On Call Dorm Parent
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Enjoy working with students of all ages and backgrounds? Looking to work a few hours a week while you study? This may be the opportunity for you!
We are currently looking to complete our Boarding Team. Brookes Westshore strives to support its boarders' academic, social, cultural and personal growth within a safe and inclusive community where boarders experience a sense of welcome, belonging, value and respect. Boarding staff play a key role in the lives of our boarding students.
What We Offer
- Shift: Sunday 12:00pm-5:00pm with additional hours dependant on need of school and individual availability, other than the Sunday shift hours and schedule are flexible
- $24.00 per hour plus 4% in lieu
- 5 days sick time after 90 days of employment
- On the job training and cross training into other areas of the school
- Potential to participate in After School Activities
- 20 minutes from downtown Victoria
- Campus is on main Bus Route
Primary Job Objective as a Dorm Parent:
Dorm parents are responsible for ensuring students live in a safe and stable environment, offering assistance to both students and staff through effective facilitation of day-to-day activities. Dorm parents will be part of a specific team while on duty, and as part of an overall larger residence staff team.
Responsibilities
- Building a rapport with students to help facilitate open lines of communication for questions, problems, and concerns
- Ensuring overall student needs are met including health, social well-being, behaviour management, and emotional support
- Supervising evening curfews and morning wakeup procedures and following Lock up and Lights out procedures
- Consistently acting as a mentor, supervisor and a positive role model for all students
- Being an active listener for students experiencing academic and/or personal difficulties
- Working with students to develop a sense of respect for self, others and community
- Ensuring that all of the students in their care are aware of the school's safety rules and emergency procedures, (fire, earthquake, medical emergency, lock down, and shutting down gas and water supplies)
- Structuring and fulfilling duties related to students' daily schedule, including support around uniform needs and health needs ie: ensuring proper uniform is worn daily
- Teaching and promoting life skills
Education, Experience and Skills
- Must successfully pass and complete a Ministry Criminal Record Check for working with vulnerable children and adults
- CPR Level C First Aid certification to be obtained within one month of employment
- Diploma in Education, Child & Youth Care or equivalent
- Leadership experience and experience working in a Boarding School is preferable
- Experience dealing with people, and in particular, adolescents, sensitively, empathetically, tactfully, consistently and professionally at all times
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
- Class1,2, or 4 drivers license an asset
If Brookes Westshore sounds like the type of team you would like to be a member of, please forward your cover letter and resume.
Please provide a cover letter and resume to careers@westshore.brookes.org
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however only those applicants that are shortlisted will be contacted.
