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Child And Youth Worker

Employer

Nurtures Inc Wholistic Healing

Date Posted

April 27, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $23.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jun 07, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Nurtures Inc Wholistic Healing

Languages

English

Education

  • Bachelor's degree
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Child welfare
  • Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
  • Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
  • Early intervention programming for at-risk youth
  • Crime prevention
  • Programs dealing with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

Work setting

  • Group home
  • Community agency
  • Children's services facility

Tasks

  • Prepare reports or case histories
  • Perform administrative tasks
  • Implement life skills workshops
  • Conduct follow-up assessments
  • Housekeeping activities
  • Food preparation
  • Provide suicide and crisis intervention
  • Resolve conflict situations
  • Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses
  • Supervise children's visits with parents to ensure their safety
  • Implement substance abuse treatment programs
  • Implement behaviour management programs
  • Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
  • Establish registry of special needs support workers
  • Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
  • Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
  • Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
  • Assist clients/guests with special needs
  • Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
  • Manage knowledge
  • Offer mentoring

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
  • Mental health first aid Certificate
  • Understanding and managing aggressive behaviour (UMAB) course
  • Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
  • Cultural Awareness Training
  • Medication Administration Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Food Safety Certificate

Target audience

  • Aboriginal groups
  • Children

Computer and technology knowledge

MS Office

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Child welfare check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Large workload

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Values and ethics
  • Client focus
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Team player
  • Organized

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you live near the job location?

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Shift

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

  • Night
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

Mileage paid

Other benefits

Learning/training paid by employer

Support for youths

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth

Support for Indigenous people

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Child And Youth Worker is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Community and Social Service Workers
SOCIAL

Interest in consulting with social assistance recipients and pensioners to advise and aid them in locating and utitizing a variety of community resources; in referring clients to other social services; in counselling clients living in group homes and halfway houses and assisting in pre-release and release planning; in providing crisis intervention and emergency-shelter services; and in co-ordinating volunteer activities of community and social services organizations

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to participate in the selection and admission of clients to appropriate programs; to assess clients' relevant skill strengths and deficits; and in maintaining contact with other social service agencies and health care providers involved with clients to provide information and obtain feedback on clients' overall progress

innovative

Interest in assisting clients to sort out options and develop plans of action, and in implementing and organizing the delivery of life-skills workshops, substance-abuse treatment programs, behaviour management programs, youth services programs and other community and social service programs under the supervision of social workers and health care professionals

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