Are you ready to mentor a team of corrections professionals, support the reintegration of female offenders, and provide overall management of the Elpida for Women program? We have a one-year contract opportunity available beginning at the end of August. Please apply if you are interested in taking on this challenging and rewarding position.
Job Summary:
The Elpida Team Leader is primarily responsible for coaching, mentoring and supervising staff and students. This position provides excellent leadership and oversees the day-to-day operations of the program, monitoring progress of resident and program outcomes, and ensuring public safety as a priority. This position requires a competent understanding of Correctional Service Canada‘s (CSC) rules and regulations as well as Agency policies and procedures.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage the day-to-day program operations
- Lead, mentor, and coach the staff team to meet program outputs and outcomes
- Ensure team is meeting program expectations including but not limited to: adhering to policy and procedures, Occupational Health and Safety requirements and staff training
- Work with the Elpida team to ensure the program is in compliance with accreditation standards, legislative and contractual requirements (CSC)
- Participate in recruitment, posting the positions on Dayforce, conducting interviews and orientation of new staff
- Prepare shift schedules and ensure adequate coverage is in place
- Approve staff timesheets and time off requests
- Schedule and conduct regular supervision and staff meetings
- Monitor, supervise and evaluate performance of staff
- Conduct intake and assessment of new residents
- Provide care to residents with humility, compassion, and respect
- Assist the residents with being productive and successfully reintegrating into society
- Monitor and document resident behaviour and follow up on concerns
- Conduct regular resident case conferences
- Develop service plans for residents
- Work and collaborate with the parole office for the mutual benefit of the resident
- Liaison with community resources and promote positive public relations to the community
- Complete monthly reports and file reviews
- Complete weekly board and care
- Prepare and submit incident reports
- Conduct Offender Management System (OMS) file reviews
- Complete necessary documentation (running records, monthly reports etc.)
- Complete accurate shift exchange
- Participate in training as mandated
- Participate in rotating On-Call supervision system
- Oversee the maintenance of building and equipment according to Agency standards
- Report any required repairs or issues to the Manager of the program
- Participate in monthly Team Leader meetings with Elpida supervisory team
- Other duties as assigned
What This Job Requires:
- Diploma or Degree in Corrections or related discipline
- Two (2) years related experience
- Supervisory experience an asset
- Child Intervention Record Check
- A sound knowledge of various therapeutic addiction counseling theories and available community resources is required, especially in the areas of evaluation of alcohol and drug issues, treatment planning, counseling and education
- Sound knowledge of the following techniques is required: crisis intervention, anger diffusion, conflict intervention and resolution
- Strong morals and ethics, along with a commitment to confidentiality and privacy
- Must be able to be depended upon to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its completion
- Strong skills in building and maintaining relationships
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High degree of resourcefulness, flexibility, and adaptability
- Computer literacy, including effective working skills of MS Word, Excel, OMS and power point
- Knowledge of and effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, professionals, and service providers
What We Offer:
- The compensation for this position ranges from $61,877.02 to $69,643.14 yearly and is based on qualifications and experience.
- Comprehensive 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 65 years of service delivery experience, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with nearly 2000 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering over 100 different programs to people in need 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.
Catholic Social Services is committed to fostering a diverse and representative workforce. In an effort to enrich our agency and reflect the communities we serve, we welcome applications from qualified individuals of all diverse groups and backgrounds.
