Job Description

Catholic Social Services is currently seeking a Permanent full-time, 40 hours per week, Team Leader in EDMONTON to join our Kateri 1 House. Providing excellent client-centered care, you are confident, thoughtful, and motivated to achieve success when supporting others in your community.



This position has a weekly schedule of 40 hours.

Program Overview:

Kateri House is a routine based program directed to the age of children within the program. These children respond to highly structured environments in which the staff adjust expectations to accommodate child's stressors.

Job Summary:

The Team Leader oversees the daily operations of the program. The Team Leader also ensures that the needs of the clients are met. Additionally, the Team Leader trains, supervises, and evaluates employees who provide the direct services to clients with humility, compassion and respect. This position also represents the Agency within the community and liaises with community partners.

Understands, supports, promotes, and adheres to the Agency's vision, mission, values, and organizational ethics, and treat all persons with humility, compassion, and respect Presents as a positive and professional role model and ambassador for the Agency in interactions with clients, stakeholders, and the public. Maintains respectful personal boundaries Communicates effectively and respectfully in a professional and confidential manner with all Agency employees, and internal and external stakeholders Establishes and maintains respectful, collaborative working relationships with employees, clients and their key stakeholders, and other organizations/community groups, etc. Participates in recruitment / orientation of new employees Monitors employees completion of mandatory training requirements Provides individual supervision as required according to the experience of the worker; supervision includes monthly face to face case supervision and/or group supervision Provides support over the phone and possibly on-site through an on-call after hours rotation for programs within the Service Ensures outcome measures and other reporting protocols are understood and utilized by employees Monitors, supervises and evaluates performance of employees Collects, approves and submits time sheets and leave of absence requests for employees Prepares shift schedules for all employees to ensure appropriate employee coverage Reviews, completes & submits incident reports, serious occurrence reports and/or other administrative duties in a precise and timely manner as per Agency policy and procedures Debriefs with employees about serious occurrences or critical incidents Is a positive, participatory team member; effectively communicating program concerns and possible solutions Integrates employee feedback about service delivery needs into additional training for employees Encourages employee participation in Service and Agency activities Provides on-the-job supervision to students and volunteers as required

What This Job Requires:

Minimum of a Diploma in a Human Services' discipline or equivalent Degree in a Human Services' discipline is an asset Additional relevant certifications or designations considered an asset Minimum of _1_ years' professional supervisory experience preferred Minimum of _3_ years' professional experience with family violence, addictions and high-risk behaviours Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered Ability and willingness to work outside of regular office hours as required to meet client and/or Agency needs including participating in rotating on-call schedule as required Regular, and occasionally prolonged, use of computer Regular interactions with external contacts including clients, client's family members, key stakeholders, partner and government agencies, and members of the community Regular interactions with internal Agency staff and management May be exposed to infectious waste, diseases, and conditions including viruses and pathogens (blood borne and/or air borne) Considerable sitting, standing, and/or moving with little or no heavy effort. Occasional prolonged sitting May occasionally support residents who are experiencing crisis and who may be dysregulated. Required to handle incidents and emergencies at any time as they occur Mental demands due to working in an unpredictable and busy environment with continual exposure to interruptions Requires medium degree of visual attention, visual and auditory acuity, and mental concentration Position has high volumes of work, and priorities that are constantly changing Position has variety and number of key issues that must be successfully balanced and administered at any given time A reliable Vehicle, Valid Driver's License, Vehicle Registration and Third Party Liability Insurance (amount of two million) Police Information Check including vulnerable sector search, and Intervention Record Check current within six (6) months Summary of driving record with no more than six (6) demerit points current within one (1) year. Required 2 years of Driving Experience

What We Offer:

The Annual salary for this position is $61,094.88 - $68,757.84 based on qualifications and experience. We offer flexibility and supportive working environment. Flexible benefit options when eligible. Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily. Growth Opportunities: apply and grow your skills within a dynamic, innovative and expanding Agency that is taking a leadership role in our industry.

About Catholic Social Services:

You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect.

With more than 60 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1900 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.

Our values are at the core of everything we do!

Humility: We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have. Compassion: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition. Respect: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

We thank all applicants. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, and people of faith or no faith.