Foster Care Support Worker jobs in Edmonton, AB

Are you looking for a career that can make a difference in the life of children in need? Put your passion for working with children and youth within our community towards a rewarding opportunity with Catholic Social Services as a Child and Youth Care Worker!
Job application closing date: July 2, 2026.

Program Overview:
As a Replacement Worker within our Group Care programs, you will work in multiple programs providing support to at-risk youth with addictions, mental health diagnosis, youth with disabilities, and interacting with families and internal and external stakeholders. Catholic Social Services provides extensive group care and emotional supports for children, youth and adults.

Job Summary:
We are seeking dedicated professional caregivers to work within these supportive settings. You are responsible for evaluating the needs of clients, implementing service plans, facilitating client contact and home visits, and maintaining medical records and appointments. Building meaningful relationships with clients and the community makes you an effective member of a team dedicated to client care. Successful applicants will be conscientious, resourceful, team-oriented and flexible. Experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities, challenging behavior, or high risk is preferred.

What this job requires:

• A Diploma/Degree in Human Services (or equivalent)
• Experience working with high risk youth/adults and/or clients with developmental disabilities is an asset
• The ideal candidate will have an organized and compassionate approach to the work, strong teamwork skills, a commitment to developing positive supporting relationships, and experience supporting families. Other qualifications include:
• Must be available to work 40 hrs/month minimum to a maximum of 40 hrs/week
• Must be available to work two weekends in a month
• Must be willing to work 8 stats in a year
• Must be flexible to work: day/evening/ overnights
• Must be available to work two overnight shifts in a month
• Proven ability to provide effective communication, collaboration, crisis intervention, and conflict management with clients
• Experience with or willingness to be trained on physical holds on the individuals that we serve.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (NVCI) must be completed upon hire
• Demonstrated assessment, problem solving, and critical thinking skills
• Knowledge of community resources is an asset
• Intermediate competency with Microsoft Office and other Agency computer applications
• Demonstrated ability to act with professionalism, confidentiality, and diplomacy
• Proven case documentation and effective information reporting practices
• Police Information Check including vulnerable sector search, and Intervention Record Check current within six (6) months
• 2 Years of Driving experience will be an asset

Police Information Check including vulnerable sector search, Intervention Record Check and summary of driving record are conditions of employment and the financial responsibility of the candidate.

What We Offer:

• The salary for this position is $24.21 - $27.24 per hour based on qualifications and experience. We offer flexibility and supportive working environment.
• 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.