Youth Mentor

3 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada Tewegan Housing For Aboriginal Youth Full time

Indigenous Youth Wellness Mentors - Residential (IYWM-R)

Working in a 24/7 residential setting with Indigenous young folks, the IYWM-R works across a scheduled rotation to attend to their role as follows:
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
2. Complete daily health and wellness, house & land care tasks as proscribed in daily duties checklist and working operations.

3. Ensure that administrative tasks which facilitate the life cycle of house routines are completed: i.e., processing program fee’s, updating grocery order and inventory needs, cleaning rooms for transition, preparing day logs and communication tools, attending to health and safety protocols, preparing welcome baskets, stocking inventory...etc.

4. Implement IHR Safety Audit, Compass Reporting, pro-active engagement and crisis response skills to promote self-determined connection, assets, and material resources and as directed by young women providing quick warm referral to relevant partners.

6. To utilize clear, concise, and effective written and verbal communication in day-to-day duties including daily logging, case-noting, and completion of task.

7. Facilitate the safety of all house spaces by following protocols related to violence prevention, interruption, and repair: Compass reporting, IHR Audit, including appropriate use of On Call support.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Indigenous ancestry and Indigenous first language speakers preferred.

2. Formal education in health or social services program (Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health & Addictions Support Worker, Education, Health Servicesetc), or equivalent combination of education and experience.

3. A minimum of two years direct service work experience with Indigenous young women and their communities that demonstrates the following competencies:
a. Demonstrated capacity to quickly establish safe rapport and provide practical and meaningful support which amplifies capacity, resilience, and skill of Indigenous young women impacted by 'right now' chaos including pro-active engagement, verbal de-escalation, and crisis intervention.

b. Effective ‘right now’ support (attuned listening skills, capacity to audit for strengths, clarification, de-escalation, intervention, meaningful recognition of assets and capacity) with Indigenous young people navigating the impacts of intergenerational severing from connection: mental health, addictions, violence, homelessness, loneliness, loss of purposefulness.

c. Agile capacity to identify and co-navigate mainstream and Indigenous services and resources in a manner which promotes internalized experiences of self-determination, self-belief, and future/purpose orientation and reduces harms.

4. Demonstrated capacity to recognize and stand with a young person at moments of discomfort, audit the environment for stressors, and meaningfully co-create options that enhance the individuals experience of control and capacity to ‘manage’

5. Self-directed, industrious, curious, and persistently seeking out purposeful opportunities for co-creation with residents and co-workers.

6. Heightened commitment to a collaborative, responsbile, and self-reflective approach to practice and workplace wellness.

7. Demonstrated performance in areas of time management, and prioritization in environemnts in which multiple modes of communciation are received and the emergent is the everyday.

8. Demonstrated proficiency in managing engagement and support of individuals in balance with general programs routines in enviornments in which spontaneous engagement via phone, text, or in person is the norm.

9. Previous experience in the use of client database management in client recording and documentation is an asset.

10. Clear, concise, and effective written and oral communciation in documentation and team communication is required.

11. Preferred certification and practices include current CPI, ASIST, MI Advanced, and Overdose Recognition & Intervention.

**Salary**: From $50,855.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- On call
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed

COVID-19 considerations:
All mentors are required t o wear masks, all surfaces and areas of the house regularly sanitized. Proof of vaccination required Public Health Requirements

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ottawa, ON K1S 0A8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- DCS / DEC (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Direct work with Indigenous young women: 2 years (required)

Shift availability:

- Night Shift (required)
- Overnight Shift (required)
- Day Shift (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-08-31

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