CareGrowth Family Services Inc.
North Shore, BC
Work location: North Vancouver or West Vancouver
$30 to $32 per hour
Full Time, Part Time, and Casual
About CareGrowth:
CareGrowth Family Services is a premium care provider supporting children, youth, and families across the North Shore, Sea to Sky, and Lower Mainland.
We operate with structured homes, consistent teams, and high standards. Our focus is on providing safe, stable, and well supported care for children and youth who require more than basic supervision.
About This Role:
We are hiring for a role within a Specialized Long Term Care home under the Specialized Homes and Support Services model.
This home will support an adolescent youth with autism, communication needs, sensory needs, medical routines, and complex behavioural support needs. The youth benefits from a calm, predictable, and highly structured environment with staff who can read behavioural cues, recognize early signs of distress, and respond safely during periods of escalation.
This is a specialized residential care role, not a basic supervision role. Staff must be comfortable supporting a youth who may experience significant distress, have difficulty communicating needs verbally, and require hands on support with daily routines, regulation, personal care, safety, and health related routines.
This is not a casual fill in role. We are looking for reliable, emotionally steady, and experienced staff who can become part of a consistent team and contribute to a safe, stable home environment.
The right person for this role understands that behaviour is communication. They can remain calm under pressure, follow detailed care and safety plans, document clearly, and work closely with a team.
What You’ll Do:
- Support the youth with daily routines, structure, and emotional regulation
- Create and maintain a calm, predictable, low stimulation home environment
- Follow individualized care plans, behaviour support plans, and safety plans
- Support communication, life skills, personal care, meals, activities, and community involvement
- Recognize early signs of distress, discomfort, sensory overload, or escalation
- Respond calmly and safely during periods of behavioural escalation
- Use respectful, non punitive de escalation strategies
- Support health related routines and monitor changes in presentation
- Administer medications and follow medical routines, with training provided
- Prepare simple meals and support food related routines as directed
- Complete clear daily documentation, incident reports, and shift notes
- Work closely with a small, consistent team to ensure continuity of care
Who You Are:
Strong candidates may come from backgrounds such as:
- Residential Child and Youth Worker
- Child and Youth Care Worker
- Autism Support Worker
- Behaviour Interventionist
- Educational Assistant
- Mental Health Support Worker
- Community Support Worker
- Health Care Assistant with child or youth experience
- Crisis response or youth support work
You Stand Out If You:
- Have experience supporting children or youth with autism, communication needs, or complex behavioural support needs
- Have supported individuals who may become physically or emotionally escalated during distress
- Can recognize non verbal cues, pain indicators, sensory overload, or changes in presentation
- Are comfortable providing hands on care, personal care, and structured daily support
- Can remain calm, respectful, and regulated during challenging moments
- Do not take behaviour personally
- Understand that behaviour is often communication, especially when a youth cannot easily express discomfort or needs
- Are comfortable following detailed care plans, safety plans, and medical routines
- Are physically capable, alert, and able to respond quickly when needed
- Communicate well and contribute positively to a team environment
- Are reliable, consistent, and take pride in your work
Requirements:
- Experience working with complex children or youth
- First Aid and CPR, or willingness to renew if expired. (we can provide training)
- Criminal Record Check
- Must be able to pass BC Ministry background screening
- Legally entitled to work in Canada
- Ability to administer medication or willingness to learn
- Valid driver’s licence required
- Reliable transportation to and from the work location
- Ability to respond calmly and safely during behavioural escalation
- Comfortable working days, evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays as needed
Why CareGrowth:
- Competitive pay for specialized youth care
- Structured, well run home environment
- Small, consistent team
- Strong leadership and oversight
- Clear care plans, routines, and expectations
- Meaningful long term work
- Opportunity to support a youth in a stable, individualized home setting
- Training and development support for the right candidate
Our Hiring Process:
We are selective for a reason.
The youth we support deserve a safe, stable, and capable team. We take the hiring process seriously and are looking for people who can bring maturity, consistency, and professionalism to the role.
Our process includes:
- Application review and initial screening
- Minimum 2 rounds of interviews
- Scenario based discussions
- Reference checks
- Criminal record and BC Ministry background screening
- Successful candidates must complete onboarding and training before working independently.
Work Environment:
Residential home setting
North Shore, BC
Final work location expected to be in either North Vancouver or West Vancouver
Specialized Long Term Care environment
Small team based staffing model
Shifts may include days, evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays
Applicants must have reliable transportation to either North Vancouver or West Vancouver.
Apply
Please apply with your resume and a brief note about your experience supporting children or youth with autism, complex behaviour, mental health needs, crisis support, or high support care needs.
We are looking for people who are calm, reliable, consistent, and able to contribute to a safe and stable home environment.
CareGrowth Family Services Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and are committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive hiring practices.
Pay: $30.00-$32.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Application question(s):
- Are you legally eligible to work in Canada, and do you hold a valid Canadian driver's Licence?
- Do you have direct experience supporting children or youth with autism, complex behavioural needs, or neurodivergent needs?
- Have you worked with a youth or individual who may become physically aggressive, attempt to bolt, or engage in self-injurious behaviour during periods of distress?
- Are you comfortable working in a home environment where the youth may have limited or no verbal communication, and where you would need to rely on behavioural cues, body language, and changes in presentation to assess their needs?
- We operate as a 24/7 residential facility. Are you available to work a combination of days, evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays as required. What schedule limitations do you have?
- Are you comfortable supporting a youth who may become physically aggressive during periods of distress, including behaviours such as hitting, pushing, biting, bolting, or attempting to harm themselves or others?
Work Location: In person
