Position: Permanent Part-Time Youth Care Worker – Awake Overnight

Location: Lilac Place - Youth Services Program – Surrey BC

Hours: 21 hours per week (10.5 hours/night)

We are looking for an Awake Overnight Youth Care Worker to join our Sources Lilac Place team! This individual must be a great team player, have a passion for working with youth, and have a good understanding of trauma informed, harm reduction and strength-based approaches

About Sources

SOURCES is a community-based non-profit organization providing support and hope to communities in the Lower Mainland, on Vancouver Island, and across Northern BC. Sources strives to create vibrant and resilient communities through support to adults, children, youth, and families facing challenges in life such as mental health, disability, poverty, substance use, and conflict. We support our communities through leadership, education, and volunteerism.

Sources is committed to learning about, celebrating and incorporating Indigenous knowledge into our practices as we continue our work in truth and reconciliation. People of all races, cultures, ethnicities, LGBTQ2S+, and abilities are welcomed to work with us. We value diversity, respect, and collaboration as we promote our mission: social wellness for our community.

Description of Position and Program

Reporting to the Youth Services Manager, the Permanent -Part time Overnight Youth Worker is a temporary/permanent employee of Sources Community Resources.

Lilac Place is a unique, part time residential program that assists families to stay together or reunify. The dynamic Youth Care Worker position develops therapeutic relationships with youth to foster change in youth and their families. This awake overnight position is responsible for supervising from 9:30pm until 8am two nights a week. Duties include regular bed checks on youth, maintaining safety of the house, problem solving if conflict arises, cleaning duties, and completing overnight logs. The residential component incorporates therapeutic group and recreational programming, some behavioral management, day to day care of the youth, as well as liaising with social workers, schools, and various community resources. Report writing, case management and maintenance of files and other administrative duties as required.

General Responsibilities:

• Provides age-appropriate day-to-day care of and support to youth (ages 12-18).
• Engages with youth effectively in both providing direction/guidance as well as participating in and creating activities.
• Ability to work with a trauma informed, strength base, and harm-reduction approach is an asset.
• Enjoys working in a team environment.
• Ability to maintain records and write daily reports and logs.

Program Specific Responsibilities:

• Minor cleaning duties
• Coordinate bedtime and morning schedules with youth and staff (and caregivers when necessary)
• Provide support and guidance to youth and caregivers overnight.
• Role modeling healthy boundaries
• Prioritizing responsibilities and offering effective support to youth while working alone

Qualifications:

• Experience working with youth (12-18 years of age)
• Knowledge of residential programs routines, harm reduction, and trauma-informed approaches.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both verbal and written
• Must be able to use computer effectively.
• Must possess the following: current first aid, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention certificate (training provided), Food Safe certificate
• Must be able to participate in recreational activities if necessary
• Excellent references
• Criminal record check is required
• Prefer post-secondary degree in psychology, Child & Youth Care, and related or a diploma or certificate in related studies.

Start date: ASAP

Salary: $27.71 /hour

Benefits (if applicable):

• 100% employer paid coverage for extended health and dental
• Long term disability, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accidental death & dismemberment coverage
• Employee & Family Assistance plan
• Pension plan
• Generous paid time off, starting at 3 weeks
• Access to Wellbeat’s “Wellness” application

Closing Date: When position is filled, internal candidates will be contacted asap.