Child & Youth Care Counsellor - Lethbridge, Ab - Wage

**Header**:
Job Requisition ID: JR 66516
Ministry: Children & Family Services
Location: Lethbridge, AB
Full or Part-Time: Casual
Permanent/Temporary: Wage (Multiple Positions)
Scope: Open
Closing Date: February 20, 2025
Classification: CYC1

**Salary**: $2,233.21 to $2,862.44 bi-weekly ($58,286.78 to $74,709.68/ year)

**Role Responsibilities**:
We are seeking multiple dedicated Child & Youth Care Counsellors to join our team. These positions are reporting to the Child & Youth Care Team Lead. In this role, you will provide direct care, meet the support and wellbeing needs of extremely emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth within a trauma informed environment. The Child & Youth Care Counsellor is a member of a multi-disciplinary team that is primarily responsible for providing direct services that ensure a safe and secure environment, and social milieu that assesses, identifies and implements the specific needs and direct program delivery for vulnerable youth in care, who are receiving Child Intervention services via the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act and/or Protecting Sexually Exploited Children's Act. The Child & Youth Care Counsellor works directly with youth, their families and as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.

As a primary care provider, these positions are relied on to ensure that the individual youth's needs are identified and that approved plans are implemented and evaluated to determine achievement goals. The Child and Youth Care Counsellor provides input to the multi-disciplinary team based on observations and direct interaction with the child. Ensuring a safe and secure trauma informed environment consistent with the centre philosophy and policies. Positions in this class may work in either an open or secure environment.

**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 the organizational goals.
- Drive for Results: Demonstrates ability to gather, integrate and interpret complex information sets and accomplishes goals and priorities in order 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 invest in the development of long-term capability of yourself and others.

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Recruitment Standards**:

- Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Child and Youth Care or related Human Service Profession

**Related Education (either Diploma or Degree)**:

- Human Service Worker, Child & Youth Care, Social Work, Criminology, Criminal Justice, Correctional or Police Services, Psychology, Sociology, and Education.
- If you hold a Bachelors or Masters degree in Social Work, you will be required to be registered through Alberta college of Social Workers ( ACSW).
- A Full, Non-GDL Class 5 driver’s license is required.
- Knowledge in being trauma informed and relevant best practices in campus based or residential settings.
- Principles in Behavior management and De-escalation techniques, Relational practices, Systems theory, Ecological approaches, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention.
- Knowledge in Developmental, Trauma related and Mental Health disorders and disabilities affecting youth such as FASD, ODD, OCD, depression, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, pervasive personality, suicidal ideation, Autism, and substance addictions.
- Experience with issues related to youth development such as Self Esteem, Gender Diversity, Identity Crisis/Confusion, Peer Pressure, Bullying.

**Assets**:

- Knowledge in Child/Adolescent development theories including social learning, moral development, cognitive development, attachment, resiliency, strengths-based competency models, and Change Models.
- Experience with related acts including the Child Youth and Family Enhancement Act (CYFE) and Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act (PSECA).
- Knowledge of appropriate legislation and policy such as CYFEA handbook, Accreditation Standards, Regional policy and procedures