Residential Youth Worker
Date Posted: August 1, 2025
Competition Number: 96-25/26
Location: Kelowna (Downtown Youth Center), BC
Ready to make a meaningful impact in the lives of vulnerable youth?
BGC Okanagan is hiring a Part-Time Residential Youth Worker to join our supportive team at Penny Lane, a Low Barrier Short Term Stabilization Home. This is more than a job — it’s a chance to help youth build stability, trust, and hope for the future in a safe, trauma-informed environment.
Be part of a collaborative program that offers mental health and behavioral supports for youth needing short-term stabilization (stays range from a few weeks to 9 months).
• Support youth in developing personalized, strengths-based service plans with their Circle of Care.
• Help create a nurturing home-like setting that offers recreation, connection to community resources, and relationship-building opportunities.
• Work alongside a team that believes in second chances and in giving every young person the opportunity to succeed.
If you're compassionate, reliable, and committed to making a difference, we want to hear from you.
Join us in helping youth overcome barriers and build brighter futures.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Participates in the assessment, goal setting and progress evaluation of children / youth youth alongside mental health clinician and behavioral consultant and each youth’s Circle of Care.
Teaches children / youth to relate in a socially appropriate manner through the use of daily routines and activities.
Monitors clients in a residential setting and ensures their safety and wellbeing.
Provides behavior management counselling to clients on a one-to-one and/or group basis by performing duties such as providing feedback on clients’ behavior, teaching coping techniques and adaptive behavior and providing guidance and support.
Provides emotional support and crisis intervention to clients which may include non-violent physical interventions.
Ensures communication and liaison between group home, school, family and the community.
Ensures that clients’ physical needs are met by performing duties such as assisting with basic personal hygiene, preparing meals, and administering medication as required in accordance with established guidelines, procedures and instructions.
Maintains reports such as statistics, logbooks, and daily activities on residents.
Carries out household duties such as meal preparation and household cleaning.
Administers medication to clients in accordance with established policy.
Accompanies clients to appointments and community outings.
May be required to work the on-call rotation.
Performs other related duties as required.
Qualifications:
Diploma in a related human / social service field. Two (2) years recent related experience. Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Class 5 drivers license
Successful completion of Agency screening process, including criminal record check
This position is open to all applicants.
This position requires union membership
Hours/Details: 28 hours per week, Sunday-Monday 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Tuesday-Wednesday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Rate of Pay: $27.54 per hour plus cost shared benefits.
This position require union membership
This position is open to all applicants
Closing Date: August 15, 2025
As an equal opportunity employer, BGC Okanagan is committed to the prioritization of equitable and inclusive employment practices. Our goal is to be representative of the communities we serve, and we encourage applications from communities which are structurally marginalized based on race, disability, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, social or ethnic origin, gender identity and/or expression. If any candidate needs any accessibility support throughout the hiring process, we will accommodate such requests when made. You will only be considered for a position with BGC Okanagan if you’re legally entitled to work in Canada. Eligible applicants include: Canadian citizens, permanent residents and refugees in Canada with legal status. We appreciate and thank all applicants for their interest, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
