Top Benefits
About the role
Employment Opportunity
Young Bears Lodge Youth Care Counsellor
Relief
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
Highlights of this opportunity:
Are you passionate about empowering Indigenous youth? Do you have a knack for building positive relationships? Are you strategic, creative, and dynamic in your approach to youth work? Does working within a fast-paced environment energize you? If you said yes, then this is the opportunity for you!
- Contribute to a team focused on increasing stabilization, belonging and empowerment for youth.
- Be a positive role model for youth, working in cooperation with others and positively participating and implementing programming.
- Work in a variety of trauma-informed healing modalities.
- Provide individual case management support to youth, from overseeing health appointments, medication needs, communicating with support teams, follow ups, and after-care planning.
- Participate in Indigenous protocols, ceremonies, and other practices.
- Support youth and their families during pre-intake and intake into the Young Bears Lodge as well as their transition back into community.
- Provide leadership in residential care, responding to critical incidents and care needs for the youth & families accessing our service.
- Support and co-facilitate workshops.
- Assist in the development and implementation of outcome-oriented and culturally relevant treatment and transition plans.
- Share responsibility for the daily operations of Young Bears Lodge, including meal planning and preparation, maintaining timely, accurate logs, case files and reports.
- Represent Young Bears Lodge in the community; building connections to ensure widespread dissemination of program information to youth, their families and community referring agencies.
- This role requires on-call duties
Qualifications and Conditions:
-
Post-secondary education in Child & Youth Care, preferably a Degree/Diploma/Certificate in a related field. Preference for experience working with Indigenous youth. We recognize that formal education is not the only relevant qualification for this role, and will also consider an equivalent combination of lived and work experience, alongside training in cultural healing practices, coaching, or education.
-
Experience working with the Indigenous community. Must demonstrate a good working knowledge of community resources in Vancouver, particularly youth & Indigenous-specific resources.
-
Knowledge and understanding of Indigenous culture and traditions.
-
Knowledge and understanding of the family and social issues that Indigenous youth face today, including the generational impacts of the residential school system on families and communities.
-
Must demonstrate the ability to identify with mandate, policies and procedures of the organization.
-
Must have a criminal record check completed by and satisfactory to UNYA.
-
Proof of Covid19 vaccination will be required
-
Given the needs of the youth accessing our programs, priority will be given to qualified Indigenous, First Nations, Metis, Inuit candidates as per section 41 of the Human Rights code.
-
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, coupled with strong crisis intervention and conflict mediation skills. A strong spirit of collaboration, dependability, positivity, and a love of what you do.
-
Class 5 BC Drivers License preferred
What we offer:
· $27.96/ per hour
· Sick days
· Support from UNYA’s Elder in Residence for cultural and spiritual guidance or teachings
· shared meal and fun activities
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 Hiring Manager at ybl.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.
Job Type: Casual
Pay: From $27.96 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Wellness program
Flexible language requirement:
- French not required
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
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.
Top Benefits
About the role
Employment Opportunity
Young Bears Lodge Youth Care Counsellor
Relief
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
Highlights of this opportunity:
Are you passionate about empowering Indigenous youth? Do you have a knack for building positive relationships? Are you strategic, creative, and dynamic in your approach to youth work? Does working within a fast-paced environment energize you? If you said yes, then this is the opportunity for you!
- Contribute to a team focused on increasing stabilization, belonging and empowerment for youth.
- Be a positive role model for youth, working in cooperation with others and positively participating and implementing programming.
- Work in a variety of trauma-informed healing modalities.
- Provide individual case management support to youth, from overseeing health appointments, medication needs, communicating with support teams, follow ups, and after-care planning.
- Participate in Indigenous protocols, ceremonies, and other practices.
- Support youth and their families during pre-intake and intake into the Young Bears Lodge as well as their transition back into community.
- Provide leadership in residential care, responding to critical incidents and care needs for the youth & families accessing our service.
- Support and co-facilitate workshops.
- Assist in the development and implementation of outcome-oriented and culturally relevant treatment and transition plans.
- Share responsibility for the daily operations of Young Bears Lodge, including meal planning and preparation, maintaining timely, accurate logs, case files and reports.
- Represent Young Bears Lodge in the community; building connections to ensure widespread dissemination of program information to youth, their families and community referring agencies.
- This role requires on-call duties
Qualifications and Conditions:
-
Post-secondary education in Child & Youth Care, preferably a Degree/Diploma/Certificate in a related field. Preference for experience working with Indigenous youth. We recognize that formal education is not the only relevant qualification for this role, and will also consider an equivalent combination of lived and work experience, alongside training in cultural healing practices, coaching, or education.
-
Experience working with the Indigenous community. Must demonstrate a good working knowledge of community resources in Vancouver, particularly youth & Indigenous-specific resources.
-
Knowledge and understanding of Indigenous culture and traditions.
-
Knowledge and understanding of the family and social issues that Indigenous youth face today, including the generational impacts of the residential school system on families and communities.
-
Must demonstrate the ability to identify with mandate, policies and procedures of the organization.
-
Must have a criminal record check completed by and satisfactory to UNYA.
-
Proof of Covid19 vaccination will be required
-
Given the needs of the youth accessing our programs, priority will be given to qualified Indigenous, First Nations, Metis, Inuit candidates as per section 41 of the Human Rights code.
-
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, coupled with strong crisis intervention and conflict mediation skills. A strong spirit of collaboration, dependability, positivity, and a love of what you do.
-
Class 5 BC Drivers License preferred
What we offer:
· $27.96/ per hour
· Sick days
· Support from UNYA’s Elder in Residence for cultural and spiritual guidance or teachings
· shared meal and fun activities
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 Hiring Manager at ybl.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.
Job Type: Casual
Pay: From $27.96 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Wellness program
Flexible language requirement:
- French not required
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
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.