Youth Care Leader - Wilson House

Location: Regina, SK

Position: Full-Time Permanent

Posting Closing Date: June 10, 2023

The Youth Care Leader provides leadership, continuity, and expertise to the team and participants during the day-to-day operations of the group living services environment. The Youth Care Leader provides expertise in the development and implementation of activity plans, promotes online decision making, and provides positive role modeling in a therapeutic, stable, and safe environment. The Youth Care Leader provides care and support to vulnerable persons with complex needs, behavioural issues, developmental disabilities, mental health disorders, and/or other related issues. The Youth Care Leader is involved in the implementation of the participants’ treatment plan and in meeting the participants emotional and physical needs.

Education and Professional Certification

• A certificate, diploma, or degree in child and youth care (CYC) or in a related field of study.

Experience

• Experience providing leadership, guidance, and support in a team environment.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience working with children, youth, and/or adults with behavioural, cognitive, mental health, and/or developmental challenges.

Skills And Characteristics

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Demonstrated mastery of behaviour management and support methods.
• Basic computer proficiency.
• Outgoing personality with interests that can be used to engage participants (i.e. outdoors, arts, sports, etc.).
• Strong written and oral communication with effective presentation skills.
• Knowledge of the issues that bring clients to Ranch Ehrlo Society.
• Understands budget and allocation of resources.
• Open to continuous education and learning and development opportunities.
• Ability to set clear, attainable goals.
• Effective time management and organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to form genuine relationships.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to new situations.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to role-model, motivate, coach, mentor, and support others.
• Ability to display empathy, patience, and understanding in day-to-day interactions.
• Emotional competence and self awareness.
• Innovative activity planning and programming skills.

Duties And Responsibilities

Services

• Provide observations to clinical professionals and unit managers regarding treatment plans, goal setting, life skills, and/or social development groups.
• Engage and fully participate with the participants.
• Lead the development and implementation of activity plans.
• Complete reports and documentation clearly, accurately, in a timely manner, and within agency standards.
• Provide care and support to vulnerable persons with complex needs, behavioural issues, developmental disabilities, mental health disorders, and/or other related issues.
• Participate in team meetings and discussions.
• Resolve conflicts and respond to crisis situations using behavioural management and support methods including conflict resolution, crisis management, and life space interviewing.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Lead daily group meetings and facilitate educational groups.
• Establish and maintain a therapeutic milieu.
• Teach participants life skills such as self care, cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and positive interactions.
• Support the participant’s needs including: safety, treatment, medication administration, healthcare, nutrition, chores, and hygiene.

Leadership

• Display positive role modelling, agency values, and fairness.
• Collaborate with and communicate to the multidisciplinary team when required.
• Work with team members to create a positive and productive work environment.
• Provide leadership and support to the team, potential employees, practicum students, and volunteers as directed by the unit manager.
• Responsible for decisions, in the absence of the unit manager, regarding participants’ supervision, subgroup composition, and task assignments for the team.

Management of Resources

• Ensure care, cleanliness, and maintenance of assigned assets and resources including; building(s), vehicles(s), furnishings, and equipment.
• Ensure vehicle log is completed accurately and that the vehicle log and gas receipts are submitted daily.
• Submit receipts and reconcile expenses for unit manager approved expenditures.
• Provide input into the operational budget and the unit’s capital plan.

Safety

• Maintain, promote, and reinforce safe work habits, practices, and procedures.
• Adhere to written or verbal agency and government regulations, policies, practices, and instructions.

Additional Requirements

The incumbent is responsible for completing all mandatory training requirements for the position as per agency policy and guidelines.

Employees must hold a class five (5) novice two (2) or higher drivers license and be eligible for coverage under our commercial auto insurance policy.

Wage range for this position is $27.67 to $35.78 . If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Cook @ 306-751-2737.