Residential Youth Worker

Boys and Girls Club Okanagan; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

BGC Okanagan is seeking a part-time Residential Youth Worker for its Penny Lane program, designed to support vulnerable youth. This role involves providing emotional support, monitoring safety, and collaborating with a team to create individualized service plans. The position offers flexible hours, professional development opportunities, and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Professional development opportunities

Benefit package

Child Care discount

Trauma response team support

Qualifications

• Two years recent related experience or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Class 5 driver's license required.
• Successful completion of Agency screening process, including criminal record check.

Responsibilities

• Participates in assessment, goal setting, and progress evaluation of youth.
• Monitors clients in a residential setting ensuring safety and wellbeing.
• Provides emotional support and crisis intervention.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Behavior management

Emotional support

Education

Diploma in a related human/social service field

Job description

Residential Youth Worker

Date Posted: May 21, 2025

Competition Number: 32-25/26

Location: Kelowna (Downtown Youth Center), BC

Bgc Okanagan is hiring a part time Residential Youth Worker for our residential program for vulnerable youth at Penny Lane. Penny Lane is now a Low Barrier Short Term Stabilization Home.

The program is purposefully designed with a double staffing model, mental health and behavioral supports in place to help vulnerable youth become more stable so they can succeed in the future. The program has 3 beds and youth stay in the program for anywhere from a few weeks to 9 months. The program is very collaborative; working together with each youth and their Circle of Care to create trauma informed, culturally appropriate, strengths focused and person-centered service plans. We offer recreation outings, support navigating resources in the community, engagement with family & other supports – all out of a comfortable home setting. Our goal is to overcome gaps in the system by ensuring that youth in our resource have every opportunity to overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop their confidence and skills for life.

We can provide:

• Flexible hours and a fun, positive team environment
• Many opportunities for professional development
• Benefit package
• Child Care discount
• Trauma response team to respond to issues associated with serving vulnerable populations
  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participates in the assessment, goal setting and progress evaluation of children / youth youth alongside mental health clinician and behavioral consultant and each youth’s Circle of Care.
  
• Teaches children / youth to relate in a socially appropriate manner through the use of daily routines and activities.
• Monitors clients in a residential setting and ensures their safety and wellbeing.
• Provides behavior management counselling to clients on a one-to-one and/or group basis by performing duties such as providing feedback on clients’ behavior, teaching coping techniques and adaptive behavior and providing guidance and support.
• Provides emotional support and crisis intervention to clients which may include non-violent physical interventions.
• Ensures communication and liaison between group home, school, family and the community.
• Ensures that clients’ physical needs are met by performing duties such as assisting with basic personal hygiene, preparing meals, and administering medication as required in accordance with established guidelines, procedures and instructions.
• Maintains reports such as statistics, logbooks, and daily activities on residents.
• Carries out household duties such as meal preparation and household cleaning.
• Administers medication to clients in accordance with established policy.
• Accompanies clients to appointments and community outings.
• May be required to work the on-call rotation.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Diploma in a related human / social service field. Two (2) years recent related experience. Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Class 5 drivers license
• Successful completion of Agency screening process, including criminal record check

This position is open to all applicants.

This position requires union membership

Hours/Details: 28 hours per week, Wednesday-Friday 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM and Saturday 12:00 PM-8:00 PM

Rate of Pay: $27.54 per hour plus cost shared benefits.

Closing Date: June 4, 2025

As an equal opportunity employer, BGC Okanagan is committed to the prioritization of equitable and inclusive employment practices. Our goal is to be representative of the communities we serve, and we encourage applications from communities which are structurally marginalized based on race, disability, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, social or ethnic origin, gender identity and/or expression. If any candidate needs any accessibility support throughout the hiring process, we will accommodate such requests when made. You will only be considered for a position with BGC Okanagan if you’re legally entitled to work in Canada. Eligible applicants include: Canadian citizens, permanent residents and refugees in Canada with legal status.
We appreciate and thank all applicants for their interest, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.