Behavioural Health Foundation Posted: October 1, 2026
Expires: November 1, 2026

Position: Assistant Director, Breezy Point Department/Program: Breezy Point (Women-Specific Program) Employment Category: Full-Time, Permanent Shift/Timing: Regular daytime hours, with occasional evenings and weekends as required; participation in on-call rotation Reports to: Executive Director Salary: Starting at $25.45 / hour or $52,946.18 annually Posting Date: October 1, 2026 Close Date: Until Filled Number of Openings: 1

Position Summary

The Assistant Director, Breezy Point provides day-to-day operational leadership and formal employee supervision within Breezy Point’s women-specific, family-inclusive Therapeutic Community. The position supports safe and consistent operations, staff alignment, scheduling, resident engagement, daily structure, family-inclusive practice, and service integration.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Assistant Director works alongside other Assistant Directors, Keyworkers, Program Support Workers, Night Lead Support Workers, the Nurse, Counsellor, Health & Wellness Support Staff, Wraparound Supports, Indigenous and Cultural Supports, Heritage Daycare Centre, the K–6 School Program, and approved partners. This role includes participation in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours operational leadership.

Key Outcomes

- A safe, structured, and consistent Therapeutic Community environment, with program drift identified early and clarity restored before concerns grow.
- Reliable, fair staffing coverage within approved resources, with call-ins, leave, and scheduling changes managed promptly and clearly communicated.
- Supervised staff who receive regular one-to-one supervision,



coaching, and feedback, and who demonstrate consistent practice and follow-through.
- Strong resident engagement, participation, and peer accountability, with calm restoration of community structure following conflict or significant events.
- Safe, coordinated transitions among residential, family, Daycare Centre, School Program, appointment, and community-service environments.
- Ongoing compliance with BHF policies and procedures, CARF standards, privacy requirements, and documentation expectations.

Key Responsibilities

In collaboration with the Executive Director, the successful candidate will provide leadership in the following areas:

Operations, Scheduling & Coverage

- Oversee day-to-day operations, staffing, program flow, routines, transitions, environmental needs, and approved schedules.
- Develop and maintain staff schedules within approved resources, responding to call-ins, leave, workload, resident needs, and safety requirements.
- Maintain fairness, explicit communication, and accurate records when coverage changes, and provide immediate operational direction to staff working approved cross-program coverage.
- Identify early program drift and restore clarity before concerns become larger.

Employee Supervision & Development

- Provide formal supervision to assigned Breezy Point staff,



including Keyworkers, Program Support Workers, Night Lead Support Workers, and casual staff.
- Provide direction, coaching, mentoring, feedback, workload support, attendance follow-up, and performance development through structured monthly or regular one-to-one supervision.
- Use situational, reflective, trauma-informed, strength-based, and coaching approaches that support staff judgement without taking over their work.
- Recognize effective practice, address gaps directly and respectfully, and document agreed actions, responsible persons, and target dates when formal follow-up is required.

Resident Engagement, Community Safety & Incident Leadership

- Promote participation, responsibility, peer accountability, daily structure, and learning-focused responses.
- Identify changes in engagement, isolation, conflict, parenting or family stress, community tone, or safety.
- Apply Cardinal Rules and approved safety procedures consistently, and support calm restoration of community structure following conflict, crisis, or significant events.
- Ensure post-incident communication identifies facts, actions, follow-up, ownership, and learning without blame.

Women-Specific & Family-Inclusive Practice

- Provide visible leadership in a smaller, women-specific, family-inclusive residential environment.
- Recognize how trauma, parenting stress, family relationships, child well-being, Child and Family Services involvement, separation, and reunification goals may affect engagement.
- Maintain respectful boundaries with Heritage Daycare Centre and the K–6 School Program, and address child-safety conce

📌 Assistant Director, Breezy Point (Winnipeg)
🏢 Brandon University
📍 Winnipeg