Youth Support Worker
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POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Part Time/Relief Youth Support Worker (Youth Shelter)
Tentative hours: Hours will vary. Required to be able to work the following: days nights weekends holidays on call short notice availability.
Job Type: Part Time
Salary: $ 18.47 per hour
Reports To: Manager of Operations
To Apply: Please visit Youth Services is a multiservice agency for youth 1225 experiencing or atrisk of homelessness in the Waterloo Region. Our services include meeting basic needs outreach streets to housing support services family reconnect support mental health and addictions support/services providing harm reduction supplies day time services food hampers and emergency shelter.
Summary of Services this position will support
Day Time Services (DTS)
Day time services operates by appointment during the day and evenings. DTS meets youths basic needs by providing food hygiene products locker access laundry and shower access medical care and crisis support. It also includes oneonone support life skills training substance use and prevention programming and referral support.
Providing A Roof (PAR) Emergency Shelter
Our PAR Emergency Shelter is an 18bed emergency coed shelter for youth aged 1625 years. Staff assign available beds to youth on a first come firstserve basis. All youth residing at PAR set short/long term goals.
Next Steps Housing
Next Steps Housing is a supportive housing building run by oneROOF Youth Services. This youth specific living and learning environment strives to guide its tenants into their own selfactualization and independent living. There are 44 units and the building has controlled access and visitor registration.
Job Skills Duties & Responsibilities:
- Availability to work shifts on short notice
- Must be available to work different shifts including overnights
- Collaboration establish collaborative relationships with clients working to increase their strengths
- Safely resolve crisis situations and respond nonjudgmentally to problematic behaviour
- Demonstrate understanding of oppression and marginalization
- Make positive contributions to the team support and back up your coworkers
- Knowledge of concurrent disorders including mental health diagnosis treatment and resources; and addictions resources stages of change
- Support community integration and selfefficacy of tenants
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Supervision of the youth obtaining services at oneROOF Youth Services
- Maintain the health and safety of clients and staff
- Participate in training and staff meetings as directed by management
- Clean youth bed areas and shared areas as required
- Housekeeping tasks as assigned by supervisor
- Conduct intakes and discharges as needed
- Assess needs of clients helps and/or make referrals to various community resources when appropriate
- Educate clients about community supports available
- Supportive listening and assist youth with problems solving as requested
- Ongoing support for clients and their goals
- Document pertinent information and enter data
- Basic understanding of individual systemic and structural facets of homelessness
- Crisis intervention skills
- Effective verbal and written skills
- Awareness & support of a harm reduction approach and provide harm reduction supplies as needed
- Strong organizational skills
- Computer literacy
- Other duties as required
Educational and Employment assets/requirements
- A Diploma in community social services; or education in mental health addictions concurrent disorders and social work
- One year of recent related work experience with an emphasis on mental health addictions homelessness and/or social services
- Or an equivalent combination of education training and experience. We look at the whole person
- Must have a valid First Aid and CPR certification
- Must produce a recent Vulnerable Sector and Criminal Record Check
* New hires will participate in onthejob (shadow shift) training.
oneROOF Youth Services is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from individuals of all races colour ethnic origin religions abilities gender identity and sexual orientations.
Employment Type
Full-Time
