The Program

At Taproot Community Support Services, we’re a 100 percent employee-owned organization through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Every employee is an owner from their first day, with a voice in shaping Taproot’s future and the opportunity to share in employee ownership dividends.

As a Certified B Corporation, we harness business for positive. Since 1983 we’ve grown steadily, now delivering support across Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario through more than 90 contracts.

Our 800-plus employee-owners live by five shared values: we are stronger together, we lead with optimism, we embrace challenges, we respect every voice, and we go above and beyond. Guided by these principles, we deliver more than 125 community-based services each year. We walk alongside about 1,600 children, youth, families, and people with diverse abilities, with revenues exceeding $70 million.

Shoreline House provides culturally-based programming, support and protected, home-based accommodations for youth in the care of Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD). The resource is a staffed 24 hour resource providing a long term therapeutic placement for up to 3 children or youth. The resource supports children or youth who have experienced a trauma, are addressing adverse childhood experiences and/or overcoming other adversities. The program staff will be networking with and working alongside a team of professionals supporting the youth in many life domains, such as education, mental health, physical health, recreation and life skills.

The Position

The Residential Child and Youth Worker (RCYW) provides care to children,



youth or adults with moderate to severe behavioural problems in a residential or day program setting in an accredited agency. As key worker for assigned persons served, the RCYW is responsible for overall development and care of those individuals. In conjunction with the individual’s care team, the RCYW assesses physical, psychological, social and developmental needs, and designs and implements individualized personal service plans and plans of care that address and meet those needs. The RCYW also participates in the operation and maintenance of the program.

This Overnight Awake position attends to the health, well-being, safety and security of persons served and the program site at night, and provides general, non-specific services to clients as required. Maintains a comfortable and clean living environment.

Schedule

One (1) permanent, part-time position with a weekly schedule of 16 hours:

- Sunday and Monday

In Your Role You Will

- Participate in assessing, setting goals for and evaluating progress of persons served.
- Teach persons served to relate in a socially appropriate manner through the use of daily routines and activities.
- Monitor persons served and ensure their safety and well-being; utilizes practices that promote health, welfare, safety and security of persons served.
- Provide behaviour management counseling on a one-to-one and/or group basis by performing duties such as providing feedback on client behaviour,



teaching coping techniques and adaptive behaviour, and providing guidance and support.
- Provide emotional support and crisis intervention to persons served which may include nonviolent physical interventions.
- Ensure communication and liaison between program, school, family and the community.
- Ensure physical needs of persons served are met by performing duties such as assisting with basic personal hygiene and activities of daily living.
- Administer medications to persons served according to established guidelines, procedures and instructions.
- Maintain reports such as statistics, logbooks and daily activities relating to persons served.
- Carry out household duties such as meal preparation and household cleaning.
- Accompany persons served to appointments and community outings.
- Participate in the OHS Committee as required.
- Operate motor vehicles safely and legally while transporting persons served or on Taproot business.
- Advocate effectively for persons served.
- Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as required.
- Prior to confirmation of employment, all applicants must provide a copy of a current Criminal Record Check and/or Government Screening Letter. These checks vary depending on province and sector and will be communicated by the Program Hiring Team.

As An Ideal Candidate You Possess

- Child and Youth Care Degree or Diploma OR a Diploma or Degree in one of the humanities, social work or related field. Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.
- Minimum of two years recent related experience in child and youth care, emergency shelter or a combination of rele

📌 Residential Child and Youth Worker with Overnight Awake Scheduling, Part Time (Parksville)
🏢 Taproot Community Support Services
📍 Parksville