Relief Night Counsellors

Hull Services; Calgary; On-site; CAD 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull Services, located in Calgary, AB, is seeking Relief Night Counsellors for its campus-based care programs and group homes. This awake overnight position runs from 11:00 p.m.

to 7:00 a.m., focusing on the health, welfare, and safety of youth within a therapeutic setting. Reporting to the Program Coordinator, you will conduct rounds, address medical needs, manage crises, teach daily living skills, and ensure accurate reporting and documentation.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Human Services or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 21 years of age due to insurance requirements.
• Experience in Therapeutic Campus-Based Care preferred.
• Ability to engage youth in treatment process and build therapeutic relationships.
• Police Information Check (vulnerable sector) required prior to employment.
• Child Intervention Record Check required on commencement.
• Reliable transportation and valid driver’s license preferred.
• ASIST, First Aid, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and CYCAA certification would be assets.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Attend to health and welfare of youth during night hours.
• Conduct program rounds to account for children and maintain safety.
• Monitor and respond to crises, using Therapeutic Crisis Intervention as needed.
• Provide teaching on grooming, hygiene, nutrition, and social manners.
• Maintain documentation and bed plans; report incidents to senior staff.
• Perform administrative tasks and housekeeping as required.
• Participate in ongoing professional development and learning.

Skills

Engage youth

Crisis intervention

Team collaboration

Observation & safety

Documentation

Education

Human Services degree/diploma

Tools

Driver's license

Police Check

Job description

Hull Services has an organizational commitment to pursuing truth and reconciliation, decolonization and anti-oppression.

About Us:

Hull Services has long had a reputation for providing leading edge child, youth, and family mental health services. We work with children, youth and families who have experienced mental health struggles, behavioural problems, developmental delay, neglect, abuse and trauma. Hull offers them an opportunity to seek well-being and happiness, with a focus on mental health. Hull’s vision is for resilient young people and families to thrive within communities that support their mental health and well-being. Hull’s programs and services include prevention and early intervention, family-based treatment, school-based services, community group care, campus-based care, adult services and education and training. Located in Calgary, we have been serving Alberta’s young people and families for 60 years, and support over 8,000 young people and families each year.

Hull Services is looking for Relief Night Counsellors for our Therapeutic Campus-Based Care programs and group homes. This is an awake, overnight position and the hours of work are from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Reporting to the Program Coordinator, the Relief Night Counsellor’s primary responsibilities are to attend to the health and welfare of the youth and the security of the program and campus. Employees in this classification function as team members of the program and perform essential childcare work as applies to the care, nurturance, and supervision.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Remain alert, observant, and responsive at all times while on duty in this awake position.
• Conduct program rounds to account for all the children and ensure good program order, safety and security.
• Routinely conduct rounds throughout the night at designated intervals and as necessary in situations when increased surveillance of the program and children is warranted, e.g., when there are concerns regarding suicide ideation, self-harm and medical issues.
• Attend to the physical needs and medical requirements of the children.
• Manage crisis in the program, provide support through the utilization of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention during periods of instability. This can include utilizing physical intervention when appropriately trained.
• Provide meaningful and responsible role modelling, as well as direct teaching in areas of grooming, hygiene, dress, nutrition, and social manners.
• Ensure effective follow-through of specific interventions and strategies for each child as per treatment plan and directives.
• Keep apprised of all relevant documentation pertaining to the program and children such as service plans and the night directives manual.
• Maintain an up-to-date bed plan in the night directives manual.
• Record observations and significant information in appropriate reporting formats.
• Report information regarding night events, child count, and all noteworthy/atypical situations and critical incidents to senior staff or other appropriate personnel as required.
• Attend to other administrative tasks as required.
• Within reason, attend to housekeeping tasks.
• Maintain a continuous learning mindset and participate in ongoing professional development activities.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Degree or Diploma in Human Services or Social Sciences and/or equivalent work experience is considered an asset.
• Minimum 21 years of age (due to agency insurance requirements for driving).
• Experience in Therapeutic Campus-Based Care treatment or congregate care preferred.
• Ability to engage youth in the treatment process and build therapeutic relationships.
• Demonstrated interest, commitment, consistency, flexibility, and a high level of personal maturity and responsibility.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as effectively and cooperatively with co-workers.
• Cross cultural competence; knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the recommendations, goals and activities of the commission.
• A Police Information Check, which includes a vulnerable sector search, is required (or is in process of being completed) prior to employment.
• A Child Intervention Record Check is required upon commencement of employment.
• Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license and ability to drive Agency vehicles is preferred (min. 3 years driving experience with a class 5/GDL class 5 license).
• Completion of ASIST, First Aid, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and Certified with CYCAA would be considered an asset.
• Excellent interpersonal qualities including flexibility, effective communication and relationship building skills.
• Self-motivated, positive and ability to take initiative.

Salary Range: $22.67 – $24.51 an hour

Note: We personally review every application received through [e-mail] and our team will give your application due consideration. It may take up to two weeks to review all applications. If your qualifications and experience match our requirements we will contact you directly.

At Hull, one of our core values is Inclusion and we seek to understand people’s lived experience, holding a deep respect for their unique backgrounds, ethnicities, abilities, cultures and identities. It is our desire to humbly build trust and mutual respect with the people we serve who have often been marginalized and oppressed for their differences. To achieve this, Hull seeks open, self-aware individuals who reflect the diversity of those we serve and can help us build a safe, healthy, inclusive culture. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, place of origin, religious beliefs, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, family status, or sexual orientation.