Youth/community Engagement Facilitator

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada JVS Toronto Full time

**Youth/Community Engagement Facilitator, Job ID #8096**:

- Youth Job Connection & Youth Job Connection-Summer_
- Full-time / Starting ASAP / Jane-Finch / Until March 31, 2024_

**Who is JVS**

**Program Overview**
**Employment Ontario Youth Services **programs are designed to support youth between the ages of 15 and 29 who face barriers to employment, and help them achieve long-term employment, meaningful careers, and success in their future working lives. It provides access to employability workshops and employment skills development, along with education/training resources, summer jobs and other work experiences.

**We’re looking for someone who will**:

- Provide community outreach by marketing the program, liaise with community service providers and the local youth community
- Conduct intakes, interview and assess clients for appropriateness of program; manage client and referring agent expectations
- Develop materials for life skills and employability workshops, deliver and facilitate sessions
- Coordinate client participation in pre-employment workshops, provide individual employment counselling, life skills coaching, and group facilitation
- Coordinate relevant guest speaker presentations and group excursions as it pertains to job readiness
- Assess clients’ abilities, skills and needs, and establish mutually agreed upon employment action plans
- Provide excellent customer service by helping clients to clarify goals and determine actions/solutions through assessment, case management, and counselling
- Monitor clients’ performance with follow-up of individual plans; help with implementation of individual plans and provide feedback
- Meet client intake, participation, and engagement targets through effectively carrying out the above mentioned tasks and distributing program promotional materials to actively seek out new clients
- Maintain detailed client records, enter all case notes and documentation on a database - Salesforce, update files and produce statistical documentation
- Have knowledge of current local labour market trends, community services, and resources across the City of Toronto
- Promote Employment Ontario Services for youth, ensure youth participation in referrals and service coordination, and liaise with EO teams to support placements
- Flexible hours / evenings / weekends may be required for this position._

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Bachelor’s Degree or Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling or Social Services with placement experience, or a related Degree with 3-5 years of counselling experience. International Degrees must be evaluated for Canadian equivalency
- Experience providing case management, workshop development and facilitation to youth
- Demonstrated understanding of the needs of vulnerable youth with an ability to develop and maintain relationships with young people
- Possess current working knowledge of employment-related issues and learning approaches to support youth with developing job readiness skills
- Effective verbal communication skills; ability to communicate with a varied client population and successfully manage a variety of professional and psychosocial challenges
- Sensitivity and tact to deal effectively with youth from different backgrounds and life circumstances and engage them in the program
- Strong customer service skills and experience, demonstrated problem-solving and decision making skills
- Effective written communication skills; experience with writing reports to agency standards
- Computer literate, proficient in Microsoft Office; ability to learn systems used by the agency (i.e. Salesforce)
- A clear Police Vulnerable Sector Check is required for this position
- Employment Ontario knowledge and exposure
- An energetic personality
- Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resume & covering letter _**_here_**_._
- We thank all applicants for their interest in our agency, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted._

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