Specialized Youth Supports Manager
Specialized Youth Supports Manager
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05-04-2025
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Specialized Youth Supports Manager
Specialized Youth Supports Manager Competition #2025
About Our Opportunity:
Working within the mission vision values and personcentred philosophy of the Agency the Program Manager is responsible for the management quality and supervision of a complex multisite portfolio including managing a youth safe house preemployment program arts program 2SLGBTIA program and overseeing the Reaching Home subsidy program. As a member of the management team the Program Manager supervises staff members participates in budgeting and manages within their budget as well as fostering relationships with funders and other internal and external parties. The manager will work with colleagues and coworkers in collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders to achieve excellence in client and familycentered care within a complex multisite environment that extends to the community. It actively supports the Agencys awareness and goals around diversity and inclusion.
We Value You Benefits:
- Flexible scheduling
- Three weeks vacation for fulltime staff * entitlement increases from there
- Three paid household leave days a year
- Two paid Wellness Days a year
- Paid sick days
- Two and a half paid Agency days for fulltime staff
- Five paid days for education leave/year
- One paid Moving Day/year
- Subsidized professional association annual dues (if applicable)
- A work culture that values transparency teamwork learning fairness and integrity
Health and Wellness Resources:
- Generous health/dental benefits after 3 months.
- Three flex benefit options to meet your individualized needs
- Option of psychological/ counselling services (up to $1500/year)
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Long Term Disability Plan
- Insurance Travel insurance
Pension: Municipal Pension plan enrollment for eligible employees
Work Hours: 37.5 hours/ week
Salary: MGP5 $91747.50 $101731.50 annual salary range
Location: Directions Youth Services 1138 Burrard Street Vancouver BC
Posting End Date: Posting will remain open until filled
What do you need to succeed
- Collaborative Communication including teamwork & cooperation interpersonal communication diversity and cultural agility
- Personal Effectiveness including integrity and ethical behavior personal resilience adaptability/flexibility commitment to learning
- Personal Leadership including influence initiative judgment and decisionmaking creativity and innovation
- Commitment to excellence including results focus clientcentered service planning and organizing professional expertise and technological proficiency
Education Training Experience
- Relevant Bachelors degree from an accredited institution in Social Work Psychology or other related field with 7 years experience in the sector and 5 years experience in progressive leadership roles
- Or an equivalent combination of education training and experience
- Masters Degree is an asset
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Awareness of community services resources and systems and ability to work with these; competence in working with a multicultural community prioritizing issues related to diversity and inclusion
- Basic computer literacy with word processing spreadsheet and/or database is required for this role.
- Basic accounting skills and familiarity with Quickbooks an asset
- A committed ability to keep informed about evolving trends and practices share knowledge and support staff to integrate innovation into the delivery of quality care/services
- Strong ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop manage and evaluate clinical programs considering client needs service delivery interrelationships and service potential within a complex environment
- Ability to understand available resources for programs and keep quality in the forefront of all resource utilization decisions providing feedback and detailed analysis on budget variances and making recommendations for corrective action
- Thorough knowledge of adolescent development atrisk youth child welfare system substance misuse mental health issues and traumainformed practice
Essential Responsibilities
Program Planning and Management
- Communicate program/unit and budget strategic direction incorporating FSGVs vision values and strategic direction and ensure integration into practice by interdisciplinary team members
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with government agencies and all professional and nonprofessional groups or individuals involved with the programs including relevant education bodies and grant funders
- Develop recommend implement and evaluate staffing patterns rotations and vacation schedules to ensure staffing meets client needs
- Participate in 247 management support of programs including oncall support on a rotating schedule
Program Quality
- Write reports on programs and services for senior management and funders
- Monitor program activities regularly to ensure quality services
- Develop and implement longterm goals and objectives to achieve successful program outcomes
Performance Management
- Supervise program staff by recruiting hiring providing direction input and feedback; regularly meeting with staff and team to engage support and mentor program staff
- Implement effective performance management processes in an interdisciplinary team environment
Additional Requirements
- Successful completion of a Criminal Record Check
- Valid BC Drivers license is an asset
- Standard First Aid CPRAED Food Safe Level 1 Naloxone Training and Crisis Intervention training are an asset
How to apply:
If this describes you please submit your application to us through our website https://fsgv/careers/
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. We thank all candidates and searchers for your interest.
We believe in the power of inclusion and the power of enabling all our staff to thrive by embracing diversity and fostering equality. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all staff that dismantles barriers and creates opportunities. Our organization is committed to recruiting a diverse workforce representing the communities we proudly serve while encompassing the principles of equity inclusion and diversity. Decisions regarding recruitment hiring promotion compensation and all other terms and conditions of employment will be made without regard to race colour ancestry place of origin political beliefs religion marital status family status physical or mental disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age or nonapplicable criminal condition.
If you require a disabilityrelated accommodation to participate in the recruitment process or are an internal candidate please email your resume and cover letter (indicating the competition number #2025 in the email subject line) to .
We gratefully acknowledge that our programs are delivered on traditional and ancestral lands and waters of the Coast Salish peoples including the Xmkym (Musqueam) Skwxw7mesh xwumixw (Squamish) Sellwitulh (Tsleil Waututh) Qayqayt Katzie Kwantlen Kwekwetlem Semiahmoo Matsqui and Tsawwassen First Nations. Huy ch qu.
JOIN US FOR A MEANINGFUL CAREER HELPING OTHERS AND BRING YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF!
About Us
When you work with us you will join a caring team of people who will value you as a whole person. You will also have the opportunity to do meaningful leadingedge work that has a direct impact on the local community.
Directions Youth Services is a division of Family Services of Greater Vancouver (FSGV) which for more than 90 years has provided a variety of essential resources for children families and individuals in the Greater Vancouver community. We believe in the resiliency of Vancouvers youth who are atrisk homeless and streetinvolved. We assist youth under the age of 25 to get counselling for trauma mental health or substance issues. Our teams strive to create spaces and build connections with youth who are facing challenges of street life substance use mental health concerns and disconnection from their communities. Directions inclusive programs of shelter and dropin safe houses and other unique programs are committed to being a community leader in harm reduction work and fostering lowbarrier spaces where all youth are welcome.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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