Part-time Youth and Family Support Counsellor

3 weeks ago


Victoria, Canada Victoria Youth Empowerment Society Full time

**Position Title**:Part-time Youth and Family Support Counsellor

**Program**:Youth and Family Support Services (YFSS)

**Position Summary**:The Youth and Family Counsellor offers support to youth (12-19 years of age) and their parents/caregivers in resolving conflict, managing crisis, developing new effective communication styles, setting healthy boundaries, and when appropriate, strengthening family relationships. The Counsellor provides individual and parent-teen mediation sessions both on-site and within the community. This position requires working with collaboratively with other community service provides to ensure clients have the resources to meet their needs.

**Hours**:The position is 18.75 hours a week, with some flexibility of days/hours.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
- Interviews youth/family and assesses problems and strengths.
- Develops and implements strategies to assist youth/families in determining goals and achieving the objectives developed.
- Works with youth, family, support systems, and others when appropriate, to assess and provide appropriate support for clients.
- Provides crisis response, intervention and risk reduction services to support youth/families and create safe/stable environment.
- Has knowledge of issues such as trauma, suicidal ideation, mental health and addictions.
- Provides support and services in helping to reconnect youth to appropriate care giving systems in the continuum of care.
- Maintains a collaborative and cooperative working relationship with MCFD, other agencies, professionals, ministries and the community.
- Excellent communications skills
- Well established understanding of child and youth development.
- Well established understanding of youth/family engagement skills.
- Demonstrated ability in report writing.
- Good organization, time management skills.

**Qualifications**
- A Bachelors Degree in Child and Youth Care, Social Work or a related Human Services Field
- A minimum of 3 years experience (out of the last 10 years) is preferred. which includes:

- Knowledge and experience with vulnerable/high-risk youth and their parents.
- Experience working with high-risk youth/families in a helping capacity.
- Experience with community based programs and related community support system.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 18.75 per week

**Salary**: $25.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Covid-19 Safety precautions in place.

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 2023-02-01
Expected start date: 2023-02-28



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