Child and Youth Care Counsellor

Who We Are:

arc programs exists to create thriving communities, free of systemic barriers and full of belonging, equity, and hope. We have a bold vision to ensure everyone in our communities feels connected and cared for, and we are excited to be expanding our team to help us accelerate our impact!

We're Hiring!

We are now accepting applications for a for two Child and Youth Care Counsellor to join the SOAR Wrap team in the South Okanagan. 

The Child and Youth Care Counsellor (CYCC) will implement service goals designed to support children and youth in care and their families, their foster caregivers, and other out of care caregivers. Through recreation-based programming while using a variety of modalities, they will work to improve the daily functioning, self-regulation skills, life skills, and other assessed needs of youth in care, to support the stability of their family care placements.

While this position is based out of Penticton, services are provided on an outreach basis throughout the South Okanagan (Summerland to Osoyoos).

Hours / Schedule:

• Full-Time, Permanent, 40-hours per week.


• Part-Time, Permanent, 12-hours per week. 

Service hours will be delivered on a flexible basis, including some evening and weekend hours as necessary to best support the needs of the clients and program.

Responsibilities:

Using an outreach, community-based, family-centered service delivery approach, CYCC’s will:

• Implement individual service goals created by the SOAR Wrap Child, Youth and Family Counsellor.


• Promote healthy relationships between youth-in-care and their caregivers to reduce conflict in the home.


• Provide support to biological parents and caregivers to improve their resiliency, and their ability to manage the youth’s challenging behaviors and complex needs.


• Provide support and encouragement to assist youth in overcoming personal challenges.


• Facilitate youth engagement in pro-social peer relationships and activities.


• Engage youth in recreational activities. 
  


• Provide support and education to youth-in-care to improve their development and functioning in activities of daily living, such as social emotional learning, social skills, school, employment, domestic skills, community / leisure / recreational engagement, mental health and sexual health.

Other responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with MCFD Social Workers, service providers and community partners to provide comprehensive goal-focused interventions.
  


• Implementing and maintaining required case management and clinical records.
  


• Building relationships and connections within the community to improve service integration.
  


• Applying culturally safe and agile, trauma informed, relational and person / family-centered modalities.
  


• Liaise with collateral service providers, contractors, and stakeholders.
  


• Participate as a member of the Management Team to develop long range and strategic plans, and collaborate, assess and resolve operational issues as they arise.
  


• Complete administrative duties, including the range of required incident, quality assurance and program reports

Preferred Education and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in a Social Services or Human Services discipline (ie: BSW, CYC, BA in Psychology etc.) with a minimum of 2-years relevant experience is strongly preferred.


• Candidates with a diploma in Social Services discipline, with a minimum of 3-years experience directly related to working with children and youth may be considered.

Other Skills and Attributes:

• Knowledge and demonstrated understanding of strengths-based family systems and attachment-based support.
  


• Able to establish trusting relationships with youth and their families.
  


• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  


• Experience working with caregivers and/or families in a therapeutic role.
  


• Understanding relevant treatment modalities such as Collaborative and Proactive Solutions.
  

Other Requirements:

Given the nature of our work, please note that all shortlisted candidates:

• Need a valid BC Driver's License, regional insurance, and a reliable personal vehicle.
  


• Must undergo a screening process, including a criminal record search.

Wage / Benefits:

$26.00 - $30.50 per hour based on experience and education.

Upon successful completion of a trial period, this position is eligible for a full benefit package (including dental plan, vision coverage, life insurance, extended medical coverage, long-term disability plan, and RRSP or TFSA contributions); as well as accrued vacation and sick time at 5.8% - above BC Employment Standards!

Why we’re an employer of choice!

Like most in the social services sector, arc programs is an equal-opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and ensure everyone on the team demonstrates cultural safety and sensitivity of all populations we serve.

But we believe there’s more to our work culture that promotes high levels of employee satisfaction and retention…

We are inclusive.
We use an anti-oppressive lens to inform our work with folx of all cultures, races, ethnic backgrounds, disabilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status, religions, and other oppressions to enhance our approach to equality.

We are ever-evolving.
We recruit and retain highly skilled staff and support their development through training, education,
research, best practices, and innovation.

We foster a culture of continuous learning, utilizing a two-eyed seeing approach – incorporating the strengths of western knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge: ways of knowing, doing and being – while engaging meaningfully with the provincial community social services sector, Indigenous communities, and agencies.

Discover more about our agency services and work culture at arcprograms.com.
If you feel a connection to our values and work, we’d love to hear from you!

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We appreciate your interest, but kindly note that due to the high number of applications we receive, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

We acknowledge that arc programs is situated in the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Syilx peoples in the Okanagan and West Kootenay region. We also acknowledge the Métis and Inuit peoples who reside in these regions.