Youth Engagement and Family Preservation Worker - Lethbridge, Canada - Family Ties Association

Description

Family Ties Association's Family Preservation Program and Youth Engagement Program provide planned and tailored interventions and services aimed at strengthening, empowering, and supporting youth and families.

• Given our current needs we are seeking a 0.5 FTE Salaried position in the Family Preservation and Youth Engagement Program, that will be exclusively working with _
  male_ _youth and families._

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Knowledge and experience of local Indigenous cultures and/or knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action would be considered an asset._

As a Youth Engagement Worker, you will work in the home and community of the youth served to:

• Teach living-skills
• Promote problemsolving, relationship skills, and coping skills;
• Enhance awareness and utilization of community resources and social supports;
• Help resolve the problems that necessitated placement:
• Assist with transition and permanency planning.

As a Family Preservation Worker, you will work in the home and community of families served to:

• Promote the protection and well-being of children in their home through expedient and flexible interventions;
• Promote the reduction or elimination of behaviors that may place a child or family at risk
• Promote the strategies to prevent the outofhome placement of a child;
• Expedite the imminent return of a child and promote reunification of the family;
• Improve family functioning;
• Respond immediately to support the family at the point of crisis; and
• Enhance family and community support networks.

Qualifications:

Minimum certificate, diploma or degree in a relevant Human Service field (i.e. Child and Youth Care, Criminal Justice, Rehabilitation Services, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, etc.)

Valid driver's license - must be non-GDL with 3 years insurance experience.

Must have minimum of 2-million-dollar liability on car insurance

Evening availability

Please quote the
competition number "
FTA FPW/YE".

All qualified applicants are asked to forward their resume and the names of three references to:
Family Ties Association

206, Avenue N. Lethbridge, AB. T1H 0H5


Phone:

Fax:

We thank all applicants and appreciate the interest shown in the position(s) but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types:
Permanent, Part-time

Part-time hours: 20 per week


Salary:
From $22.66 per hour


Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company car
• Company events
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lethbridge, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Valid driver's license must be nonGDL with 3 years insurance experience, and clean drivers abstarct

Work Location:
In person