Program Facilitator

Program Facilitator - HUM011416Employment Type: Permanent Full-timeLocation(s): SK-Central East-YorktonMinistry: 073 Corrections Policing and Public SafetySalary Range: $30.935 - $38.764 HourlyGrade: SGEU.09.

The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety is accepting applications for a skilled and responsible individual to work full-time as a Program Facilitator at Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre near Yorkton. Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre is a reduced custody facility for sentenced adult males. To learn more about Corrections and Policing, go to www.justice.gov.sk.ca/corrections-and-policing.

The Ministry pursues a fair justice system that upholds the law and protects the rights of all individuals in Saskatchewan, promotes safe and secure communities; and provides legal and justice policy advice to assist government. Corrections, Policing and Public Safety is seeking a candidate who is honest, has integrity, will treat everyone with dignity and respect, be committed to the pursuit of excellence, exhibit leadership and professionalism, embrace diversity and equality and be responsible and accountable.

Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre requires an individual who will commit to their counseling, case management and custody roles with adult male clients. We are seeking a candidate who has excellent communication, inter-personal and problem solving skills, has good work ethics, and can work well in a team environment. These skills are required to ensure the job is performed in a safe, co-operative and effective manner.

The successful candidate will have knowledge of the criminal justice processes, criminal behaviour, human behaviour, interpersonal communications, counseling methodologies including criminogenic factors and their relationship to offender case management and special needs, gender difference and various cultural and spiritual belief systems.

As the successful candidate, your duties will include providing leadership and direction to volunteers and inmates. You will be responsible to facilitate Cognitive Behavioural Programs, one-to-one counseling with inmates and other programs as required. You will provide counseling services to inmates who are/may be experiencing substance abuse problems, anger issues or behavioural issues, individually and through the group process, utilizing established and accepted practices, procedures and modalities. You will act as liaison with community resources and as a resource to the Correctional Centre as a whole, particularly for the Assistant Deputy Director of Programs and Correctional Officers. Execution of these duties will depend on your communication and interpersonal skills and proven ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with your colleagues, inmates, community and other stakeholders within the Correctional Centre environment.

As the successful candidate, you will typically have several years of practical experience in delivering programming and methodologies of assessing and providing specialized treatment, as well as practical experience with Cognitive Behavioural programming. You will typically have experience in facilitating groups and implementing programs involving the application of the principles and techniques of behaviour change, specifically to Corrections.

This position will also be responsible for facilitating other life skills programs as required.

Note: This is a reposted competition. Those who have previously applied, do not need to reapply.

We are committed to workplace diversity.

Hours of Work: B - SGEU Field 37.33 - one day off every three weeksNumber of Openings: 1

Closing Date: Jun 3, 2022, 12:59:00 AM