Child and Youth Care Worker

23 hours ago


Edmonton, Canada Catholic Social Services Full time

**Child and Youth Care Worker**

**Kateri House Program**
- Are you looking for a career that can make a difference in the life of a child or family in need? Put your passion for working with children and youth towards a rewarding opportunity with Catholic Social Services as a Child and Youth Care Worker with Kateri House_

**_We are looking for one (1), part time, twelve (12) hours per week Child and Youth Care Worker to join our dynamic and talented team This position has a weekly schedule of Sunday from 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM._**

You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1800 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta.
- “As a Catholic social services agency, we are guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect.”_

**Program Overview**:
Kateri House is a structure and routine based program directed to the age of children within the program. These children respond to highly structure environments in which the staff adjust expectations to accommodate child’s stressors.

**Job Summary**:
As a Child and Youth Care Worker, you will be responsible for assessing the needs of the individual, providing counselling and teaching of basic life, community, living, and harm reduction skills that allow the client to minimize the participation in high-risk activities, and develop independent living abilities. The Child and Youth Care Worker will maintain a safe, warm and positive environment where individuals feel welcomed and loved.
- Managing a caseload of 1-2 clients
- Developing and overseeing service plans for individuals dealing with substance, mental, and/or physical abuse. Support clients to access resources relevant to addiction and mental health
- Collaborating with clients and their support network to set and maintain goals relevant to enhancing life skills, decreasing severity of issues to successfully transition to independent living.
- Assisting clients in overcoming barriers, and supporting them to develop positive and healthy relationships with family, peers, employers and other personal support
- Supporting clients through life skills teaching and in-the-moment learning, with a hands-on approach
- Teaching clients to develop self-advocacy skills. Assisting clients in developing a realistic financial budget. Assisting with developing home maintenance and organization including cleaning routines, meal preparation, etc.
- Ensuring clients basic needs are met (food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, safety, etc.) and assisting with apartment searching
- Facilitating monthly life skill sessions or arranging sessions through guest speakers.
- Submitting required program documentation with established time-frames
- Other duties as required

**Education and Qualifications**:

- A Diploma/Degree in Human Services (or equivalent)
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience working with children and/or youth who are pregnant and plan to parent their children or already have children and require supports to parent.
- Experience with children and family programming, youth in care, residential care, and case management is a requirement of this position.
- Certification or training in Aboriginal Awareness, Abuse Awareness, and Standard First Aid is a definite asset.
- Proven ability to provide effective communication, collaboration, crisis intervention, and conflict management with clients
- Demonstrated assessment, problem solving, and critical thinking skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of harm reduction principles and practices; circle of courage philosophy, strength based and resiliency focused assessments
- Knowledge of community resources is an asset
- Demonstrated ability to act with professionalism, confidentiality, and diplomacy
- Proven case documentation and effective information reporting practices
- A valid class 5 Driver’s License

**Compensation**:
The salary range for this position is **$22.63 to $25.46** per hour based on qualifications and experience.
- We offer flexibility, a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive working environment._
- We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity and people of faith or no faith._



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