-in Treatment Programs
In addition, is responsible to assist in facilitating, as per the Plan of Care, the transition/discharge of program clients from the Centre. Provides a verbal report of shift activities to incoming staff and, as required, to multidisciplinary team members.
Collaborates in the implementation of plans of care/treatment.
Participates in the establishment and implementation of day, evening and/or homebased intervention programs and strategies.
Liaises and communicates with families, community partners and stakeholders, schools, collateral agencies and the Centre’s own internal programs.
Participates in recreational/leisure time programs and summer camp activities.
Facilitates or provides guidance to assist clients to access community resources.
Collaborates in the provision of counselling as specifically dictated by the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) model and the treatment goals.
Maintains vigilant supervision, guided by the Centre’s “Supervision Levels Code System” and “Risk Assessment for Youth”, of clients on all shifts.
Provides basic care and intervention appropriate to age and gender, parenting and modelling for clients, according to established program practices in the following areas:
Safety and security of the clients, staff and protection of community members and property.
Meal planning and preparation with attention to health and dietary requirements.
Ensuring proper administration of medication as prescribed by a physician, according to policies and procedures and physician’s directions.
Maintaining current knowledge and execution of Roberts/Smart Centre policies and procedures.
Recording client activities and contacts in daily logs, completing client progress reports for plans of care/treatment updates, completing incident reports and serious occurrence reports as required, reading and updating Communications book and ensuring that other pertinent information is shared through the proper media.
Gathers and maintains client data for initial treatment plans and reviews/revisions, education statistics, generates material for live-in treatment programs and completes inventories, as assigned.
Providing conscientious care of Centre property, vehicles, equipment, petty cash expenditures, credit card expenditures and keys, as directed.
Completes night duty tasks as required.
Implement the treatment model in a caring and non-punitive manner.
Manage youth in a group setting.
Provide a warm and positive environment through the use of pro-social daily routines, encouraging positive peer relations, engaging in CPS discussions to anticipate and address antisocial behaviours, applying and enforcing firm limits, positive reinforcement and non-punitive consequences.
Maintain certification in a Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), 1 st Aid/CPR “C” and proficiency in Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) through in-service training.
Demonstrated experience working with youth with moderate to severe behavioural challenges in a Live-in treatment environment or school and/or community environment.
In Francophone programs, bilingualism is required.
Able to communicate effectively in English, particularly when contacting the on-call manager in a crisis situation.
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