Child Youth Worker

About the Role:
As our Child Youth Worker, you will work as part of a vibrant team to provide care and support to young people living in staffed homes within their community. You’ll encourage and empower the youth we support to be independent, self-determining, and live the life they envision while maintaining excellent standards of care, health, and safety. Your natural ability to care for others and work both independently and collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team will allow you to influence your team’s success.

Why join Pacific Coast Children’s Resources:
Pacific Coast Children's Resources offers work you can feel fulfilled by through quality programs and services to people who live with disabilities that promote independence, self-growth, and community integration. Pacific Coast Children's Resources is steadily growing, creating dynamic environments to work and learn. We encourage you to partner with us in fostering healthy, energetic lives by showcasing your passion for care, connecting to the communities we serve and collaborating in our culture of teamwork that makes Pacific Coast Children's Resources a great place to work.

What we offer:

• On-the-job training: MANDT, JOHS, Diversity and Inclusion, Medication Safety,
  Confidentiality and Privacy, Trauma-Informed Practice, First Aid and CPR re-certification
• Community involvement
• An inclusive, supportive work environment
• Competitive Salary $29.22 – $33.54 per hour
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision care benefits package
• Career development opportunities

We believe that a strong commitment to diversity & inclusion enables us to truly make services better for everyone. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Our goal is to ensure at every interaction all are welcome, comfortable, and safe.
At Pacific Coast Children's Resources, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team - so if your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILTIES:

1. SERVICE TO SUPPORTED PERSONS
   1. Gathers information relevant to the supported youth’s problems, needs and risks by interviewing, observing behavior, meeting with caregivers and service providers and using a variety of inventories, checklists and questionnaires. Reviews the information gathered to identify problems, needs and risks.
   2. Develops and implements short-term, issue specific intervention plans within program guidelines in consultation with the supervisor.
   3. Plans, prepares and conducts group or individual counselling sessions using techniques such as active listening, conflict resolution, basic group counselling and basic psycho-educational group methods to resolve the identified problems, needs and risks.
   4. Provides skill building in areas such as self-care, safety, financial awareness, budgeting, anger management or self-management techniques.
   5. Evaluates the effectiveness of the intervention plan, reports on supported youth progress, and discusses related concerns with the supervisor in order to resolve identified problems and move towards defined objectives.
   6. Maintains and records relevant information in the youth’s, staff and any other communication books/logs and provides reports to supervisors as required.
   7. Record medication distribution, weight and any other pertinent information on each youth.
   8. To be responsible for and record up-to-date financial records for each supported youth and account for petty cash.
   9. Liaises with and/or promotes the interests of supported youth with other community service providers, professionals and school personnel as required.
   10. Communicate and update supported youth’s family as required.
   11. Drive and accompany supported youth to meetings and appointments as required.
   12. To work in conjunction with the supported youth to ensure that their home is well maintained and tidy, including daily food preparation and light housekeeping duties.
   13. Performs other related duties as required.
2. STAFF AND ORGANIZATION
   1. Outlines services provided by the program and/or organization. Provides information on and referral to other community service providers, resources and professionals as required.
   2. Contribute to the overall Health and Safety of the program, including record keeping of any home repair of maintenance needs as they occur. Participate in OH&S drills and inspections, as required.
   3. Participate in staff meetings, multi-disciplinary team meetings and care conferences, as requested.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

1. Grade 12 education or Post-secondary Diploma in the community social services/youth services/health care field.
2. One (1) year recent related work experience in the community social services/youth services/health care field
3. Must be willing to get a Criminal Records Search
4. Current first-aid and CPR certification
5. Unrestricted Class 5 Driver’s license. If driving a commercial company vehicle, a Class 4 license is required.
6. Any qualifications or skills required of the Licensing Officer or the funding body

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