Description du poste
**Company Overview**
Edmonton Mentor Network Inc. provides youth-oriented mentoring programs that nurture young people’s overall development. Its work focuses on helping youth prepare for the future and find brighter paths.
**Summary**
As a Child and Youth Worker- Team Leader, you will guide youth-focused work and support the delivery of programs that foster young people’s development.
Your impact: By helping youth build skills and confidence for the future, you can support them in pursuing brighter paths. The Team Leader is a member of the interdisciplinary team which supports the Program Manager and Director in overseeing the day-to-day program operations of Edmonton Mentor Network Inc. The Team Leader provides support to the front line staff and will assist, when necessary, in the direction and support of program philosophies.
**Responsibilities**
* Development of a trusting and therapeutic relationship with clients;
* Teaching living skills and social skills through role modeling of appropriate behavior and able to assess client deficits and strengths and use systematic plans of instruction, teaching methods and approaches to transfer information and skill to clients;
* Assist clients with the development and maintenance of problem solving skills;
* Activity planning that involves clients in groups that meet the recreational, educational and or therapeutic needs;
* Providing guidance and support to frontline staff members
* Counseling skills that utilize problem-solving, de-escalation, goal-setting and preventative interventions with clients in either a 1:1 or group scenario;
* Administrative and file maintenance;
* Remain within the “Scope of Practice” of Child and Youth Care Workers;
* Providing all clients with a sense of safety, acceptance and nurturance.
**Qualifications**
* Human services degree;
* Three (3) years related front-line and/or supervisory experience;
* Strong interpersonal skills that bridge the distance with individuals that may have a resistance to relationships, different morals/values and alternative lifestyle choices;
* Non-judgmental manner;
* Strong personal boundaries;
* Demonstrates good writing and communication skills;
* Experience in working with diverse cultural and religious communities;
* Understanding of the Circle of Courage Theory, Client-Centered Therapy model and Milieu Based Therapy philosophies of treatment/intervention;
* Knowledge and understanding of the Aboriginal culture, beliefs and traditions.
If you’re motivated to support young people’s development, apply through Indeed to join Edmonton Mentor Network Inc. Or you can send your resume to Hr@emninc.ca
Pay: $24.00-$28.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Work Location: In person