Child and Youth Care Counsellor

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $26.00 - $29.00 per hour based on experience and education.

Who We Are :

arc programs exists to create thriving communities, free of systemic barriers and full of belonging, equity, and hope. We have a bold vision to ensure everyone in our communities feels connected and cared for, and we are excited to be expanding our team to help us accelerate our impact!

We're Hiring!

We are now accepting applications for a Child and Youth Care Counsellorto join the SOAR Wrap team in the South Okanagan.

The Child and Youth Care Counsellor (CYCC) will implement service goals designed to support children and youth in care and their families, their foster caregivers, and other out of care caregivers. Through recreation-based programming while using a variety of modalities, they will work to improve the daily functioning, self-regulation skills, life skills, and other assessed needs of youth in care, to support the stability of their family care placements.

While this position is based out of Penticton, services are provided on an outreach basis throughout the South Okanagan (Summerland to Osoyoos).

Hours / Schedule :

• Part-Time, Permanent
• 12-hours per week

Service hours will be delivered on a flexible basis, including some evening and weekend hours as necessary to best support the needs of the clients and program.

Responsibilities :

Using an outreach, community-based, family-centered service delivery approach, CYCCs will :

Other responsibilities include :

Preferred Education and Experience :

Other Skills and Attributes :

Other Requirements :

Given the nature of our work, please note that all shortlisted candidates :

Wage / Benefits :

$26.00 - $29.00 per hour based on experience and education.

Upon successful completion of a trial period, this position is eligible for a full benefit package (including dental plan, vision coverage, life insurance, extended medical coverage, long-term disability plan, and RRSP or TFSA contributions); as well as accrued vacation and sick time at 5.8% - above BC Employment Standards!

Why were an employer of choice!

Like most in the social services sector, arc programs is an equal-opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and ensure everyone on the team demonstrates cultural safety and sensitivity of all populations we serve.

But we believe theres more to our work culture that promotes high levels of employee satisfaction and retention

We are inclusive.

We use an anti-oppressive lens to inform our work with folx of all cultures, races, ethnic backgrounds, disabilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status, religions, and other oppressions to enhance our approach to equality.

We are ever-evolving.

We recruit and retain highly skilled staff and support their development through training, education,

research, best practices, and innovation.

We foster a culture of continuous learning, utilizing a two-eyed seeing approach incorporating the strengths of western knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge : ways of knowing, doing and being while engaging meaningfully with the provincial community social services sector, Indigenous communities, and agencies.

Discover more about our agency services and work culture at arcprograms.

If you feel a connection to our values and work, wed love to hear from you!

Click the Apply for This Job Button.

We appreciate your interest, but kindly note that due to the high number of applications we receive, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

We acknowledge that arc programs is situated in the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Syilx peoples in the Okanagan and West Kootenay region. We also acknowledge the Mtis and Inuit peoples who reside in these regions.