Child and Youth Care Worker

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 73655
Ministry: Children and Family Services
Location: Lac La Biche, AB
Full or Part-Time: Full-Time & Wage
Hours of Work: 38.75 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent, Temporary & Wage
Scope: Open
Classification: CYC1

**Salary**: $2,233.21 to $2,862.44 bi-weekly ($58,286.78 to $ 74,709.68 Annually)
Wage: $28.82 to $36.93 per hour

The Ministry of Children and Family Services funds programs and services to support vulnerable children, youth, families and individuals to live safely and succeed in Alberta. This includes providing services and resources to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect and effectively addressing harm that has placed them in need of intervention. Mentoring and support services are available to youth transitioning into healthy, productive adults. The ministry also invests in community-based groups that support prevention and early intervention services such as family resource networks, youth emergency shelters as well as programs that raise awareness and help respond to family violence, sexual violence and abuse.

Provincial Campus Based Care (PCBC) centres across the province offer 24/7 trauma-informed care and secure services for vulnerable youth (ages 12-17 receiving child intervention services) and their families. PCBCs integrate best practices to help youth reach their potential and address emotional and behavioural therapeutic needs.

PCBC goal is for youth to return to a less intensive form of care, become independent or return to their families. PCBC encompasses several programs to support youth such as Indigenous/cultural supports, recreation therapy services, on-site schools, medical services, transition and connection services, addiction support, occupational therapy and access to facility dogs.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Child and Youth Care Team Lead, the Child and Youth Care Counsellor provides direct care and support to youth within a trauma-informed environment. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the Child and Youth Care Counsellor ensures a safe and secure setting, assesses and identifies the individual needs of youth, and delivers targeted programming for vulnerable youth receiving child intervention services under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act (CYFEA) and/or the Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act (PSECA).

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide direct care and walk alongside and support the emotionally and behaviourally challenged youth.
- Ensure a safe and secure environment consistent with the centre's vision, mission and values.
- Assess, identify and implement the specific needs of youth in care.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop and evaluate care plans.
- Work directly with youth and their families to provide comprehensive support.
- Provide input to the multidisciplinary team based on observations and direct interactions with youth.
- Deescalate and intervene as necessary to ensure safety for all youth and staff.
- Maintain a trauma-informed approach in all interactions and interventions.
- Work in either an open or secure environment as required.
- Case management for youth that is consistent with organization policies, procedures, philosophy, goals and learning environment.

PCBC centres value the unique perspectives, cultural knowledge and experiences that Indigenous peoples, including the youth the centre serves. At all centres, PCBC actively works to create a culturally safe and supportive environment for Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth.

**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
You will need the following competencies to be successful in this role:

- **Creative Problem Solving**: Ability to gather information from varied sources, analyze and interpret information to formulate reports and make decisions related to case planning.
- **Agility**: Ability to prioritize competing workload pressures in an effective manner and contribute to organizational goals.
- **Drive for Results**:Demonstrates ability to gather, integrate and interpret complex information sets and accomplishes goals and priorities to deliver outcomes consistent with departmental objectives and directives. Excellent analytical, assessment and critical judgement skills.
- **Building Collaborative Environments**:Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with a variety of teams within the workplace, community, and other Government ministries/agencies to meet client and ministry goals and objectives.
- **Developing Networks**:Ability to interact positively, build relationships and work effectively with others.
- **Develop self and others**: Ability to