Role Overview The Youth Care Worker is responsible for providing consistent, trauma-informed, relationship-based support to children and youth with disabilities, many of whom may have experienced trauma, instability, or disruption in caregiving relationships. A key focus of this role is building safe, trusting, and supportive relationships with youth through consistency, patience, respect, reliability, and positive role modelling. Youth Care Workers support youth in developing emotional security, life skills, confidence, independence, and a sense of belonging within the home and community. The role includes providing care and supervision both on-site and in community settings, including school, medical appointments, extracurricular activities, community outings, recreational programming, and temporary off-site accommodations when required. Youth Care Workers contribute to a safe, structured, clean, and nurturing home environment that promotes dignity, stability, empowerment, and personal growth. Core Responsibilities Relationship Building and Youth Support
- Establish, maintain, and model professional, supportive, and trusting relationships with youth through consistency, respect, reliability, patience, and healthy boundaries.
- Use a relationship-based and trauma-informed approach to create emotional safety, build trust, and support youth who may have experienced trauma, attachment disruptions, or difficulty trusting adults.
- Engage with youth in a positive, respectful, and developmentally appropriate manner, recognizing that relationship building is essential to safety, cooperation, emotional regulation, and skill development.
- Provide consistent encouragement, reassurance, redirection, and support to help youth feel valued, heard, and understood.
- Foster a sense of belonging and connection within the home by participating in daily routines, shared activities, meals, conversations, celebrations, and meaningful one-on-one interactions.
- Support youth in developing healthy relationships with peers, caregivers, professionals, family members, and community supports, as appropriate.
- Maintain professional boundaries while demonstrating warmth, empathy, dependability, and genuine care. Direct Care, Supervision, and Daily Living Support
- Provide direct supervision and support to youth to ensure their physical, emotional, and psychological safety.
- Support youth with daily living activities, including hygiene routines, self-care, organization, clothing, meals, bedtime routines, and other age-appropriate life skills, while maintaining dignity and respect.
- Teach, model, and reinforce life skills, including personal hygiene, communication, emotional regulation, problem-solving, social skills, household responsibilities, and independence skills using trauma-informed and individualized approaches.
- Encourage youth participation in decision-making and goal-setting in ways that align with their developmental capacity, abilities, and individual support plans.
- Identify signs of trauma, distress, anxiety, frustration, or dysregulation and respond using approved de-escalation techniques, trauma-informed strategies, and relationship-based support.
- Respond effectively to crisis situations while maintaining emotional regulation, professionalism, and a calm, supportive presence. Community, School, Medical, and Recreational Support
- Accompany, support, and supervise youth during medical, dental, therapeutic, and other professional appointments as required.
- Support youth attendance and participation in school, educational programming, extracurricular activities, recreational activities, community outings, and community-based programs.




- Provide transportation support using agency-approved transportation methods, including agency vehicles, transportation arranged by other employees, taxis, or other approved transportation services, in accordance with organizational policies.
- Support youth during community outings, appointments, school-related activities, extracurricular activities, and recreational programs while following all safety, supervision, and transportation policies.
- Promote positive community participation by helping youth develop confidence, appropriate social skills, and independence in public and community settings.
- Work shifts off-site when necessary, including supporting youth who are temporarily relocated to hotels or other approved temporary accommodations due to emergency, safety, respite, or placement-related needs.
- Maintain the same level of supervision, documentation, professionalism, boundaries, and policy compliance when working off-site or in temporary accommodations. Programming, Skill Development, and Emotional Support
- Plan, facilitate, and supervise structured and unstructured activities that support social-emotional development, skill-building, recreation, creativity, and positive peer interaction.
- Use everyday routines and activities as opportunities to build trust, teach skills, support emotional regulation, and strengthen relationships.
- Model respectful communication, emotional regulation, problem-solving, accountability, and positive decision-making.
- Encourage youth strengths, interests, talents, and personal goals, including participation in hobbies, recreational interests, cultural activities, extracurricular activities, and community connections. Documentation, Communication, and Teamwork
- Accurately document daily activities, observations, progress, appointments, incidents, behavioural concerns, community participation, and other relevant information in accordance with organizational policies and confidentiality requirements.
- Communicate relevant information to supervisors, team members, caregivers, and external professionals in a timely, respectful, and skilled manner.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, caregivers, schools, medical professionals, social workers, therapists, and other service providers as required to ensure coordinated and consistent support.
- Participate in team communication, shift exchanges, planning discussions, and updates related to youth care, safety, routines, goals, and support needs. Household, Property, and Environmental Responsibilities
- Prepare meals and support youth with food-related activities in accordance with public health standards, dietary requirements, and individual support plans.
- Maintain a clean, safe, organized, and welcoming living environment through routine household cleaning, sanitation, and upkeep.
- Complete minor upkeep of the home, yard, and property as required to maintain a safe and appropriate living environment.
- Follow chore lists, cleaning schedules, posted task lists, and household routines as assigned or posted.
- Support and model youth participation in household responsibilities and daily routines as part of life-skills development.
- Ensure the home environment meets public health, social development, safety, licensing, and organizational standards, including infection prevention, food safety, general maintenance, and cleanliness.




- Report maintenance concerns, safety hazards, property damage, or supply needs to the appropriate supervisor in a timely manner. Policy, Procedure, and Professional Standards
- Follow all organizational policies, procedures, standards, protocols, and directives at all times, including those that may be amended, updated, or changed from time to time.
- Adhere to all ethical standards, confidentiality requirements, professional boundaries, safety procedures, supervision expectations, documentation standards, and reporting obligations.
- Follow all applicable policies related to transportation, medication support, appointments, community outings, crisis response, incident reporting, health and safety, infection prevention, and off-site work.
- Maintain professionalism, discretion, and appropriate conduct when working in the home, community, schools, medical settings, temporary accommodations, or any other location where services are provided. Physical Demands and Work Environment
- Ability to safely lift and carry up to 20 pounds as required to support program activities and daily living tasks.
- Ability to remain physically active for extended periods, including standing, walking, bending, cleaning, completing household tasks, participating in recreational activities, and supporting community-based activities with youth.
- Ability to perform minor household, yard, and property upkeep tasks as required.
- Ability to perform non-violent crisis intervention strategies when required to ensure safety. Physical interventions are used only as a last resort, in accordance with organizational policies, training, and applicable regulations.
- Ability to work in a residential or home-like setting, community environments, schools, medical settings, recreational settings, and temporary off-site accommodations such as hotels when required.
- Personal transportation is not required; however, the role requires the ability to travel with youth using agency vehicles, other employees’ transportation, taxis, or approved transportation services in accordance with organizational policies.
- Ability and willingness to work flexible shifts, including shifts that may occur off-site when youth are temporarily relocated or require support in alternate approved accommodations. Qualifications and Competencies
- Experience working with children or young people in a supportive, therapeutic, trauma-aware, disability-support, residential, or community-based environment.
- Knowledge of, or willingness to be trained in, trauma-informed care, relationship-based practice, and strength-based support.
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to build positive, trusting, and professional relationships with youth while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
- Demonstrated ability to support daily living skills, emotional regulation, community participation, and positive behavioural development.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, observation, and documentation skills.
- Ability to work independently while also functioning as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated empathy, patience, cultural humility, flexibility, reliability, and professionalism.
- Ability and willingness to support youth in the home, at school, during appointments, in recreational and extracurricular activities, during community outings, and in temporary off-site accommodations as required.
- A valid Criminal Record Check and Social Development check must be maintained as a condition of employment.
- A degree or diploma in a related field, or equivalent experience. Pay: $24.90 per hour Expected hours: 1.0 – 25.0 per week Work

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📌 Youth Care Worker (Dutch Valley)
🏢 Community Youth Services
📍 Dutch Valley