Summer Research Assistant

Summer Research Assistant

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.

Pathways to Prevention is a program within the Hull Services continuum that is rooted in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) and Touchpoints. As a Phase II certified site in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and a new Touchpoints Training Site, Pathways uses these models as a framework for providing clinical and consultation services as well as training and education to other providers, and across the community.

The Position:

We are looking for a Summer Research Assistant who is proficient in data collection, data analysis and writing. Work time is flexible and working from home can be arranged.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Literature review (library and online search for published research-based data and writing a literature review on a research topic of interest).
• Assists in the completion of ongoing research projects of the Agency.
• Interviewing participants of the study and collection of additional data relevant to the study.
• Data entry, data analysis, and writing of findings.
• Co-writing the research reports and preparing research findings for presentations.
• Reports to and will be supervised by the Director of Research.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Understanding of how to conduct research involving children, families and professionals.
• Proficient in data collection, data analysis, and writing.
• Post-secondary education or higher (completed or in progress) in social science or biological science.
• Experience in or background in qualitative research.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Transportation may be required when travelling between work sites.
• A Police Information Check, which includes a vulnerable sector search, is required (if in process of being completed) prior to employment.
• A Child Intervention Record Check.

Other Working Conditions:

• Hourly Rate of Pay: $25.00
• This position is subject to government funding approval.

Please indicate “Your Name – Summer Research Assistant” in the subject line of your email.

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.