Child & Youth Care Worker I – North Island Secondary School

2023/2024 CUPE
Posting #45

Fax # (250) 949-8792

February 23, 2024

TO CUPE LOCAL 401
Employees are hereby advised that the following REGULAR position is available.
Applications should be received no later than 4:30 p.m. March 7, 2024

CHILD & YOUTH CARE WORKER I

Pay Rate : $32.34 per hour
Location : Nor th Is land Secondary School
Hours of Work : 29 hours per week (plus one hour for LIF 23/24), while school is in session
Start Date : March 8, 2024

Reporting To : Jen Turner, Principal, North Island Secondary School

Preference will be given to candidates with POPARD and CPI training. Candidate must demonstrate the
ability to work effectively with students with social/emotional behavioural needs.
Please Note: The Board encourages employees without CYCW I qualifications to apply for this position.
If the Board is unable to fill the position with a qualified person, the Board will fill the position on a day-
to-day basis with a CYCW II ($30.60 per hour) or CYCW III ($26.16 per hour).

MAJOR DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS - See attached job descript ion
Please mail all applications to: Secretary Treasurer, School District No.85 (Vancouver Island North)
P.O. Box 90, Port Hardy, BC VON 2PO or email to mjones@sd85.bc.ca
Please include a completed CUPE application, resume, transcripts and certificates.
CUPE-Application-Form-fillable.pdf (sd85.bc.ca)
cc: CUPE Payroll

CUPE Local 401
Al l Schools
Port McNeill Maintenance
Transportation
School District Administration Office

Darby Gildersleeve, Manager of Operations & Maintenance

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 85
(Vancouver Island North)

CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION

CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER I

DEPARTMENT: School

JOB SCOPE
Reports to the school principal.
Supports students in the development of positive social/emotional skills that facilitate formal
education.
May work under the direction of a teacher.
Works with outside agencies to support families and students.
May work under a flexible schedule.
Implements directives from medical professionals.
Works without close supervision.
Performs duties of a confidential nature.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Child and Youth Care Worker will work collaboratively with the teaching staff in developing
individual social and behavioural programs to assist students in reaching the goals outlined in the
student’s Individual Education Plan, Behaviour Assistance Plan and when indicated, the
Integrated Case Management Plan.
Duties may include but are not exclusive to the following:
Participate as a member of the case management team and/or school-based team for identified
students.
Assists with the assessment of the student’s family, school and community functioning to
determine the environmental causes that may affect the student’s ability to function in school.
Assists with the assessment of the student’s functioning and determines how it affects family,
school and community.
Assists in developing specific strategies for students to achieve acceptable personal/social
behavior patterns.
Provides personal improvement training to individual students, student groups and families as
needs are identified through collaborative planning processes, in areas such as bullying, anxiety
and suicide prevention.
Develops close working relationship with students and their families.
Assists with the development, co-ordination and supervision of all program activities (e.g. social
skills training, academics, recreation, field trips, work experience, special projects, support
groups, drug and alcohol awareness, personal hygiene skills etc.)
Assists students with the administration of medication.
Provides transportation to students as needed for appointments and/or school related activities.
Intervenes in crises, determines, develops and implements appropriate management strategies.
Provides and/or facilitates training in parenting skills if needed.
Facilitates working relationships with school staff, community agencies and appropriate ministries,
as the individual student case management requires.
Acts as a referral source to and for the school, family and/or community services.
Establishes regular communication with families and/or guardians.
Submits verbal and written reports that pertain to the student’s social, emotional growth as
required.
Performs other duties necessarily incidental to those assigned above.
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CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION

CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER I

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Secondary school graduation (with Dogwood Certificate or equivalent).
A minimum of ten post-secondary education courses applicable to work situation such as courses
in Behavior Management, Child Development, Psychology and other areas specific to the
assignment.
Specialized training, as required, to work with specific students (e.g., CPI, POPARD, and Applied
Suicide Intervention Skills Training).
Training to apply medical directives as needed.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students with social/emotional behavioural needs.
Basic knowledge of psychiatric and developmental disorders affecting children and adolescents.
Possessing knowledge of specific strategies to defuse conflict.
Training in non-violent crisis intervention strategies.
Working knowledge of functional assessment of behaviour methodology.
Willingness to work beyond the school day to support students and their families.
Ability to maintain good working relationships and communicate effectively with school staff,
students, parents and community agencies.
Ability to use a computer for record keeping and assisting students e.g., word processing,
instructional software etc. Valid Level I first aid certificate or equivalent.
Valid B.C. class 5 driver’s license and access to a vehicle for purposes of work.
Good interpersonal and communications skills.
Ability to understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructions.
Two to three years of successful school and/or community related experience in the field of Child
and Youth Care.
Revised Sep. 2008
Reviewed Jun. 2010
Revised May 2015
Revised June 2016