Youth Support Worker

Youth Home Services – Youth Support Worker

Location: Edmonton, AB

Compensation: $18.50 per hour daytime rate, and $17.00 per hour nighttime.

Shift Schedules: 12 hour shifts, 7am-7pm Daytime, and 7pm-7am Nighttime.

Organization

Restore Child and Youth Care is an Alberta organization established to support vulnerable children and youth primarily between 0-17 years, but also after that age, by providing them with a protective, stable, caring, and supportive home environment. Our program operates by matching the needs of the individual children and youths with resources that meet their needs. Increased emotional stability, improved behavioral functioning and social interaction are a top priority for our management and staff. While our clients may need extra support and assistance, we are also aware that such services must and should respect their rights, dignity, autonomy, comfort, and safety. These aspects are central to our operations at Restore Child and Youth Care. We aim to foster an atmosphere of care and support, enabling our clients to live as full, fulfilled, and independent lifestyles as possible.

Vision and Mission

Our vision is to be a safe environment where children and youth will be nurtured and supported

Our Mission is to provide quality care services and opportunities to children and their families and support them in achieving their full intellectual, economic, and social potential.

Core Values

• Commitment: We are focused on improving the quality of life of all children and youth in our care.


• Passion: We are driven and committed to motivating children and youth to achieve their highest level of physical and emotional health.


• Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion: We are committed to treating people fairly, regardless of gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, age, disabilities, or race. We will treat all children and youth equally and encourage them to relate to each other with respect.

The Position

Reporting to the organization program Coordinator, the Youth Support Worker must be trauma informed. This position requires support worker to:

• Provide guidance, support and supervision to children and youth in care


• Maintain a creative and sensitive approach in meeting the needs of children and youth in care


• Complete all documentation and writer case notes


• Attend to cleaning and meal preparation.


• Role model healthy behavior for children and youth in care


• Provide support to children and youth in developing independent living skills


• Attend routine staff meeting


• Knowledge on Mental health and Indigenous culture

The Youth Support Worker will have related post-secondary education or equivalent experience, an understanding of issues related to adverse childhood experiences. The successful candidate will have experience working with marginalized youth, communication and relationship skills, crisis prevention and problem- solving skills.

We are hiring for multiple positions

All candidates for the above position will have to successfully undertake a Police Record Check and a Child Welfare Information System [CWIS] check.

Trauma Informed Care (TIC) Certification considered an asset.

Applications will be accepted until suitable candidate(s) is found. Please submit your resume