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Youth Development Coach - Permanent - Full-time
@ Foothills School Division
Okotoks, Alberta
Overview
Foothills School Division is hiring a full-time Youth Development Coach at Cameron Crossing School, a setting for students in grades 7-12 with significant social-emotional-behavioural complexities. The coach supports student behaviour and social-emotional learning, mainly in the Junior High program, and works with staff, students, parents and the community. The role follows the school calendar at 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Responsibilities:
- Support positive student behaviour and social-emotional learning
- Design and implement coordinated behaviour management programs
- Provide leadership and assistance to staff and students
- Improve student self-concept and social skills, individually or in classes
- Build working relationships with parents and community
Requirements summary:
- Diploma in Child & Youth Care, or related post-secondary training and experience
- Experience with children and youth with social-emotional-behavioural complexities
- Asset: trauma-informed practice training
- Asset: adolescent brain development knowledge
- Asset: nonviolent crisis intervention or SIVA training
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-05
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Social & community services |
| Hours per week | 32.5 |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | School |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | SIVA |
| Education | College diploma (required) |
| Fields of study | Child & Youth Care |
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Foothills School Division
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 11 |
Foothills School Division is currently seeking a Youth Development Coach to join our Cameron Crossing/Foothills Outreach Centre team.
The Youth Development Coach is a school-based role that assists in supporting the positive development of student behaviour and social/emotional learning. The Coach assists in the design and implementation of coordinated behaviour management programs by supplying leadership and assistance to staff and students. The improvement of students' self-concept and the development of social skills in individual students or within entire classes are each a strong focus of the program. The ability to foster good working relationship with parents and community is critical.
Cameron Crossing School is a unique setting serving students in grades 7-12 with significant social-emotional-behavioural complexities. This position will primarily be supporting the Junior High program, with some overlap with the High School program.
To prepare for this role, you have a diploma in Child & Youth Care, or a combination of related post-secondary training and experience working with children and youth with social-emotional-behavioural complexities. Related training in trauma-informed practice, adolescent brain development, and/or nonviolent crisis intervention or SIVA is an asset.
Following the school calendar, hours of work are 32.5 hours per week (1 .0 FTE) Monday to Friday.
Applications accepted via the Foothills School Division careers page only.
We appreciate and consider all applications, however, only those applicants selected
for further consideration will be contacted.
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