Youth Care Counsellor – Permanent, Full Time Awake Overnight Tuesday – Saturday, 12am-8am
Top Benefits
About the role
This position requires working a schedule from Tuesday-Saturday, 12am-8am, and maintains a 40 hour per week schedule.
Download Opportunity
Highlights of this opportunity:
As members of the Aboriginal Youth Safehouse program, Youth Care Counsellors provide a safe space and temporary housing for youth without a secure place to stay, with stays ranging from one night to several nights. The position focuses on connecting youth to a support team, community, and culture. Youth Care Counsellors support youth in developing basic life skills and linking them to community resources to address substance use, mental health, homelessness, and physical health needs. The Aboriginal Safehouse Team reports directly to the Program Manager. This position requires working a schedule from Tuesday-Saturday, 12am-8am, and maintains a 40 hour per week schedule.
Qualifications and Conditions:
- Build Rapport with Youth: Engage with self-referred youth to gather information through interviews,observations, and consultations with involved professionals.
- Resource Connection: Assess the needs of youth and link them to appropriate resources and services.
- Implement Care Plans: Develop and execute care plans and intervention strategies using various techniques suchas the Person-Centered Approach, Family Systems Approach, and Trauma-Informed Approach.
- Create a Safe Environment: Foster a safe and respectful environment for all youth and staff by addressingbehaviors and situations through a trauma-informed lens and modeling respectful behavior.
- Team Collaboration: Actively participate in the team, demonstrating commitment, respect, and support forcolleagues.
- Networking: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with other UNYA programs and communityresources.
- Record Keeping: Maintain accurate statistical records, logs, case files, and client reports to meet UNYA andfunder requirements.
- Crisis Management: Address concerns, incidents, or crises affecting youth participants, program operations,UNYA policies, and community relations proactively and positively.
- Policy Adherence: Follow UNYA’s Philosophy of Care and comply with all program-specific and organization-widepolicies and procedures.
- Additional Duties: Perform any other tasks deemed necessary by the Program Manager to ensure the safe,healthy, and productive operation of the Aboriginal Safehouse.
- Executive Support: Carry out other duties as assigned by the Director of Youth Programs and/or CEO.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Establish rapport with youth who are referred to the program. Gather information through interviewing techniques, observing the youth, and soliciting information from professionals involved with the youth.
- Assess youth and provide them with a connection to appropriate resources and services.
- Implement care-plans and intervention strategies using a variety of techniques, such as the Person Centered Approach, Family Systems Approach, and Trauma Informed Approach. Provide one-on-one informal counselling.
- Create a safe space for youth and staff by responding to behaviors and situations through a trauma informed lens, modelling respectful behavior.
- Establish and maintain a network of positive working relationships with other UNYA programs and other community programs/resources.
- Maintain appropriate statistical records, logs, case files, and client reports in order to meet both UNYA and itsfunder’s requirements.
- Positively and proactively address any concerns, incidents, or crises which affect youth participants, program operation and mandate, UNYA policies, and community relations.
- Adhere to UNYA’s Philosophy of Care, and all program-specific and organization-wide policies and procedures.
- Perform any other duty deemed necessary by the Program Manager to ensure the safe, healthy, and productive operation of the program.
What we offer:
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: 100% employer-paid.
- Paid Time Off: vacation, sick days, and wellness days after successfully completing 3-month probationary period.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to no-cost counseling services for UNYA staff.
- Cultural and Spiritual Support: Guidance and teachings from UNYA’s Elder in Residence available upon hire.
- Professional Development: Monthly Staff Development Day.
- Compensation: $27.96 – $32.56 an hour (based on years of service). Work Hours: 40 hours per week, Tuesday-Saturday, 12am-8am. Location: Confidential Safehouse location in Vancouver
How to Apply:
If you would like to become a part of this tremendous team, send a cover letter and resume indicating the position you are applying to the attention of the ASH Program Manager at program.manager@unya.bc.ca Posting will close when position is filled. Only those shortlisted will be contacted.
***We are an Indigenous youth organization whose mandate is to provide meaningful opportunities for Indigenous youth. We encourage qualified Indigenous – First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, applicants to apply. If you identify as Indigenous, please let us know in your application! Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
UNYA acknowledges that we are gathered on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are honoured and grateful to be able to do our work on this land.
Who we are:
UNYA has been supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth in the Metro Vancouver area for over 30 years. As a respected non-profit, charitable organization, we recognize Indigenous youth as experts in their own lives and strive to provide youth with programs and opportunities that are relevant and meaningful to them.
At Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) we have developed a Philosophy of Care foundation, drawing from best practices. These philosophies are the grounding framework that shapes all of our decisions and every interaction we have with the youth we serve. Following these philosophies empowers our staff to meet youth where they are at, by giving them the ability to balance flexibility and structure. This allows us to meet our youth’s needs, and ensure that our youth experience a consistent quality of care across all UNYA programs. Our 5 key philosophies are:
- Trauma–Informed Practice
- Two-Eyed Seeing
- Harm Reduction Practice
- Youth/Person Centered Practice
- Culture as Therapy
About Urban Native Youth Association
UNYA was founded in 1988 to address Indigenous youth issues at a time growing numbers of young people began leaving reserves for the city. Today, 60% of Indigenous people live in cities, and youth make up approximately 60% of the overall Indigenous population. Many youth continue to arrive in Vancouver with few job skills, minimal training or education, and not knowing where to go for help. The need for Indigenous youth services in Vancouver has never been greater.
UNYA has a proven model that works, playing a transformational role in the lives of Indigenous youth. We are training the Indigenous leaders of tomorrow, delivering 20+ programs, together with our 175+ volunteers, 100 staff, and more than 300 community partners. Our strengths-based programming includes education and training, health, wellness, and counselling services, outreach, housing and transition support, drug and alcohol counselling and recovery, arts and culture, leadership training, sports and recreation, and more. Throughout our programs, we create space for youth to experience and explore a range of traditional practices and teachings, as well as to share their own cultural knowledge with their peers and UNYA staff.
We believe that strengthening our community as a whole has a tremendous positive impact on the lives of Indigenous youth, and continue to focus efforts on community development initiatives. We contribute to positive community development by creating and distributing resource materials, hosting community meetings and forums, offering training on youth issues, serving on community steering committees, conducting research, developing innovative programs, hiring and training youth, participating on the Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council, and creating partnerships that expand services for Indigenous youth.
UNYA is a registered not-for-profit society with the Province of BC and a federally registered charitable organization.
Youth Care Counsellor – Permanent, Full Time Awake Overnight Tuesday – Saturday, 12am-8am
Top Benefits
About the role
This position requires working a schedule from Tuesday-Saturday, 12am-8am, and maintains a 40 hour per week schedule.
Download Opportunity
Highlights of this opportunity:
As members of the Aboriginal Youth Safehouse program, Youth Care Counsellors provide a safe space and temporary housing for youth without a secure place to stay, with stays ranging from one night to several nights. The position focuses on connecting youth to a support team, community, and culture. Youth Care Counsellors support youth in developing basic life skills and linking them to community resources to address substance use, mental health, homelessness, and physical health needs. The Aboriginal Safehouse Team reports directly to the Program Manager. This position requires working a schedule from Tuesday-Saturday, 12am-8am, and maintains a 40 hour per week schedule.
Qualifications and Conditions:
- Build Rapport with Youth: Engage with self-referred youth to gather information through interviews,observations, and consultations with involved professionals.
- Resource Connection: Assess the needs of youth and link them to appropriate resources and services.
- Implement Care Plans: Develop and execute care plans and intervention strategies using various techniques suchas the Person-Centered Approach, Family Systems Approach, and Trauma-Informed Approach.
- Create a Safe Environment: Foster a safe and respectful environment for all youth and staff by addressingbehaviors and situations through a trauma-informed lens and modeling respectful behavior.
- Team Collaboration: Actively participate in the team, demonstrating commitment, respect, and support forcolleagues.
- Networking: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with other UNYA programs and communityresources.
- Record Keeping: Maintain accurate statistical records, logs, case files, and client reports to meet UNYA andfunder requirements.
- Crisis Management: Address concerns, incidents, or crises affecting youth participants, program operations,UNYA policies, and community relations proactively and positively.
- Policy Adherence: Follow UNYA’s Philosophy of Care and comply with all program-specific and organization-widepolicies and procedures.
- Additional Duties: Perform any other tasks deemed necessary by the Program Manager to ensure the safe,healthy, and productive operation of the Aboriginal Safehouse.
- Executive Support: Carry out other duties as assigned by the Director of Youth Programs and/or CEO.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Establish rapport with youth who are referred to the program. Gather information through interviewing techniques, observing the youth, and soliciting information from professionals involved with the youth.
- Assess youth and provide them with a connection to appropriate resources and services.
- Implement care-plans and intervention strategies using a variety of techniques, such as the Person Centered Approach, Family Systems Approach, and Trauma Informed Approach. Provide one-on-one informal counselling.
- Create a safe space for youth and staff by responding to behaviors and situations through a trauma informed lens, modelling respectful behavior.
- Establish and maintain a network of positive working relationships with other UNYA programs and other community programs/resources.
- Maintain appropriate statistical records, logs, case files, and client reports in order to meet both UNYA and itsfunder’s requirements.
- Positively and proactively address any concerns, incidents, or crises which affect youth participants, program operation and mandate, UNYA policies, and community relations.
- Adhere to UNYA’s Philosophy of Care, and all program-specific and organization-wide policies and procedures.
- Perform any other duty deemed necessary by the Program Manager to ensure the safe, healthy, and productive operation of the program.
What we offer:
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: 100% employer-paid.
- Paid Time Off: vacation, sick days, and wellness days after successfully completing 3-month probationary period.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to no-cost counseling services for UNYA staff.
- Cultural and Spiritual Support: Guidance and teachings from UNYA’s Elder in Residence available upon hire.
- Professional Development: Monthly Staff Development Day.
- Compensation: $27.96 – $32.56 an hour (based on years of service). Work Hours: 40 hours per week, Tuesday-Saturday, 12am-8am. Location: Confidential Safehouse location in Vancouver
How to Apply:
If you would like to become a part of this tremendous team, send a cover letter and resume indicating the position you are applying to the attention of the ASH Program Manager at program.manager@unya.bc.ca Posting will close when position is filled. Only those shortlisted will be contacted.
***We are an Indigenous youth organization whose mandate is to provide meaningful opportunities for Indigenous youth. We encourage qualified Indigenous – First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, applicants to apply. If you identify as Indigenous, please let us know in your application! Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
UNYA acknowledges that we are gathered on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are honoured and grateful to be able to do our work on this land.
Who we are:
UNYA has been supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth in the Metro Vancouver area for over 30 years. As a respected non-profit, charitable organization, we recognize Indigenous youth as experts in their own lives and strive to provide youth with programs and opportunities that are relevant and meaningful to them.
At Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) we have developed a Philosophy of Care foundation, drawing from best practices. These philosophies are the grounding framework that shapes all of our decisions and every interaction we have with the youth we serve. Following these philosophies empowers our staff to meet youth where they are at, by giving them the ability to balance flexibility and structure. This allows us to meet our youth’s needs, and ensure that our youth experience a consistent quality of care across all UNYA programs. Our 5 key philosophies are:
- Trauma–Informed Practice
- Two-Eyed Seeing
- Harm Reduction Practice
- Youth/Person Centered Practice
- Culture as Therapy
About Urban Native Youth Association
UNYA was founded in 1988 to address Indigenous youth issues at a time growing numbers of young people began leaving reserves for the city. Today, 60% of Indigenous people live in cities, and youth make up approximately 60% of the overall Indigenous population. Many youth continue to arrive in Vancouver with few job skills, minimal training or education, and not knowing where to go for help. The need for Indigenous youth services in Vancouver has never been greater.
UNYA has a proven model that works, playing a transformational role in the lives of Indigenous youth. We are training the Indigenous leaders of tomorrow, delivering 20+ programs, together with our 175+ volunteers, 100 staff, and more than 300 community partners. Our strengths-based programming includes education and training, health, wellness, and counselling services, outreach, housing and transition support, drug and alcohol counselling and recovery, arts and culture, leadership training, sports and recreation, and more. Throughout our programs, we create space for youth to experience and explore a range of traditional practices and teachings, as well as to share their own cultural knowledge with their peers and UNYA staff.
We believe that strengthening our community as a whole has a tremendous positive impact on the lives of Indigenous youth, and continue to focus efforts on community development initiatives. We contribute to positive community development by creating and distributing resource materials, hosting community meetings and forums, offering training on youth issues, serving on community steering committees, conducting research, developing innovative programs, hiring and training youth, participating on the Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council, and creating partnerships that expand services for Indigenous youth.
UNYA is a registered not-for-profit society with the Province of BC and a federally registered charitable organization.