Child Youth Worker - (Awake Graveyard)

Pacific Coast Community Resources; Black Creek; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-the-job training

Competitive hourly salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Career development opportunities

Community involvement

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

Pacific Coast Children's Resources is hiring a Child Youth Worker to provide care and support to youths in staffed homes within the community. You will empower the youth to be independent while maintaining high standards of care, health, and safety in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

You will participate in care planning, support families, and help with daily living tasks and basic health needs. A commitment to diversity and community integration is essential.

Qualifications

• Requires teamwork and collaboration with multidisciplinary staff.
• Strong communication with children, families and professionals.
• Able to work shifts and manage daily living tasks.
• Experience in planning and implementing care or service plans.

Responsibilities

• Respect the rights and choices of the child; advocate as needed.
• Interact effectively with children and empower them within the community.
• Develop, implement and document Personal Service Plans.
• Maintain relationships with families, professionals and community members.
• Assist with activities of daily living and medication administration.
• Record daily activity and health information in the system.
• Help keep the home clean and prepared meals as needed.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Shift work

Planning & implementation

Education

Grade 12 education

Post-secondary certificate/diploma in community social services/health care

Job description

CHILDYOUTH WORKER

About the Role

As our Child Youth Worker, you will work as part of a vibrant team to provide care and support to young people living in staffed homes within their community. You’ll encourage and empower the youth we support to be independent, self-determining, and live the life they envision while maintaining excellent standards of care, health, and safety. Your natural ability to care for others and work both independently and collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team will allow you to influence your team’s success.

Core Responsibilities

• Ensure the supported child’s rights and choices are respected and advocate as needed
• Interact effectively with children we support
• Empower the children we support to be full citizens of their community
• Participate in the development, implementation, and documentation of Personal Service Plans
• Foster positive relationships with the child’s family members, professionals, co-workers, and members of the community
• Assist with activities of daily living and medication administration
• Excellent understanding of behaviour management principles and strategies including mental health needs
• Record the daily activity and personal health information (PHI) of the children we support on our case management database
• To work in conjunction with the children we support to ensure their home is clean and well maintained at all times, including daily food preparation and light housekeeping duties

You will have

• Grade 12 education
• Post-secondary Certificate/Diploma in the community social services/health care field
• Previous work experience in the community social services/health care field
• Must be willing to get a Criminal Records Search
• Current first-aid and CPR certification
• Unrestricted Class 5 Driver’s license. If driving a commercial company vehicle, a Class 4 license is required.
• Any qualifications or skills required of the Licensing Officer or the funding body
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work shift work
• Experience in professional planning and implementation
• Ability to communicate effectively with other staff, professionals and families
• Previous behavior management course/training

Why join Pacific Coast Children’s Resources?

Pacific Coast Children's Resources offers work you can feel fulfilled by through quality programmes and services to people who live with disabilities that promote independence, self-growth, and community integration. Pacific Coast Children's Resourcesis steadily growing, creating dynamic environments to work and learn. We encourage you to partner with us in fostering healthy, energetic lives by showcasing your passion for care, connecting to the communities we serve and collaborating in our culture of teamwork that makes Pacific Coast Children's Resourcesa great place to work.

What we offer

• On-the-job training: MANDT, JOHS, Diversity and Inclusion, Medication Safety,
  Confidentiality and Privacy, Trauma-Informed Practice, First Aid and CPR re-certification
• Community involvement
• An inclusive, supportive work environment
• Competitive Salary $29.22– $33.54per hour Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision care benefits package
• Career development opportunities

We believe that a strong commitment to diversity & inclusion enables us to truly make services better for everyone. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Our goal is to ensure at every interaction all are welcome, comfortable, and safe.

At Pacific Coast Children'sResources, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team - so if your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying.
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