Youth Employment Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Pacific Community Resources Society Full time

Youth Employment Coordinator

Broadway Youth Resource Centre

Supervisor: Tomoko Cerf

Regular Full Time (35 hours/week)

Grid 15 ($31.91-33.29 /hour)

Closing Date: 8 August 2023

Opportunity

The Youth Employment Coordinator position is located at the Broadway Youth Resource Centre (BYRC). This position works with and coordinates with potential employers in the community to develop and support young people, including BYRC Drop In participants and students connected to the East Vancouver Education Centre, a partnership with Vancouver School Board, to assess readiness for employment through linkages to successful and meaningful employment experiences. This position strengthens community connectedness and provides better outcomes to social determinants of health.

The coordinator works to ensure that all partners are working together to provide skill development and readiness to engage in employment. They will facilitate employment placement in the community and work with employers to create partnerships and maintain relationships to support both youth and employers to have positive experiences.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and maintain connections within the business community to ensure a variety of appropriate and stable work placements for participants.
- Provide employer education and connection regarding hiring youth with diverse skills and adaptations for employment including youth with FASD, learning differences, mental health, and other needs.
- Provide ongoing support to participants and provide consultations (on site or by phone) with employers supervising the work experience participants. This also includes on-site supervision for youth in work placements.
- Links with key stakeholders (Social Workers, teachers, business leaders,) to seek their support with successful job placement strategies.
- Assist in planning and supporting cultural programming and activities.
- One-to-one and outreach work with participants to help maintain connection with school and work placements.
- Work with school team to support the participant’s individual education plans.
- Take a lead role in developing and implementing Transition Plans for participants graduating from the program.
- Reports as required by Vancouver Coastal Health.

**Qualifications**:

- B.A. in a related field, Career Development Practitioners Certificate with one year experience
- Previous experience working with multi-barriered or at-risk youth, and in employment readiness programming.
- Experience working in an anti-oppression framework.
- Criminal Record Check, vulnerable sector
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention certification
- Standard First Aid and CPR certification
- Class 5 driver’s license

Additional Assets
- Learning disabilities training including FASD, ADHD
- Special needs substance use/mental health counselling training are an asset
- Experience in working with a diverse population of youth, including Indigenous, BIPOC, LGBTQ2SI+
- Ability to facilitate workshops.
- Experience in community development

**Who We Are**:
Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) is a large not-for-profit agency that serves some of the most vulnerable people in our communities from Vancouver to Hope. We work with youth and vulnerable adults in the areas of education, employment, housing, substance use and mental health, and youth and family support services. We are CARF Accredited and a Certified Living Wage Employer.

Our Vision - Everyone thriving in strong, healthy communities

Our Mission - To inspire healthy and inclusive communities through leadership and collaboration.

Our Values - Advocacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Empowerment, Service Excellence, Stewardship, Well-being
- We are grateful to operate on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷm əθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Qw'?ntl'en (Kwantlen), se’mya’me (Semiahmoo), sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen), q̓ic̓əy (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Coquitlam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), máthxwi (Matsqui) and Stó:lō Nations.
- We Offer
- Equitable Base Pay - we are a Certified Living Wage Employer
- Generous paid vacation time, personal time, sick time; additional paid time off for life events
- Additional paid holidays, ex. Easter Monday, Boxing Day *
- Extended health, prescription, dental & vision care plan, with 100% Employer-Paid Premiums*
- Disability and Life Insurance Coverage *
- Employee & Family Assistance Program including preventative health & counselling *
- Membership in the Municipal Pension Plan with generous employer contributions *
- Flexible schedules and earned time off program *
- Full-day agency orientation and extensive training, with regular ongoing performance evaluations
- In-house digital and classroom learning opportunities; staff funding for professional development *
- Opportunities to use your voice & participate in committees on policy, wellness, safety, EDI, etc.
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