Youth Care Worker

Requisition ID : 390677

Position Number :

Posting End Date : November 4 2025

City : Portage la Prairie

Em ployer : Shared Health

Site : Shared Health

Department / Unit : SH - Youth Residential Child & Adolescent Mental health & Addictions Services

Job Stream : Clinical

Union : CUPE

Anticipated Start Date : ASAP

FTE : Casual

Anticipated Shift : Days;Evenings;Weekends

Work Arrangement : In Person

Daily Hours Worked : 12.00

Annual Base Hours : 2080

Salary : $22.842 $23.562 $24.395 $25.116 $25.958

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Position Overview

Reporting to the Program Supervisor Youth Care Workers are responsible for ensuring client safety and well-being participating in client orientation and assessment processes developing and implementing therapeutic interventions delivering structured group-based educational and support programming planning and delivering recreational programming assisting clients in the classroom contributing to ongoing treatment planning crisis response medication administration ensuring facility safety client transport reception and household / maintenance duties including food preparation. Commitment to a client centred philosophy and the ability to work as part of a team are essential. The Shared Health Compass Youth Program is a 14-bed facility located 4 kilometressouth of Portage la Prairie in Southport Manitoba.

Youth Care Workers work as members of the Compass inter-disciplinary team and demonstrate the following :

• Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and present self in an approachable friendly manner.
• Genuine enthusiasm for client-centered care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.
• Commitment to fostering a safe healthy and nurturing environment for youth clients.
• Understanding of at-risk adolescents and commitment to strength-based approach in service delivery.
• Ability to create therapeutic relationships by offering a flexible non-judgmental approach.
• Ability to model teach and create opportunities for clients to enhance interpersonal problem-solving emotional management and daily living skills.
• Ability to engage in physical activity and support clients to enhance their physical fitness and the development of positive recreation and leisure interests.
• Ability to offer therapeutic interventions and programming which take into account clients developmental level interests abilities and strengths.
• Ability to respond to potential crisis situations in a calm effective manner.
• Works collaboratively in the context of a provincial organization with numerous colleagues to ensure a consistent Shared Health approach.
• Demonstrates the ability to balance the needs of clients other staff persons and those of the organization.
• Ability to contribute to an effective positive team environment through an appreciation for an inter disciplinary approach solution-focused problem-solving and open direct communication.
• Commitment to ongoing individual development openness to feedback and a willingness to engage in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.
• Commitment to personal and professional ethics integrity and responsibility.
• Ability to manage own emotions and strong feelings; maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances; think clearly and stay focused under pressure.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the agencys mission vision values and objectives.

NOTE : Full-time positions involve a 4 on 4 off shift rotation (two 7 AM 7 PM two 7 PM 7 AM 4 off).

Experience

Education (Degree / Diploma / Certificate)

Certification / Licensure / Registration

Qualifications and Skills

Physical Requirements

NOTE : Full-time positions involve a 4 on 4 off shift rotation (two 7 AM - 7 PM two 7 PM - 7 AM 4 off).

We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family friends and neighbours please apply today.

Interested candidates should selectthe Apply icon below to upload their cover letter resume and copy of licenses / certification.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodationsare available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Key Skills

Crisis Management,Direct Support,Behavior Management,Behavioral Health,Mediation Experience,Conflict Management,Computer Literacy,Child Protective Services,Experience with Children,Medication Administration,Social Work,Writing Skills

Employment Type : Gig

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1