Youth Worker

2 weeks ago

Abbotsford, Canada Archway Community Services Full time

**JOB POSTING 2024-114-04**
- INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
- Immigrant Youth Services
- Youth Worker (Arabic and English speaking)
- Wage: $22.50 per hour
- Part Time: 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday
- Temporary to March 31, 2025 (possibility of extension)

**Facilitate Community Activities for Newcomer Youth**
**Join the team at Archway**
**Come Help Us Help People**

**Location: Abbotsford**

**On Site**

**Job Summary**:
The Youth Worker is responsible for providing support to immigrant and refugee youth. This position meets with youth from a wide variety of backgrounds and provides them with professional support in all situations. The Youth Worker plans and facilitates creative activities that connect newcomer and Canadian youth virtually, in-person, in community, and in schools. This position provides afterschool programs from our office or other locations and works one-on-one with multi-barriered youth.

**Your Role**:
Archway’s Youth Worker with the Immigrant Youth Services Program contributes by:

- Planning and facilitating activities, such as field trips during school breaks, which can be delivered using a variety of methods including online and in-person in assigned schools.
- Planning and facilitating after school homework support, leadership, and recreation activities that can be delivered in-person and online.
- Connecting with teachers, counselors, and colleagues from different programs at Archway to identify new immigrant youth who may benefit from the program.
- Preparing and designing creative ways to reach targeted youth in assigned schools and recruiting them for lunch time and after school programs.
- Performing intake and needs assessment on youth who are new to the program.
- Providing one-on-one support, including outreach, case management and wraparound goals for multi-barriered youth.
- Transporting youth to and from programs and transporting multi-barriered youth to needed appointments.
- Recruiting volunteer youth to support immigrant youth.

This position is a great fit for someone who is energetic, identifies with immigrant youth, has great communication and facilitation skills, and understands the barriers facing immigrant youth.

**Our Offer**:

- Wage: $22.50 per hour
- A part-time position at 25 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays, from 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM or 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
- Temporary until March 31, 2025 (possibility of extension).

**Benefits include**:
- A great benefits plan including extended health, and dental, you choose your plan.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources.
- Great in-house training opportunities.
- Rewarding work in a positive environment.
- Work/Life balance.

**Getting an Interview-you will be considered if you have**:

- Two years of post secondary education in a youth-related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 2 years’ experience engaging and working with youth from diverse backgrounds.
- Experience delivering program services using a variety of software and technology.
- Ability to read, speak, and write Arabic and English.

**The Job Requires you to have**:

- Knowledge of youth culture, trends, issues facing youth, and of common barriers immigrant youth face such as culture shock and new behavioural norms and expectations.
- Knowledge of how to support people with English as an additional language.
- Strong cross-cultural skills; ability to communicate effectively across cultures and mindful of differences in culture.
- Good conflict resolution skills; ability to address conflicts and coach youth through conflict.
- Strong relationship building skills; ability to relate and understand a client’s experiences and share personal experiences in a helpful and appropriate manner.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills and attention to detail.
- Good presentation and facilitation skills; ability to organize, prepare, and deliver engaging presentations.
- Strong computer literacy; ability to use Microsoft Office365, virtual meeting platforms, and keep up to date on social media trends.
- Recruitment and marketing skills; ability to effectively promote the program to potential clients.
- Knowledge of the BC school system including general schedule of the year, the high school experience, and school structures.
- Ability to work with clients outdoors during excursions and field trips.
- Ability to drive for program-related work, including the use of a personal vehicle.
- Valid class 5 BC Driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
- Current Emergency First Aid with CPR/AED level C is a condition of employment.
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.

**Our Staff Love Their Jobs**:
**How to Apply**:
**Closing date is Tuesday, December 10th**

No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Must be legally entitled to work in Canada

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