Intensive Support & Supervision Program (ISSP) Worker (Casual On-Call

Intensive Support & Supervision Program (ISSP) Worker (Casual On-Call)

Job Category: Youth Services

Requisition Number: INTEN
001237

• Posted :
  July 31, 2026
• Part-Time
• On-site
• Rate : $33.77 CAD per hour

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PLEA Community Services is currently seeking a Casual On-
Call Intensive Support & Supervision Program (ISSP) Worker for our Vancouver Coastal Youth Services team located in the Sea To Sky region. The proposed start date for this position is August 31, 2026. This position requires BCGEU membership.

The ISSP (Intensive Support & Supervision Program) Worker provides one-to-one services for youth who are deemed to be medium to high risk of re-offending – the program is an alternative to custody. The employee will be responsible for community supervision and support of the youth’s participation in activities and programs related to rehabilitation and healthy living. Such activities and programs will address the youth's complex needs, target their criminogenic characteristics, and support their integration into the community.

Hours of Work: The selected candidate must be available for a minimum of one 7-hour weekday and one 7-hour weekend shift per week within the program’s hours of operations, including days and evenings.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• A Bachelor of Arts in social sciences or human services or a related discipline.
• One (1) year of recent experience working in programs with youth who are deemed to be high risk, and/or involved in the criminal justice system, and their families/caregivers.

Closing date for Internal Applications: Friday, August 7, 2026, at 4:30PM. If the position is not filled internally, it will remain open until filled.

Who We Are:

PLEA is an accredited, charitable community services organization that has operated throughout BC for more than 40 years. We deliver community-based services and specialized supported homes to children, youth, adults and families facing significant challenges in their lives. We continually adapt our programs to suit each individual’s diverse strengths, needs and circumstances. As a result, we have a strong reputation for helping those we serve to overcome the challenges they face and lead fulfilling lives.

What You Will Do:

• Plan and implement appropriate strategies, activities and interventions for youth that are consistent with the case management objectives developed in consultation with the supervising probation officer, and will address the youth's complex needs, strengthen their protective factors and target their criminogenic characteristics.
• Provide intensive goal-focused supervision and support in the community to youth who are subject to a Youth Court Order, that will assist them to achieve their personal goals in a healthy environment, maintain their motivation to make safer choices, reduce the incidence of risk behavior, and support their integration and normative functioning in the community.
• Monitor compliance with court-ordered terms and conditions. By request, conduct random and periodic curfew checks. Assist with court ordered reparative conditions. Report all known instances of non-compliance to the supervising probation officer.
• Provide opportunities to access and reconnect to available resources in the community that will enable youth to develop the necessary educational, personal, social, and vocational skills. Include such community resources as an integral part of the youth’s case management plan. Provide transportation as necessary.
• Engage youth on a one-to-one basis in recreational and social activities in the community that will build on their strengths, develop their interpersonal skills, and support their involvement in their culture and the community. Support youth in developing positive relationships with family, peers and others.
• Teach youth the life skills and community survival skills they require. Work with the youth's families/caregivers and/or support network individually or through the facilitation of educational groups. Provide advice, assistance, mediation and crisis intervention, as required.
• Maintain on-going positive relationships with youth's family/caregivers and significant…