Track: Young People’s Lodge

Hull Services has an organizational commitment to pursuing truth and reconciliation, decolonization and anti-oppression._

**The Program**:
Track: Young People’s Lodge provides services to help treat adolescents with serious emotional and/or behavioural difficulties who are not yet able to be effectively served in the community. An emphasis is placed on parental involvement, community participation, and the development of relevant community-living skills. The treatment modalities include the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), an evidence-based practice developed by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), which focuses on teaching skills in four areas: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.

**What We Offer**:

- Competitive total compensation package, including Health/Dental, Employee Assistance Program and RRSP matching
- Generous vacation, personal time off and sick day allocations.
- Workperks corporate discounts and discounts to a variety of different fitness facilities
- Free on-site parking and walkable campus
- Collaborative, supportive and a fun place to work
- Opportunity to have a meaningful impact on children and young people

**The Position**:
We are currently hiring for a **full time Housekeeper**. This position involves flexible availability and generally includes early morning starts.

As a member of the program team, the housekeeper performs a variety of culinary, housekeeping, and related tasks to support our children and the treatment efforts in the program. The housekeeper performs duties associated with the preparation and cooking of meals and ensures that Agency health and cleanliness standards are maintained. We’re looking for an individual who is able to build positive and collaborative relationships with the children we serve and our staff team.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Complete program menu and prepare program meals
- Ensure food supplies for weekend meals are available. Store food properly and leave cooking instructions for follow through.
- Complete food and supply orders weekly
- Shop for food supplies not provided by the campus kitchen, and other inventory as needed and for special events/occasions
- Attend to cleaning and housekeeping tasks as determined.
- Sweep, mop, vacuum floors as necessary; polish, clean furniture, woodwork, fixtures; wash interior windows; attend to cleanliness of cupboards, appliances, laundry, offices and bathrooms and other areas as requested or required.
- Attend to the cleanliness of the children’s rooms as determined by the needs of the program.
- Maintain all cleaning, linen and kitchen supplies and order/replenish these supplies as necessary.

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- One to two years of experience in housekeeping (experience in therapeutic campus based settings or group homes preferred).
- Knowledge and experience with food handling and storage practices, nutritional needs and standards, and meal preparation.
- Knowledge of basic cleaning and hygiene standards.
- High personal competence in the maintenance of caring and positive relationships with colleagues, children and youth.
- Demonstrated interest, commitment, consistency, and a high level of personal maturity and responsibility.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- A Police Information Check is required (or is in process of being completed) prior to employment
- A Child Intervention Record Check
- Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license and ability to drive Agency vehicles is preferred (min. 3 years driving experience with a class 5/GDL class 5 license).

**Other working conditions**: the role requires some physical exertion and lifting.

**How to Apply**:

- At Hull, one of our core values is Inclusion and we seek to understand people’s lived experience, holding a deep respect for their unique backgrounds, ethnicities, abilities, cultures and identities. It is our desire to humbly build trust and mutual respect with the people we serve who have often been marginalized and oppressed for their differences. To achieve this, Hull seeks open, self-aware individuals who reflect the diversity of those we serve and can help us build a safe, healthy, inclusive culture. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, place of origin, religious beliefs, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, family status, or sexual orientation._