Casual in Home Child and Youth Worker

**Job Summary**:
The In Home Child and Youth Worker is responsible for sharing the duties of a caregiver for children and youth within a culturally respective home. The In Home Child and Youth Worker will implement behavioral programming, provide support services and life skills coaching all while creating a safe environment. The In Home Child and Youth Worker will provide opportunities to nurture secure attachment, develop the children and youth’s capacity to regulate their own emotions, and foster youth to become resilient, healthy individuals all while working within the Child Youth and Family Services Act, Ministry Act, Ministry Standards, Agency Policies and Procedures and First Nation Community Codes of Conduct.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide in home support that will include weekends, overnights and possible live-in shifts.
- Implement behaviour plans
- Empower children and youth to set goals to make positive change
- Participate in joint case assessment, planning, and service provision
- Continually assess the strengths and needs of children and youth, while supporting the AC caregiver Participate in Family circles, Family Conferencing, and Alternative Dispute Resolution processes
- Support the AC caregiver to create an ongoing safe and nurturing environment
- Identify and work with children and youth displaying high risk behaviours
- Support children with cognitive, intellectual, and behavioral delays
- Coordinate services to meet the child/youth’s physical, social, emotional, cultural, spiritual, and recreational needs
- Role model behavior that will support positive change for youth with behavioral and emotional challenges
- Support treatment planning through identification and development of treatment opportunities for Cognitive Behavioral, Exposure, Land Base and Mindfulness therapeutic strategies and ensuring they are grounded in culture
- Coordinate the management of predetermined rewards, privileges and consequences of a structured behavioral management plan
- Use strength based, creative and highly engaging activities grounded in culture to improve behavioral management skills, communication skills, critical thinking, coping skills, problem solving and study skills
- Ensure Agency compliance with Ministry of Child and Youth Services Serious Occurrence directive and reporting requirements
- Support Alternative Caregivers in problem solving and crisis intervention strategies
- Intervene at the first indicators of placement stress to help stabilize Alternative caregivers and prevent placement disruption
- Report emergencies such as runaways, accidents or medical problems
- Building healthy relationships with the children and youth by building and maintaining healthy relationships
- Dispense and logging of youth prescribed medication

**Minimum Education**
- Social Services Diploma or other related diploma in Human Services

**Minimum Experience**
- One (1) year experience in a Social Services Agency or residential setting working directly with children and youth
- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

The above job description is not an exhaustive list of the duties, responsibilities, working conditions or skills required for this position. Additional duties may be assigned.

**Job Types**: Fixed term contract, Casual

**Salary**: From $31.28 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Wellness program

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Work Location: In person