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Day Treatment Student, Family, and Community Liaison Worker (1-year term position)
Overview
We are hiring!
Day Treatment Student, Family, and Community Liaison Worker
(1-year term position)
Knowles Centre is committed to creating conditions for children, youth, and young adults to experience belonging and meaningful success in order to achieve a sense of self-worth and contribute positively to the world around them. We seek to support clients through a variety of programs while working towards equity, anti-oppression, and Truth and Reconciliation.
Programs at Knowles Centre include:
• Healing Homes • Day Treatment
• Treatment Foster Care • Sexual Abuse Treatment
• SAIL (Independent Living) • Moving Forward Counselling
Work hours: 8:15 – 3:15 Mondays to Fridays (School Hours) and Part-time hours during non-school hours (which may include evenings, weekends, holiday breaks and summer holidays) to be negotiated
Tentative start Date: November 1, 2023
Qualifications
Job Summary:
The position's main function is to support Day Treatment students within the John G. Stewart (JGS) School setting. Working under the direction of Knowles Centre’s Clinical Director and John G. Stewart’s Principal, the Day Treatment Student, Family, and Community Liaison Worker is an integral member of the JGS Support Team, assisting students both in and out of the classroom by providing behavioural and educational support to ensure academic success and behavioural and social growth. The Day Treatment Student, Family and Community Liaison Workers’ role extends student support beyond the school to include family and the community.
Education and Experience: Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Demonstrated knowledge in the areas of mental health and trauma.
• An understanding of colonization intergenerational trauma and direct experience working with Indigenous clients
• A Grade 12 diploma is required.
• A Diploma or degree in a social service field is an asset.
• Capable of working both independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Experience in working with youth.
• Respectful of cultural diversity.
• Experience in supporting youth in problem-solving difficult situations where they express their feelings through behaviour.
• Excellent and proven interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of Indigenous culture, customs and beliefs.
• First Aid/CPR and a valid Manitoba Driver’s License.
Contact
Please complete an employment application (on our website) and forward your resume with references included by Friday, October 27, 2023 to:
Clinical Director, Lauren Hershfield Email: lhershfield@knowlescentre.org