Track: Young People’s Lodge – Child and Youth Care Counsellors

Hull Services has an organizational commitment to pursuing truth and reconciliation, decolonization and anti-oppression.

About Us:

Hull Services has long had a reputation for providing leading edge child, youth, and family mental health services. We work with children, youth and families who have experienced mental health struggles, behavioural problems, developmental delay, neglect, abuse and trauma. Hull offers them an opportunity to seek well-being and happiness, with a focus on mental health. Hull’s vision is for resilient young people and families to thrive within communities that support their mental health and well-being. Hull’s programs and services include prevention and early intervention, family-based treatment, school-based services, community group care, campus-based care, adult services and education and training. Located in Calgary, we have been serving Alberta’s young people and families for 60 years, and support over 9,000 young people and families each year.

For more information about Hull Services, please visit our website: www.hullservices.ca

The Program:

Track: Young People’s Lodge provides services to help treat adolescents with serious emotional and/or behavioural difficulties who are not yet able to be effectively served in the community. An emphasis is placed on parental involvement, community participation, and the development of relevant community-living skills. The treatment modalities include the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), an evidence-based practice developed by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), which focuses on teaching skills in four areas: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.

The Position:

We are looking for two regular, full time Child and Youth Care Counsellors. The position would be scheduled Tuesday through Saturday rotating between 7-3 and 3-11 OR be scheduled Sunday through Thursday with the same rotation.

Reporting to the Program Coordinator, our Child and Youth Care Counsellors are members of an interdisciplinary team which assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the treatment program(s) for youth. The Counsellor participates in all facets of program life and is responsible for our youths’ daily care, treatment, health, nurturance, and supervision.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend to the physical safety, esteem and developmental needs of our young people.
• Supervise, organize and implement daily living activities as well as recreational activities and see these as opportunities for educational and therapeutic interventions.
• Use routines and activities to give children and youth security and enable them to relate to others in socially acceptable ways; help the youth understand the need for routines and procedures.
• Provide meaningful and responsible role modelling, as well as direct teaching in areas of grooming, hygiene, dress, nutrition and social manners.
• Identify and act on goal-related teaching opportunities; use systematic plans of instruction, appropriate teaching methods and approaches to transfer information and skills.
• Select and make appropriate use of behavioural interventions and strategies.
• Communicate rules and behavioural limits and follow through on appropriate behavioural interventions.
• Improve the quality of life for our young people by attending to their physical environment.
• Monitor and work directly with youth in all aspects of their lives, i.e., liaise with parents and community groups.
• Promote and safeguard the rights, interests and treatment of the people we serve by interceding on their behalf.
• Act as an avenue of recourse or grievance for the youth and represent his/her interests.
• In working with children, youth, parents/guardians, co-workers, other professionals and the public, demonstrate appropriate conduct in terms of behaviour, appearance, and presentation and adhere to Agency expectations with regard to confidentiality.
• Attend to team responsibilities in terms of participation, communication, and demonstrating a positive attitude.
• Model socially acceptable values, e.g., integrity, fairness, and respect.
• Participate in professional development activities.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Degree or diploma in Human Services or Social Sciences (or currently enrolled).
• Minimum 21 years of age (due to agency insurance requirements for driving).
• Experience in Therapeutic Campus-Based Care treatment (preferred).
• High level of personal competence in the formation and maintenance of caring and therapeutic relationships.
• Ability to engage children, youth and families in the treatment process.
• Demonstrated interest, commitment, consistency, and a high level of personal maturity and responsibility.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Cross cultural competence; knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the recommendations, goals and activities of the commission.
• A Police Information Check, which includes a vulnerable sector search, is required (or is in process of being completed) prior to employment.
• A Child Intervention Record Check is required upon commencement of employment.
• Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license and ability to drive Agency vehicles is preferred (min. 2 years driving experience with a class 5/GDL class 5 license).
• Completion of ASIST, First Aid and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention would be considered an asset.

To Apply:

• If interested, please direct your cover letter, and resume to careers@hullservices.ca
• Please indicate “Your Full Name – Track CYCC” in the subject line of your email.        

The deadline for application is Tuesday, October 3, 2023   

Salary Range: $44,880 – $56,568

Note: We personally review every application received through careers@hullservices.ca and our team will give your application due consideration. It may take up to two weeks to review all applications. If your qualifications and experience match our requirements we will contact you directly.

 At Hull, one of our core values is Inclusion and we seek to understand people’s lived experience, holding a deep respect for their unique backgrounds, ethnicities, abilities, cultures and identities. It is our desire to humbly build trust and mutual respect with the people we serve who have often been marginalized and oppressed for their differences. To achieve this, Hull seeks open, self-aware individuals who reflect the diversity of those we serve and can help us build a safe, healthy, inclusive culture. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, place of origin, religious beliefs, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, family status, or sexual orientation.