We are currently recruiting for a full time, Team Leader I in Red Deer.

This is a temporary contract position.

Job Summary:
As the Team Leader, you will utilize your accomplished level of organizational and leadership skills to provide supervision to a team who provide support to individuals with complex emotional and behavioral needs. You must also have the ability to work a flexible schedule including on-call hours. You will be responsible for recruitment, training, crisis support, and case planning.

Experience in supporting people with complex needs and high behaviours is a requirement for this position. Experience providing excellent supervision and support to a group of staff will enable your success in this role. You will have confidence in connecting with internal and external stakeholders as well as superior communication skills, both written and verbal. You will lead by example, providing front line services alongside your team and will act as a mentor, fostering your team's unique skillsets.

What This Job Requires:

• Diploma or Degree in Human Services (or equivalent)
• Minimum 1 years’ experience working with individuals with emotional and behavioral needs
• Experience supporting individuals with complex and high behaviours
• Supervisory experience is considered an asset
• Valid First Aid and CPR is considered an asset
• Vulnerable Sector Check
• Child Intervention Record Check
• Clear and Current Driver's Abstract
• A vehicle and valid class 5 driver's license – requirement to transport clients in your personal vehicle
• Proof of Vehicle Insurance showing $2 million liability coverage
• Proof of Vehicle Registration for insured vehicle

What We Offer:

• The annual salary for this position is $48,462.48 - $54,538.56 and is based on qualifications and experience.
• Benefits available when eligible.
• Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
• Growth Opportunities: apply and grow your skills within a dynamic, innovative and expanding Agency that is taking a leadership role in our industry.

About Catholic Social Services:
CSS is an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 60 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1900 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.

We welcome and celebrate the diversity of our employees and volunteers who choose to work with our Agency in support of our mission, values, and principles. We employ and serve people of all faiths, or no faith, while respecting all backgrounds and experiences.

Our values are at the core of everything we do!

• Humility: We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
• Compassion: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
• Respect: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

We thank all applicants. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, and people of faith or no faith.