Child Youth Care Worker - Edmonton, Canada - CSS

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Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Catholic Social Services is currently seeking a Part-time, 30 hours per week, Child & Youth Care Worker in EDMONTON to join our Zeno House team.

Providing excellent client-centered care, you are confident, thoughtful, and motivated to achieve success when supporting others in your community
This position has a weekly schedule of Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday position; with flexibility over mornings, afternoons and evenings.

Program Overview:

Zeno House is made up of a team of dedicated caregivers providing service for children under 18 with developmental disabilities including but not limited to Autism.

This structured and routine based program is designed to follow individual service plans and support youth with Executive Functioning, Speech Therapy and Psychological Needs

Job Summary:

As a Child and Youth Care Worker you will be working with youth who have Children Services (CFS) and Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) involvement you and will be responsible for assessing the needs of the youth and parent/guardian providing counselling and teaching basic life and community skills while ensuring basic needs are met (food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, safety).

The Child and Youth Care Worker creates a safe, warm and positive environment where children/youth feel welcomed and loved.

Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Supervising and supporting children and youth in a residential setting
Collaborating with and Developing/overseeing service plans for children, youth, and parents/guardians.
Assisting children and youth in overcoming barriers, and supporting them to develop positive and healthy relationships with their families and communities
Assisting children and youth in attending appointments, attending professional meetings and supporting them in successfully participating in their educational placements and/or day programs
Supporting children and youth through life skills preteaching and inthemoment learning, with a handson approach
Supporting youth to access community resources and natural supports
Supporting youth with personal care
Managing case files and documentation for youth
Submitting required program documentation within established timeframes
Navigating electronic databases and inputting electronic documentation as required
Collaborating with Zeno team members and other community professionals as required
Performing basic housekeeping duties (cleaning, organizing, laundry meal preparation, gardening etc.)
Other duties as required

Education & Qualifications:

A Diploma/Degree in Human Services (or equivalent)
A minimum of two (2) years of experience counselling families, children/youth with behavioral and developmental disabilities is required.
Experience with children and family programming, youth in care, residential care, and case management is a requirement of this position.
Certification or training in Aboriginal Awareness, Abuse Awareness, Standard First Aid, Medication Administration, and Violence/Crisis Intervention is a definite asset.

Other qualifications include:

Proven ability to provide effective communication, collaboration, crisis intervention, and conflict management with clients
Experience with or willingness to be trained on physical holds on the youth that we serve.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (NVCI) must be completed upon hire
Demonstrated assessment, problem solving, and critical thinking skills
Knowledge of community resources is an asset
Demonstrated ability to act with professionalism, confidentiality, and diplomacy
Proven case documentation and effective information reporting practices
Valid Driver's License
Police Information Check including vulnerable sector search, and Intervention Record Check current within six (6) months
Summary of driving record with no more than six (6) demerit points current within one (1) year.

For Police Information Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search, please visit the City of Edmonton's police service website.

For Intervention Record Check, please visit the

What We Offer:

The salary for this position is $ $27.24 per hour based on qualifications and experience. We offer flexibility and supportive working environment.
Flexible benefit options when eligible.
Work within a highly collaborative, teamoriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.

About Catholic Social Services:

You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect.

With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1800 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.

Our values are at the core of everything