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Job Posting 101034
e4c
Edmonton area
full time • 52,000.00
Do you identify yourself as being collaborative, flexible, and goal-oriented – Are you ready to gain leadership experience? The Overnight Lead role could be your next step! The Overnight Lead focuses on helping youth grow their life skills allowing for a successful transition into adulthood. You will play a key role in helping youth identify the life skills that they need to develop and ensuring that the youth home is a safe, well-maintained place of refuge.
This role is a junior leadership opportunity requiring mentorship and supervision of front-line staff. Join a team of individuals who are making a difference! Walk alongside the youth as they develop the life skills required to be confident.
- You bring 3+ years of experience working with vulnerable populations (youth experience is an asset).
- You understand what it takes to motivate and support a team prior supervisory experience is an asset.
- You possess a two-year diploma in Child and Youth Care (CYC), Social Work, or related fields.
- You got what it takes to help make a group home safe, clean, and a place of comfort.
- You are able to connect and inspire trust with youth struggling with addictions, poverty, mental health, and trauma.
- You describe yourself as someone who utilizes a harm reduction, trauma-informed, and person-centered approach.
- You are confident utilizing different computer applications.
- You can travel to different sites as required using a personal vehicle.
- You are great at seeing the potential in youth and understanding what it takes to motivate youth to believe in themselves.
- You believe in youth and understand the impact of the work you do when you help them develop essential life skills.
- Work in a collaborative partnership setting – making sure that all stakeholders are aware of the progress and challenges faced by the youth in the program.
- You are a pro at staying organized whether that be reviewing youth files, staff documentation, approving schedules, or expenses. You stay on top of the nitty-gritty.
- Build your leadership skills as you mentor and oversee front-line staff. Helping the team grow and develop!
- You are calm, collected, and know what to do whether it is a crisis situation or an opportunity to provide one-on-one support.
Education and Certifications
Required
- Diploma in Child and Youth Care (CYC), Social Work, Human Services, or related field
- Police Check with Vulnerable Sector
- Intervention Record Check
- Standard First Aid
- Indigenous Awareness
- Medication Administration
- De-Escalation
- Protection of Sexually Exploited Children’s Act
- Suicide Intervention
- Harm Reduction
- Food Safety
- WHMIS
Recommended
- FOIP
- Mental Health First Aid
Experience
- 3+ years’ experience working with marginalized populations (youth experience an asset).
- 1+ years’ experience supervision, including management of employees, quality improvement and training.
- Working knowledge and experience with harm reduction, resiliency, trauma-informed and solution focused practice.
- Strong crisis intervention/de-escalation training/skills. Ability to remain calm in crisis situations. Ability to work in high pressure and stress situations on a regular basis.
- Demonstrated experience de-escalating crisis and potentially violent situations with individuals under the influence of drugs or alcohol, under extreme stress &/or struggling with acute/chronic mental health crises.
- Extensive background and experience working with youth struggling with substance use/addictions, poverty, mental health, traumatic histories, LGBTQ2S+, and Newcomers to Canada and/or refugees. Understanding and ability to respond to multiple, complex barriers faced by youth.
- Proficient in MS Outlook, WORD, Excel, database applications and computer
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