Description
SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Youth Healing, the incumbent contributes to the line management leadership, accountability, planning, organization, coordination and reporting, and; helps to ensure the daily implementation and supervision of the quality of the administrative resources (residence guards, kitchen staff, administrative services of Youth Healing Center), the maintenance staff for the Youth Healing Services in Eeyou Itschee, and the YCJA program and the intensive supervision measures within the Youth Healing jurisdiction.
The incumbent will provide supervision to Youth Healing workers, under its responsibilities. The incumbent will assume the same responsibilities as the other coordinators of the Youth Healing Services when replacing them.
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS
1. Contributes to the development, distribution and updating of the programs and services, and; contributes to the Regional Plans for the organization of services.
2. Contributes to assuring that planning is complete for operational use, and includes clinical service and program objectives, policies, protocols, program and employee support tools, and results in Program Manuals and Management Guidelines that support a quality assurance system design.
3. Participate in the committee of coordinators under the responsibility of the Director of Youth Healing services and contribute to the planning and coordination of services, to the elaboration of policies and procedures regarding services.
4. Participates in the planning, organization and coordination of the development and programming of YH services, and the incorporation of such in policies, procedures, protocols and tools.
5. Ensures that the programs and services provided are based on respect and autonomy of individuals and communities, and respond to their bio-psycho-social needs as well as cultural and spiritual needs.
6. Participates in the implementation of the policies regarding access to client files. Contributes to the development of an effective system for the preparation of intervention plans, record keeping (client file) and the maintenance of various records.
7. Ensures the organization, coordination, implementation, control, and reporting according to the CBHSSJBs clientele approach in the context of its mandate.
8. Ensures the programming function for the organization's services and program planning associated with the unit.
9. Ensures the daily planning of the responsibilities of the services in order to support fully and respond adequately and timely to the needs of the coordinators responsible for the services of the clientele.
10. Contributes to ensuring the daily planning, leadership, accountability, organization, coordination, implementation and control of a high quality of life, services and programs within the Youth Healing jurisdiction, in collaboration with others and according to the CBHSSJB's client approach through the:
a) Respect and protection of the individuality, privacy and rights of the clients;
b) Assurance that the clients' family and other significant persons or legal representatives are integrated, should the case arise, into the process attached to the youth healing practice;
c) Implementation of the youth healing programs, policies and procedures, as per the program manuals and management guidelines;
d) Organization and supervision of the daily activities of the clients and staff;
e) Provision of the necessary information and support to the staff so that they have the means to apply the interventions, provide care, and respect the rights of the clients;
f) Implementation of the policies and procedures for the welcoming and integration of clients to the YH services in collaboration with the youth protection (YP) service;
g) Implementation of the policies, procedures and criteria for the movement of the clientele (admission, registration, transfer, departure and closing of files) in collaboration with the YP Service; etc.
11. Participates in
Education and Experience * Bachelor degree in Administration or Social Work; * One (1) year experience in service management or supervision in a social services or re-adaptation environment or in a multidisciplinary team setting.
Or* Diploma of College Studies (DEC) in Administration, Social Work or Special Needs Counselling;* Three (3) years experiences in service management or supervision in a social service or re-adaptation environment or in a multidisciplinary team setting.
Knowledge and abilities* Knowledge of the Quebec and MSSS laws and regulations for Youth Protection and Re-adaptation programs, and the Youth Criminal Justice Act (federal);* Knowledge of the MSSS Youth Protection and Re-adaptation Network and its current orientations, services and operations;* Knowledge of Youth Healing (re-adaptation) practice, current issues and trends, and supervision;* Good record in an appropriate level of Youth Healing services management or leadership, and; human, financial, material and information resources management are an asset;* Excellent critical thinking, planning and organizational skills;* Excellent interpersonal communication, leadership and teamwork skills;* Excellent communication skills, both written and presentation;* Ability to effectively collaborate with all colleagues, as a team member and team leader;* Ability in office computer applications;* Knowledge of Cree culture is an asset;* Proven ability or potential to be effective in the Cree Nation;* Knowledge of, or ability to grasp the issues and context that relate to First Nation social services and youth healing.
LANGUAGE* Fluent in English;* Fluency in Cree and/or French is an asset.
OTHER* Willing to travel;* Includes on-call periods.
