Rotating Evening

1 week ago


Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada Portal Youth Outreach Association Full time

About Us
At The Portal Youth Outreach Association, we provide a variety of programs that serve youth experiencing homelessness or exploitation.

Some of the programs are:
Supportive Living Homes, Supported Apartments, and
Youth Outreach Program.

We are a vibrant team of professionals who work collaboratively within a network of community and government partners to achieve our vision; that the Annapolis Valley would be a place where all youth have a safe, supportive, and loving home.


Through our services, we journey with and support youth to become interdependent and secure in the community, while providing for their basic needs of housing, nourishment, accompaniment and safety.

We encourage youth to experience themselves within their communities, as well as be involved in a variety of activities to learn about themselves.


About Our Opportunity
The Supportive Living Program (SLP) provides congregate housing and support for youth in Kentville, Windsor and Middleton. A wrap around care team of staff will deliver various support at different levels of care. The
(insert job title) are a valuable part of the team and provide youth engagement in recreation and other learning opportunities.


We consider this to be a highly rewarding career opportunity for people who care about creating a safe, inclusive community atmosphere for youth.

We are seeking compassionate, creative individuals, who love to engage in learning and personal development.

When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to participate in regular professional development, demonstrate your unique skills and grow in your ability to contribute to a vibrant, inclusive community.


Employment Equity


As a quickly growing organization we are working to deepen our awareness of our current workplace norms and policies so we can dismantle systemic barriers and harmful practices.

We know that harm is likely to occur for people according to their race, cultural background, physical abilities, and gender expressions to name but a few.


Rotating Evening and Overnight Mentor

Evening Responsibilities

  • Facilitate recreation, community engagement and learning opportunities as directed by the core planning team and that reflect your unique skills, talents and hobbies.
  • Facilitate life skill learning throughMeal planning and food preparation in accordance with the Canada Food Guide and Safe Food Handling guidelines
Time management and day planning
House chores
Sleep Hygiene

  • Facilitate reflective conversations about life choices and daily goals.
  • Provide listening support and model emotional regulation.
  • Respond calmly in accordance with policy and procedure to crisis such as medical emergencies, suicide attempts, self harm or violence.
  • Encourage youth to adhere to their own goals, boundaries and the community expectations.
  • Model healthy lifestyle choices, respectful communication and clear boundaries.
  • Provide regular reports.
  • Join weekly team and training meetings. These may not always fall within your scheduled shift but require attendance.

Night Time Responsibilities

  • Monitor safety and security of the house and its members. This may mean monitoring security cameras in some homes.
  • Manage crisis situations: respond calmly in accordance with policy and procedure to crisis such as medical emergencies, suicide attempts, self harm or violence.
  • Accomplish household tasks at night without supervisionGeneral administrative tasks as needed
Cleaning as directed

  • Check in with other night staff (in other houses) via video calls

Kentville Only
Position 1

Mon-Fri (37.5 hrs per week)

Rotating shift:
Evenings (3:30-11:30 pm) for 2 weeks

Over night (10:45 pm -6:45 am) for 2 weeks

Position 2

Weekend Sat/Sun (16hr. Per week)

Rotating shift:
Evenings (3:15 pm -11:15 pm) for 2 weeks

Over night (10:45 pm -6:45 am) for 2 weeks

Windsor and Middleton
Positions 3 & 4

Mon-Fri hrs per week averaged over 2 weeks)

Rotating shift:
Evenings (8 pm-12 am) for 2 weeks

Over night (11:45 pm - 8 am) for 2 weeks

Position 5&6

Weekend Sat/Sun (16hrs per week)

Rotating shift:
Evenings (3:45 pm-12:00 am) for 2 weeks

Over night (11:45 pm - 8 am) for 2 weeks

Pay Rate: 22.00/hr.

Benefits:


Based on the employment status, the Portal Youth Outreach Association offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as Health, Dental, and Life Insurance.

Additionally, the Portal provides personal days (for physical or mental health), vacation days, and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Benefits are accessed after the mandatory 3-month probationary period. More details will be provided during your job interview or with a job offer.

Requirements:

Education:

  • 2 year Youth Work Dip., Child and Youth Care Dip., Addictions and Community Outreach dip. or equivalent training and experience.
  • Degrees in Social Science will also be considered in combination with an internship or experience working wit


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