Youth Care Practitioner - Awake Overnight - Healing Homes

thelinkmb.ca; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An organization supporting youth and families in Winnipeg is seeking a Youth Care Practitioner for an Awake Overnight position. The role focuses on providing culturally sensitive care and being a positive role model for young people in a Healing Home setting. Responsibilities include implementing day-to-day program functions and supporting youth to achieve their personal goals.

Qualifications

• Culturally sensitive care experience.
• Positive role modeling capabilities.
• Ability to work from a trauma-informed approach.

Responsibilities

• Implement day-to-day functioning of the program.
• Provide ongoing care and support to young people.
• Intervene in daily life events to help achieve goals.

Job description

Overview

About The Link: Youth and Family Supports. For more than 90 years, The Link has helped youth and families on a journey to healing, hope, and better lives. The organization is dedicated to walking alongside children, youth, and families as an inclusive community, strengthening and empowering a sense of being, pride, and purpose. With over 15 diverse programs, The Link has a community of caring staff that work together to provide support through a 24-hour crisis line, youth resource centers, emergency shelters, mobile crisis teams, specialized foster care, healing homes, job readiness supports, and Skills4Life. With a strong foundation within the community and a focus on connection, unity, and compassion, the organization provides a vital link for youth and families in the province of Manitoba.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Link: Youth and Family Supports is seeking a Youth Care Practitioner for an Awake Overnight position in our Willow Healing Home. The Youth Care Practitioners in each Healing Home program report to the Program Supervisor of the Healing Home and are responsible for implementing all aspects of the day-to-day functioning of the program. The YCP is expected to provide ongoing, culturally sensitive care while adhering to organizational policies and procedures. A major focus of their work with young people is to be a positive role model at all times and to intervene purposefully into the young people\'s daily life events in a manner which will help the young person reach the agreed upon goals of their time within the program. Youth Care Practitioners work from a needs-based, trauma informed, relational child and youth care approach as per the organization expectations and standards.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities of the Youth Care Practitioner