Youth Facilitator

**About Closer To Home Community Services**

About Us: Closer to Home Community Services (CTH) is a non-profit organization located in Alberta since 1995. CTH provides a wide range of services designed to meet the unique needs of children, youth and families. Be a part of an innovative team that envisions a world where “every child is thriving within supportive family and community relationships”. Join in our mission to facilitate growth and belonging in communities of meaningful relationships and where our integrity is grounded in evidence-based practice authentically informed by, and connected to, diverse cultural wisdom. Together, we will journey with children and families to uncover strength, hope and healing, creating new possibilities for a brighter future.

CTH is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for all; including different cultural backgrounds, spiritual beliefs, and sexual and gender diversities. We strive to be an employer of choice with a focus on wellness and connection.

**About the Position**:The Youth Facilitator works as part of Closer to Home Family Resource Network (FRN) Spoke in collaboration with Airdrie Community Links, to focus on building skills for children and youth aged 7-17 in Airdrie and surrounding areas. Utilizing the principles of the Teaching-Family Model, the Youth Facilitator focuses on supporting youth to learn social emotional skills that increase executive functioning and provide opportunity to strengthen their relationships with parents, other family members, other significant adults, peers and their culture. This is a 6 months contract position with a possibility of an extension.

**Responsibilities**:

- To assess and support the emotional needs of families.
- Provide support to the families in their homes and a variety of other settings with the goal of helping them to learn necessary skills, such as problem solving, child development, parenting skills, budgeting, conflict management and connecting to their culture.
- Participate in developing relevant family goals and implementing, evaluating and re-designing goal plans in cooperation with the family.
- Promote self-esteem and self-reliance within family members.
- Provide information, articles, books and other culturally sensitive materials needed to assist families in learning more about parenting, child development and other applicable skills or areas of information.
- Assist families in successfully meeting their goals.
- Complete appropriate paperwork/tools/goal plans in an efficient and timely manner.
- Maintain and adhere to all health and safety requirements and report all hazards and injuries to the immediate supervisor.

**Qualifications**:

- A Diploma or Degree in a related field and/or previous experience working with vulnerable children and families is required.
- Willing to work in a flexible work week, including evenings and weekends when needed.
- A Police Information Check with a Vulnerable Sector Search and an Intervention Record Check must be completed prior to commencement.
- Understanding of child development, parent-child relationships and family dynamics.

**Required Competencies**

All positions at Closer to Home Community Services require (5) competencies: I_nstills Trust, Consumer Focus, Communicates Effectively, Situational Adaptability and Ensures Accountability_.
- We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted._

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral lands of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy), which is comprised of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani and Amskapi Piikani Nations, and the shared territories of the Tsuut’ina Nation and Iyarhe Nakoda Nations, all of whom are the original signatories of the Blackfoot Treaty #7 in Southern Alberta. We also recognize Mohkinstsis (Calgary) as a home to members of the Metis Settlements and communities within Alberta.