QUALIFICATIONS:
Education, Training and Experience Registration with BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant.

WORK CONDITIONS AND ABILITIES:
Physical ability to perform the duties of the position, ability to perform under pressure with attention to detail.

• Two-year post-secondary diploma in Indigenous Studies, Community Development, Social Sciences, Public Administration or related field of study.
• Minimum 3 years related experience in community development or program coordination.
• Knowledge and experience with local First Nations culture and communities in the SRD.

Must have valid experience running load loaders in BC.

Preferably at least 2 - 3 years experience.

Education:
• Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy

Requirements:
• Experience working with young children and their families is an asset
*New graduates are welcome to apply*
• Cultural sensitivity to children’s and family’s needs
• Desire to work within a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, family-centered early intervention team.
• Criminal record check
• First aid certification (in-house training is available)
• Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle

Experienced Heavy Duty Mechanic required for a coastal logging and road building contractor. Applicants should have a journeyman ticket complimented with many years of hands on experience.

Key Requirements:
- Minimum 2 years of coastal experience
- Valid Class 5 Driver’s License (or equivalent)
- Strong work ethic and a safety-conscious mindset
- Comfortable working in all weather conditions and rugged terrain
- A team player with solid communication skills

Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Education and Experiences
• Post-Secondary degree in counselling, child care work or a related field. First Aid training is required..
• Driving is required to attend meetings and to enable contact with youth/families at home or in the community. The worker must have a valid driver's licence and access to safe, reliable transportation, and must obtain appropriate insurance as per Society policy.
• A minimum of two years’ experience working with high-risk youth in a counselling or other helping capacity required, which should include:

Counselling Skills
• Experience counselling adolescents.
• Ability and willingness to be trained in treatment issues
• Experience with life skills/job skills programming an asset
• Understanding of addiction and other abuse issues, and current treatment
models
• Solid understanding of human services ethics with regard to confidentiality and
appropriate boundaries
• Ability to maintain a calm professional approach in crisis situations

Case Management Skills
• Demonstrated ability working constructively and cooperatively in a team setting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge and experience with case recording practices

Other Skills and Abilities
Counsellor must:
• Demonstrate a level of cultural sensitivity and understanding of the client population’s socio-economic characteristics.
• Have the ability to form mutually respectful partnerships with persons served, their families, and their caregivers in which they are helped to gain skills and confidence to address any issues and problems they face.
• Have the ability to work with any client that is referred and accept the differences they will find among their clients.
• Have the ability to work with values and behaviours that are very different from those of the employee.
• Ensure that personal values and beliefs are not insinuated, promoted, or imposed on the clients.
• Accept clients’ rights to self-determination and individuality, and must not discriminate on the basis of Indigenous identity, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political belief, religion, socio-economic status, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age.
• Have a positive conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change. Have the ability to work respectfully in partnership with other team members, including referring authorities.
• Recognize the value of a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a person. Have the ability to recognize persons with special needs and make appropriate referrals.
• Have the ability to set limits and maintain the helping role of the practitioner, and to intervene appropriately to meet the needs of the persons served or other family members.
• Have the understanding and the ability to support the youth’s learning experience in prescribed individual programming and treatment.
• Have basic computer and internet skills.
• The Youth Counsellor – FTAP may be involved in coordinating and/or participating in activities with youth, which may include physical, outdoor or other active elements.
• Two completed, acceptable criminal record checks, one from the Criminal Records Review Program through the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and one from the Canadian Criminal Record Search of the RCMP National Repository of Criminal Records, the Canadian Police Information Centre, and the Police Information Portal.
• The Youth Counsellor – FTAP will follow the Code of Ethics and the Mission Statement of The John Howard Society of North Island. The Counsellor will also abide by the relevant rules and regulations and guidelines set out by the Ministry for Children and Family Development.