Part Time Casual Youth Worker

4 months ago

Edmonton, Canada Old Strathcona Youth Society Full time

**ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW**:
The Old Strathcona Youth Society is a non-profit low-barrier drop-in center that supports unhoused and vulnerable youth between the ages of 14 and 24. Supporting Edmonton youth for the past 25 years, OSYS provides non-judgmental, trauma-informed access to basic needs items, services and referrals. Taking a relationship-based approach to providing care, the OSYS team believes that healthy communities start with healthy, meaningful connections. With this in mind, OSYS is committed to ensuring that the center is a place where youth feel safe and supported.

**ROLE**: The Part-Time Youth Worker is responsible for providing front-line and outreach services to the youth at the OSYS as required.

**START DATE**:August 2024**

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Build trusting, supportive relationships with the youth at OSYS based on a strength-based and client-centred model.
- Provide support to youth at OSYS through program delivery and advocacy.
- Utilize a harm reduction philosophy in all youth interactions.
- Assess youths’ needs in order to provide assistance, support, and advocacy.
- Maintain a working knowledge of relevant community resources and maintain strong and positive relationships with referral sources.
- Actively create network connections within the community to build partnerships that bring clients closer to needed resources.
- Refer youth to outside service providers to ensure a social continuity of care.
- Aid youth in creating an appropriate service team to help meet their needs.
- Research and implement best practices developed by other agencies in delivering outreach services, drug awareness, and health and wellness programs.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive documentation regarding all interactions with clients.
- Support maintaining of space to meet the needs of the youth.
- Serve as a strong advocate on behalf of OSYS and its youth.
- Participate in all fundraising activities as a representative and advocate of OSYS.

**SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE**
- Ability to demonstrate professionalism in the conduct of all activities.
- Demonstrates ability to develop positive, effective, professional rapport and relationship with youth.
- Demonstrates ability to offer supportive and effective feedback to youth
- Demonstrates ability in managing crisis situations.
- Demonstrates knowledge of issues that pertain to youth, including trauma, poverty, homelessness, and addiction.
- Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively with community agencies.
- Demonstrates ability to advocate on behalf of youth.
- Demonstrates ability to work as an effective team member
- Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrates ability to work independently with mínimal supervision, excellent time management and organizational skills
- Ability to work flexible hours to include weekends and evenings as required.
- Proficiency using Microsoft Suite and Teams.

**WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER YOU**
- The opportunity to work with a non-profit youth empowering organization
- Helping to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable youth
- Personal development
- Competitive compensation

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
- Requires a clear Criminal & Vunlnerable Sector Record Check and Child Intervention Checks (results will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis)
- Must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

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