Child and Youth Care Counsellor

3 days ago

Calgary, Alberta, Canada Hull Services Full time
About the Role

Hull Services is committed to providing leading edge child, youth, and family mental health services. We are seeking two full-time Child and Youth Care Counsellors to join our team.

This role involves working with children, youth, and families who have experienced mental health struggles, behavioural problems, developmental delay, neglect, abuse, and trauma. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment programs for the children in our care.

The successful candidates will work as part of an interdisciplinary team, participating in all facets of program life and ensuring the daily care, treatment, health, nurturance, and supervision of the youths.

Key Responsibilities
  • Attend to the physical safety, esteem, and developmental needs of the children.
  • Select and make appropriate use of behavioral interventions and strategies.
  • Communicate rules and behavioral limits and follow through on appropriate behavioral interventions.
  • Engage in crisis management and intervention, including the use of restrictive interventions when required.
  • Identify and act on goal-related teaching opportunities; use systematic plans of instruction, appropriate teaching methods, and approaches to transfer information and skills.
  • Supervise, organize, and implement daily living activities, seeing these as opportunities for educational and therapeutic interventions.
  • Use routines and activities to give children security and enable them to relate to others in socially acceptable ways; help the youth understand the need for routines and procedures.
  • Provide meaningful and responsible role modelling, as well as direct teaching in areas of grooming, hygiene, dress, nutrition, and social manners.
  • Plan and carry out individual and group activities of a recreational nature.
  • Improve the quality of life for the children by attending to their physical environment.
  • Monitor and work directly with the children in all aspects of their lives, liaising with parents and community groups.
  • Promote and safeguard children's rights, interests, and treatment by interceding on their behalf.
  • Act as an avenue of recourse or grievance for the youth and represent their interests.
  • Carry out advocacy responsibilities regarding the children, youth, and the Agency.
Requirements
  • Degree or diploma in Child and Youth Care Counselling, Human Services, or Social Sciences.
  • Experience in Therapeutic Campus-Based Care treatment or congregate care preferred.
  • High level of personal competence in the formation and maintenance of caring and therapeutic relationships.
  • Ability to engage clients and families in the treatment process.
  • Demonstrated interest, commitment, dependability, consistency, and a high level of personal maturity and responsibility.
  • Shift leading and supervision experience is an asset.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Clear Police Check including Vulnerable Sector Check and Child Intervention Record Check.
  • Reliable transportation, valid driver's license, and ability to drive Agency vehicles preferred (min. 3 years driving experience with a class 5/GDL class 5 license).
Compensation and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary range of $55,000 - $70,000 per year, depending on experience. Additional benefits include paid vacation time, sick leave, and access to professional development opportunities.

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