Young Bears Lodge

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Urban Native Youth Association Full time

Who we are:

  • UNYA has been supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth in the Metro Vancouver area for over 30 years. As a respected nonprofit, charitable organization, we recognize Indigenous youth as experts in their own lives and strive to provide youth with programs and opportunities that are relevant and meaningful to them.
  • At Urban Native Youth Association UNYA we have developed a Philosophy of Care foundation, drawing from best practices. These philosophies are the grounding framework that shapes all of our decisions and every interaction we have with the youth we serve. Following these philosophies empowers our staff to meet youth where they are at, by giving them the ability to balance flexibility and structure. This allows us to meet our youth's needs, and ensure that our youth experience a consistent quality of care across all UNYA programs.

Our 5 key philosophies are:

  • Trauma-Informed Practice
  • Two-Eyed Seeing
  • Harm Reduction Practice
  • Youth/Person Centered Practice
  • Culture as Therapy

Highlights of this opportunity:

Are you passionate about empowering Indigenous youth? Do you have a knack for building positive relationships?

  • Are you strategic, creative, and dynamic in your approach to youth work? Does working within a fastpaced environment energize you?
  • If you said yes, then this is the opportunity for you
  • Contribute to a team focused on increasing stabilization, belonging, and empowerment for youth.
  • Be a positive role model for youth, working in cooperation with others, and positively leading and implementing clinical programming component and therapeutic models.
  • Be a member of the leadership team at Young Bears Lodge to provide mentorship, direction and ensure quality of care in all aspects of the program. Oncall responsibilities are apart of this position.
  • Work in a variety of traumainformed healing modalities.
  • Provide holistic individual case management support to youth: overseeing clinical care plans, facilitating workshops, group counselling, communicating with support teams, making referrals, follow ups, and aftercare planning.
  • Participate in Indigenous protocols, ceremonies, and other cultural practices.
  • Support and act as a resource, coach, and mentor to staff regarding strategies and approaches for working with our youth.
  • Provide Leadership in clinical care and respond to critical incidents and care needs for the youth accessing our service.
  • Support and cofacilitate workshops.
  • Lead in the development and implementation of outcomeoriented and clientdirected treatment and transition plans.
  • Share responsibility for the daily operations of Young Bears Lodge including: meal planning and preparation, maintaining timely accurate logs, case files, and reports.
  • Be the representative of Young Bears Lodge in the community; build and maintain diverse partnerships to maximize programming opportunities and supports available to youth.
  • Contribute to a team focused on increasing stabilization, belonging, and empowerment for youth.

Qualifications and Conditions:

  • Educational experience required (Master's Degree in Clinical Counselling or Social Work, 5 years of recent related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience)
  • Experience working with the Indigenous community. Must demonstrate a good working knowledge of community resources in Vancouver, particularly youth & Indigenousspecific resources.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the family and social issues that Indigenous youth face today, including the generational impacts of the residential school system on families and communities.
  • Must demonstrate the ability to identify with mandate, policies and procedures of the organization.
  • Must have a criminal record check completed by and satisfactory to UNYA.
  • Proof of Covid19 vaccination will be required
  • Vehicle/driving abstract/first aid requirements

What we offer:

  • Starting Salary $61,880.00
  • 40 hours a week
  • Comprehensive Benefits package
  • Vacation, Sick, and Wellness days
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which consists of nocost counselling services to UNYA staff
  • Support from UNYA's Elder in Residence for cultural and spiritual guidance or teachings
  • Monthly Staff development

How to apply:

_Posting will close when position is filled._ Only those shortlisted will be contacted.
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