Youth Care Worker (Full-Time)

PLEA Community Services Society of BC • Maple Ridge, BC

12d • Onsite

About The Position

PLEA Community Services is seeking a Regular Full-Time Youth Care Worker for their Lighthouse team in Maple Ridge, BC. The position starts on August 3, 2026, and requires BCGEU membership. The role involves providing care to youth with moderate to severe behavioral challenges, assisting them in living healthy and successful lives in a staffed resource home. The Youth Care Worker will ensure the youth's physical, emotional, social, educational, and medical needs are met, and will introduce new, fun, and fulfilling routines and activities.

Requirements

• Diploma (60 credits/two years) in a related human/social services field.
• Over six (6) months of recent related experience.
• Satisfactory Consolidated Criminal Record Clearance (CCRC) through the Ministry of Children and Family Development's Centralized Services HUB.
• Willingness to complete a Tuberculosis Screening Test prior to the start of employment.
• Must possess a valid Basic First Aid certificate (formerly OFA Level 1) or be willing to obtain one prior to hire.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Class 5 or 7N B.C. Driver's License and suitable driver's abstract/claims history.
• Documentation that the applicant is legally authorized to work on an ongoing basis in Canada.

Nice To Haves

• 1 year of college education + over 2.5 years of work experience (demonstrated equivalency)
• 0 years of college education + over 4.5 year of work experience (demonstrated equivalency)

Responsibilities

• Monitor youth in residential settings and ensure their safety and well-being.
• Recognize, analyze, and deal with potential emergency situations such as aggressive behaviour to ensure no harm comes to the youth and/or the public.
• Identify and report critical incidents to their manager. Comply with youth safety plans.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination between the Family Caregiver, internal staff, and the youth. Liaise with external partners such as the school, family, and the community, where appropriate.
• Provide feedback to the youth on their behaviour, teach coping techniques and adaptive behaviour strategies, and provide guidance and support to youth on a one-to-one and/or group basis.
• Teach youth to relate in a socially appropriate manner through the use of daily routines and activities. Provide life skills training such as meal preparation, housekeeping, personal care skills and personal finance as required by their service plans.
• Participate in various youth-focused activities in accordance with the youth’s service plan.
• Participate in the assessment, goal setting and program planning (service plan) for youth living in a staffed resource home. Document, implement and provide input into the evaluation of the youth’s progress.
• Provide crisis intervention and emotional support to youth in accordance with established policy.
• Coordinate, schedule, and accompany youth to appointments and community outings.
• Perform residence/program maintenance and housekeeping duties such as laundry, sweeping, mopping floors, mowing lawns, inventory, shopping, cleaning equipment and meal preparation.
• Maintain reports such as statistics, logbooks, and case notes on daily activities with youth.
• Assist the youth in self-administering medication in accordance with established policy.
• Protect and uphold confidentiality.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Eligibility to enroll in health/welfare benefits on the first day of the month following the completion of the probation period
• Access to the annual physical activity fund (for fitness-related items or activities)
• Access to the annual education fund (to take part in career-related courses or training events)
• Enrollment in the Municipal Pension Plan, as per the plan's criteria.
• Access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP): counselling support services and wellness resources for employees and their immediate family members.
• Discounted gym membership at Club 16 Trevor Linden and She's Fit.
• Perkopolis membership: an exclusive discount program for a variety of products and services (clothes, furniture, dining, auto, events, etc.).
• Agency-Sponsored Social Events (i.e., summer barbecue, annual holiday party, and team days).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree