Posted 16 months ago
Child Youth Care Worker B
@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Overview
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is hiring a temporary, on-call Child Youth Care Worker B for the Hope Valley Youth Treatment Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor. The role supports youth aged 12 to 18 in addictions and mental health treatment, with shifts across days, nights and weekends. Pay is CG31, CAD 29.44 to 32.71 per hour.
Responsibilities:
- Build therapeutic relationships with youth using daily life events
- Help develop and deliver therapeutic programs
- Join interdisciplinary team to plan and monitor treatment
- Monitor youth physical health and dispense medication
- Share care duties for the centre's therapy dog
Requirements summary:
- Two-year child and youth care diploma or social sciences degree
- Two years recent work with youth in addictions or mental health
- Current First Aid/CPR
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and suicide intervention training
- Valid driver's licence
- Satisfactory records checks and RCMP or police certificate of conduct
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Source and dates
Source type not verified · nlhs
- Employer posting date
- 2025-07-28
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Social & community services |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Care home, School |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | First Aid, CPR, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, suicide intervention, Child, Youth and Family Services records check, RCMP certificate of conduct |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Background checks | criminal record |
| Education | College diploma (required), Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Child and Youth Care, Social Sciences |
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | St. John's |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 971 |
Job description
| Zone: Central Zone Location: HV - Hope Valley Centre, Grand Falls-Windsor Child Youth Care Worker B Central Zone - HVC Youth Addictions Treatment CT Temp Call-In NAPE HS |
|---|
| Hours | Call in as Needed (Shift Work; On-Call, Days, Nights, Weekends) |
| Salary | CG31 (CAD29.44 - CAD32.71 per hour) |
| Competition Number | VAC0014224 |
| Posted Date | 2025-07-29 |
| Closing Date | Open until filled. |
| Demands, duties, qualifications | Definition of Work: The Hope Valley Youth Treatment Centre is a twelve-bed facility with a mandate to provide in-house addictions, mental health treatment, and withdrawal management services to youth between the ages of 12 and 18 with complex addictions and mental health needs. Services are provided by a multidisciplinary team using evidence-based approaches to the treatment of substance use issues experienced by youth and their families. The Child Youth Care Worker is an integral member of the multidisciplinary treatment team. This position reports to the Child Youth Care Supervisor. The successful candidate must demonstrate an awareness of and be responsible for promoting and supporting person-and family-centered care, demonstrate a commitment to safety and partner with all team members to improve worker and patient safety by integrating safety into work practices, identifying risks and implementing improvements. The Child Youth Care Worker participates in the development and implementation of therapeutic programs and environments, utilizes daily life events to facilitate change through the development of therapeutic relationships with young people, participates as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team in the development and monitoring of individual treatment plans, participates in policy development training and program planning, implements the adopted clinical model and monitors fidelity to the model and assists in maintaining the health of youth by monitoring the physical condition of the youth as necessary and dispensing medication as required. The Hope Valley Treatment Centre is home to a therapy dog which is often used as part of therapeutic programming for clients. Employees will have regular contact with the therapy dog and will share responsibilities associated with the care of the dog. Required qualifications: • Two-year diploma or degree in Child and Youth Care, or a Bachelor's Degree in the Social Sciences is required. • A minimum of two years within the last five years’ experience working with youth with substance use and/or complex mental health issues. • Current First Aid/CPR. • Training in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for children and youth in care. • Training in suicide intervention. • Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills, team building and collaboration skills, as well as networking and time management skills. • Demonstrated knowledge of a variety of intervention techniques including emerging evidence-based clinical practice. • Satisfactory Child, Youth and Family Services records check. • A valid driver’s license. • Consistent demonstration of the core values of NL Health Services: Innovation, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence (I CARE). • A satisfactory record of work performance and attendance is required for this position. • A satisfactory certificate of conduct from the RCMP or local police authority. Preferred qualifications: • An undergraduate degree in child and youth care. • Demonstrated proficiency with computers, relevant computer software and accessing internet resources. |
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