Children's Housing Team Leader

**Children's Housing Team Leader - TERM**

**Hours of Work**:7:00 AM - 5:00 PM on a rotational schedule + monthly meeting attendance
**Length of Employment**:Term
**Compensation**:$23.00 per hour
- YWCA Regina Inc, established in 1910, aspires to a world where communities benefit from the full and equitable inclusion of women and families and that the experiences and perspectives of women and families are reflected in all facets of society. We are a community voice of and for women and a trusted partner in addressing the most complex community issues faced by women and our community. YWCA Regina provides childcare, shelter and housing, community programs, family support programs, and outreach._

YWCA Regina Inc. Values
Respect: Everyone is deserving of an equitable and judgement free environment Inclusion: Everyone has an equal voice
Trust: Our work is done with integrity and authenticity to maintain the trust we have gained in our community
Encouragement: We meet people and community where they are to support where they want to be
Resiliency: We address difficult conversations and community issues
- YWCA Regina is committed to anti-colonial, anti-racist practice and to a workplace that prioritizes cultural safety. In addition, YWCA Regina is committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and accessible services and spaces for Gender and Sexually Diverse Persons. YWCA Regina acknowledges and accepts that our social systems, communities, and often our interpersonal relationships, organizational processes, advocacy, and practices perpetuate the marginalization of Indigenous peoples, Black people and Gender and Sexually Diverse people. YWCA Regina is committed to systemic change and to actions that further justice, truth, and reconciliation for marginalized peoples. YWCA has established commitments that outline the implementation of new practices and procedures involving actionable changes to policy, systems and governance._

**Position Description**
Under the direct supervision of the Children’s Housing Extended Leadership Team or designates, Child Support Team Leads are responsible for guiding individual supports to be successful working as a team in the department’s goal of providing a safe and nurturing home for children. Our home supports care for and supervises children aged 0-12 on a 24-hour basis. The children in this home have experienced trauma and have often been in unsafe and unhealthy situations. Support team members create an environment that promotes safety, support, trust and respect. Our homes promote healthy relationships and therapeutic programming. Our team practices Gentle Teaching / Trauma Informed care methods.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**1. Program Implementation**
1. Program Implementation Child Support Team Leads encourage the team and participate in the implementation of programming to make each child’s stay as positive as possible.
- Ensure the proper care and safety of every child;
- Plan and implement structured activities for children;
- Supervise children during all daily activities, including meals, bedtimes, etc.;
- De-escalate situations and mediate during conflicts with children;
- Respond to the emotional needs of children in crisis;
- Follow a case plan for each child and document daily interactions;
- Ensure a safe and secure environment by following policies and procedures; and,
- Provide transportation as needed

**2. House Maintenance**
Child Support Team Leads are expected to work collaboratively to make sure the home runs efficiently.
- Participate in household management including cooking, laundry,
- Maintain a high standard of health and safety procedures
- Ensuring and participating in the completion of scheduled cleaning check lists (daily, weekly, monthly)

**3. Administration and Reporting **Child Support Team Members report accurate and necessary information to ensure proper case planning and processes
- Document incidents;
- Daily shift documentation and overview;
- Keep an accurate logbook of activities;
- Facilitate and lead monthly team meetings - take notes - fil out child assessments
- Assure completion / creation of Child Information Form and Online File
- Effective communication and confidentiality

**4. Engagement with Indigenous Communities and Culture **Child Support Team Members are expected to work towards developing familiarity with Indigenous cultural traditions and an engagement with Indigenous people and communities.
- indicate a respect for and commitment to preserve the child/youth’s cultural heritage;
- agree to help the child/youth maintain and/or establish meaningful family, community and cultural connections through a range of experiential learning opportunities,
- enhanced family and community contact or placement goals, as identified by the child/youth;
- agree to protect the diverse needs, interests and cultural backgrounds of the child/youth in their care;
- acknowledge that nurturing a healthy sense of identity requires co