Child and Youth Care Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $18.75 - $22.79 per hour

Child and Youth Care Worker -Casual

Location : Red Deer and surrounding areas

Schedule :

• Day (7 : 30 am - 3 : 30 pm)
• Evening (3 : 00 pm - 11 : 00 pm)
• Awake Overnight (10 : 30pm-8am)

Before you read on

Why Your Transparency Matters

Our goal is to provide excellence in service for the children we provide care for and build a team with the comfort, knowledge, and skills to truly make a difference.

This work will test your patience, stretch your creativity, and demand your accountability. But it will also give you the chance tomake a lasting impact in the life of a child who needs it most.

When expectations are clear from the start, we can prevent unexpected disruptions, which can be heartbreaking for the children and the team.

What Success Looks Like

A Day in the Life

Behaviour Management Comparison

Please note : The Child & Youth Care Worker (CYCW) role is significantly different from a daycare or childcare position.While both involve supporting children, the purpose, approach, and level of responsibility in a CYCW role are unique and specialized.

What Behaviour Management Looks Like in a CYCW Role

In this role, you will be working with children and youth who often have complex behavioural, emotional, and trauma-related needs. Behaviour management is not about basic supervision, it is about understanding the underlying causes of behaviour and responding in a therapeutic, relationship-focused way.

Key aspects include :

trusted, meaningful relationships that help promote healing and stability.

This work is

intensive, relational, and specialized, requiring empathy, patience, and the ability to understand behaviour as communication.

How This Differs From a Daycare Setting

A daycare environment typically focuses on group routines, play-based learning, and general supervision.

Behaviour management usually involves guiding children through common developmental challenges such as sharing, turn-taking, and following simple rules.

Additionally :

What You Bring

Your patience already shines, having taken the time to read and reflect on this opportunity. Give yourself the space to truly consider whether you are ready to open your heart, and to commit to a life-changing role for both you and the youth, if you are, we would love to hear from you.

Compliance Regulated Requirements

Regulated Physical Requirement

To perform this role, the employee must be able to :

The PERKS!

We thank all applicants for applying; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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