Description
25-164 September 9, 2025
Competition Number Date of Distribution
Electronic Applications must be submitted through Make a Future and include a cover letter and resume by Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 12:00pm.
Effective: Immediately
Description: Child and Youth Care Worker
Location: Strathcona Elementary School
Hourly Rate: $32.93
Shift (subject to change): 8:00 am to 2:30 pm
Hours per Day/Week: 6 hours per day / 30 hourrs per week
(Plus 8 minutes extra per day due to LOU)
Months per Year: 10
Deadline Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Qualifications, experience, training as per class specification. For further information, contact Michael Kotanko, Principal of Strathcona Elementary School.
Please Note: Interested staff members should apply through Make A Future at and include an updated resume stating experience, qualifications, and at least two current professional references, relating to the class specification.
CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER
Job Band: 11
Division: 5 (Assistants)
Reports to: Principal or Designate
Job Summary
Upon assignment by the principal or designate, a Child and Youth Care Worker provides assistance to teachers, severe behavioural students and parents. He/she works collaboratively with other employees, parents, students and community partners.
Duties and Responsibilities
· Assists in developing specific strategies for students to achieve acceptable personal/social behaviour patterns.
· Assists with planning, implementing and monitoring behaviour management programs including observation, record keeping, follow-up, and reinforcement.
· Participates in meetings and consults with student support services, classroom teachers, School Based Team, parents and other agencies.
· Works with students on a one to one or small group basis to reinforce targeted behaviour goals as indicated in the student behaviour plan (IEP).
· May assist with planning and implementing family, group and individual counselling programs.
· Performs other related or emergent duties, as determined by the District Counsellor.
· Provides guidance, encouragement and support to students in the development of their social skills and responsible behaviour.
· Organizes recreational programs including arranging transportation.
· Organizes and supervises programs such as foods, workshop, physical education and crafts.
Equipment Used
Photocopier, telephone, computer and other classroom related equipment.
Required Knowledge, Ability, Skills
· Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences or equivalent.
· Over one years’ experience working with children with behaviour and/or emotional disorders.
· A valid B.C. Class 5 driver's licence.
· Ability to extend and model patience, care, tolerance and understanding.
· Ability to apply behaviour management strategies to a given situation.
· Ability to respond to violent behaviour.
· Ability to intervene in crisis situations.
· Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
· Ability to perform individually and as part of a team.
· Ability to use courtesy and tact when dealing with the public, parents, staff and students since contacts are a major element of the job requiring considerable communication and human relations skills for such purpose as influencing, persuading, motivating, or negotiating with others, and in dealing with highly sensitive issues.
· Ability to plan and schedule work and organize workload effectively.
