Life Skills Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Middleton, Canada Portal Youth Outreach Association Full time

**Life Skills Coordinator Windsor or Middleton - Supportive Living Program**

The Life Skills Coordinator will work as a team member, to deliver the Supportive Living Program within
Windsor, Kentville or Middleton locations. Each home accommodates as many as 5-9 youth and provides staff and programming support for gaining life skills, mental wellness and finding belonging in the local community.

The Life Skills Coordinator will report to the Team Lead and be supported by the SLP planning team as well as to the SLP Manager.

**Responsibilities**
- Meet with the core planning team weekly to design daily schedules and routines that facilitate youth engagement and support client goals.
- Work closely with all evening staff to deliver programming and develop youth engagement skills.
- Facilitate recreation and learning opportunities that reflect your unique skills, talents and hobbies. Attend events or outings with youth as required.
- Facilitate and/or coordinate life -skill and adolescent development learning through experiential programming that includes but is not limited to:

- Meal planning, food preparation and grocery shopping in accordance with the Canada

Food Guide and Safe Food Handling guidelines.
- Household Management
- Time Management *
- Money Management *
- Relationship Skills *
- Emotion Regulation Skills *
- Executive Functioning Skills *
- Community Engagement
- Self-discovery activities
- Oversee house cleaning and/or delegate to evening or night staff. Create minimum standards and processes that can include clients' learning objectives.
- Facilitate reflective conversations about life choices and goals with 1:1 youth engagement or in groups.
- Monitor safety and security of the house and its members.
- Provide listening support and model emotional regulation.
- Provide shift change communications.
- Attend weekly team meetings (may occur outside of regular shift hours)
- Respond calmly in accordance with policy and procedure to crisis such as medical emergencies, suicide attempts, self harm or violence.

** **Weekday staff only

**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 with youth (16-24).

Other training assets:
Safe Food Handling
Peer Mentoring
Non Violent Communication
Motivational Interviewing
Transformative or Community Mediation
Five Core Competencies (MANDT, ASIST, NVCI, Mental Health First Aid and First Aid AED Level C).
Trauma Informed practice
Equity and inclusion training or equivalent
Inclusive language training or equivalent

Professional Experience:
Two years minimum experience working with youth aged 16-24. This includes youth who are (or are at risk of being) homeless, trafficked/exploited, are engaged with the criminal justice system, have behavioral disorders and are seeking equity.

Essential to your success in this role is awareness of a trauma informed approach, and understanding of physical, psychological, and emotional needs of equity seeking youth. You must have knowledge and understanding of historical factors such as discrimination and trauma and its impact on youth development. You must have an understanding and experience working with culturally and socially diverse youth and demonstrate experience working from a strengths-based and relationship-based perspective.

Personal and life experience:
We welcome applicants who are well developed, emotionally mature people who demonstrate some of the following traits.
- Have experience working with youth in community based settings.
- Demonstrated understanding and experience working with culturally and socially diverse youth.
- Are committed to teamwork.
- Demonstrate a proven ability to emotionally regulate under stressful situations.
- Have the ability to listen empathically without moral evaluation or judgment.
- You work to understand your own upbringing, beliefs, biases and privilege.
- You are highly responsible and aware of your own trauma responses.
- You are engaged in the local community.
- You are a self
- directed motivated learner.
- You demonstrate experience working from a strengths and relationship-based perspective.

**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.

**Additional Requirements**
- Up to date clear criminal record checks and child abuse registry
- A valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle may be required
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