Child And Youth Worker Posted on Apr 13, 2018 by Unlimited Potential Community Services
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Location Red Deer, AB
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Earnings $44,657.00 to $62,786.00 annually
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1 Vacancy
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Closing Date May 13, 2018
Employer
Unlimited Potential Community Services
Languages
English
Education
College/CEGEP or equivalent experience
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Cultural Awareness Training
- Medication Administration Certificate
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Mental health first aid Certificate
- Emergency child care first aid and CPR
- Food allergy and anaphylaxis training
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Additional Skills
- Housekeeping activities
- Food preparation
Weight Handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Work Setting
Group home
Specific Skills
- 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
- Assist clients/guests with special needs
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
Target Audience
- Adolescents
- Aboriginal groups
- Culturally diverse groups
- Young offenders
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with learning disabilities
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Females
- Males
Security and Safety
- Child welfare check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Criminal record check
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
Ability to Supervise
3-4 people
Work Location Information
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Various locations
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
Type of Community or Social Service
- Child welfare
- Early intervention programming for at-risk youth
- Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Personal Suitability
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Client focus
- Judgement
How to Apply
Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
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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
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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
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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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