QVCC is committed to employment equity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applicants who increase the diversity of our staff team and have the ability to engage diverse communities in a safe and supportive way. Indigenous identity is considered an asset for this position.
Please email your cover and resume to [email protected] with the subject line “YFC F/T - Vic High". Alternatively, applications may be dropped off at or mailed to 901 Kings Rd., Victoria, BC V8T 1W5. Though we thank all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Job Title: Youth and Family Counsellor (Vic High)
Reports to: Executive Director, Site Supervision from School Principal or Designate.
Role:The role of the Youth and Family Counsellor is to provide identification and intervention in the areas of counselling, skill development, advocacy, and support services to vulnerable children and their families. Children who are vulnerable are those who are experiencing familial, emotional, behavioural, and/or cultural issues that significantly limit their capacity to function effectively within their family, school, and/or community.
The Youth and Family Counsellor aims to have students:
- Remain enrolled and connected with an educational program.
- Maintain, repair, and encourage healthy attachments to family and other significant adults.
- Develop healthy social relationships and positive self-worth.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assessing the individual needs of children/youth/family in the areas of family capacity, emotional stability, school functioning, peer relations, and community profile.
- Individual, group, and family counselling
- Life skills training which may include social skills development.
- Crisis management intervention.
- Conflict resolution and mediation skills
- Advocacy skills
- Outreach with children & families.
- Working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team of school administration, counsellors, teachers, and other school staff.
- Preventive interventions (i.e., health promotion, mental health strategies, parenting, drug and alcohol education).
- Facilitating students’ transition to and connecting them to a new school or workplace.
- On-going consultation and liaison with administration, teaching staff and community professionals (integrated case management).
Qualifications:
- A degree in Child and Youth Care or Social work (or equivalent), with related experience working with vulnerable youth and their families.
- The means and ability to do outreach to students and families.
- If employment is offered, membership with the South Vancouver Island School-Based Youth & Family Counsellors Association is available and required
- Criminal Record and Abuse registry check
Hours of Work:
- This position starts on September 28, 2026 and is to cover a parental leave estimated to last through to June 24, 2027
- 35 hours per week (1.0 FTE), weekdays, including hours that school is in session and Professional Development Days
Benefits and Remuneration:
- $33.21 to $36.18 hourly, depending on years of equivalent school-based experience as reflected in the Quadra Village Community Centre wage grid.
- Paid vacation during school Winter and Spring closures, equivalent to FTE schedule
- Eligible for full Extended Health, Dental, AD&D, Life Insurance, and matching RRSP contributions
- Immediate enrollment in the Employee & Family Assistance Program.
- Paid training and development applicable to the role
Please email your cover and resume to [email protected] with the subject line “YFC F/T - Vic High". Alternatively, applications may be dropped off at or mailed to 901 Kings Rd., Victoria, BC V8T 1W5. Though we thank all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Thanks for your interest in working with us! At Quadra Village Community Centre we value our dedicated staff team and pride ourselves in being a good organization to work for and making a difference in the community.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary, Contract
Pay: $33.21-$36.18 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Victoria, BC V8T 1C2: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Work Location: In person
