Youth Outreach Worker- Targeted Position

3 weeks ago

Kentville, Canada Portal Youth Outreach Association Full time

**About Our Opportunity**

If you love working with youth, we consider this to be one of the best job in Nova Scotia. We are seeking compassionate, engaging individuals, who identify as African Nova Scotian, that are ready to journey with a young person as they take steps forward, facing challenges, and finding their place in their community. Through the work, you will have opportunity to display the uniqueness of who you are while partnering with youth from many backgrounds and experiences. We welcome your contribution amid the vision, goals, values, and guiding principles of the Portal Youth Outreach Association. Consider joining us in the adventure

The Youth Outreach Worker will provide support to vulnerable African Nova Scotian youth in the following core service areas: safe space, outreach, healthy relationships, personal, and life skill development, youth engagement and contribution, concrete supports and services, family connections, and community connections.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
1. Use creative strategies to meet, reach out to, and build relationships with vulnerable African Nova Scotian Youth in the identified communities.

2. Support youth to make connections to programs, services, and supports in the community. Those formal/informal supports and services that are related to health, sexual health, education, justice, social services, family supports, literacy, education, employment, parenting support, addictions services, recreation, and other services.

3. Provide relational support to youth leaving care to promote interdependence and help the youth develop a system of supports within the community.

4. Acting as an advocate for youth in accessing supports and services.

5. Ensure a meaningful connection with youth in the intake, referral, and ongoing case management process in a timely, effective, and relational manner.

6. Give support to programming for youth to a healthy transition to adulthood by encouraging positive attitudes and reinforcing concrete daily living skills which are necessary for successful independent living.

**REQUIREMENTS**

2. Experience in working with youth in a community-based setting; personal life experiences are a definite asset.

3. A grasp on their own personal story and experience, having worked through their own trauma, addictions, or emotional challenges as it related to the work with vulnerable youth.

4. Knowledge and understanding of youth, family, community, social and historical factors, discrimination, trauma, and its impact on youth development.

5. Knowledge, understanding and experience in working with culturally and socially diverse youth.

6. Demonstration of experience in working from a strengths-based and relationship-based perspective.

7. Undergraduate degree or diploma in social sciences is preferred and an asset.

8. Knowledge and experience in motivational interviewing, mentoring, supportive counselling and moderating conflict and client crisis.

9. Ability to organize and manage the case load for 15- 25 youth and data collection as needed.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $39,500.00-$42,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
The Portal follows Covid-19 Safety protocols for office and community activity.

Application question(s):

- Do you identify as an African Nova Scotian?

**Experience**:

- youth support and care: 5 years (required)
- youth program development: 3 years (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 2023-02-10
Expected start date: 2023-02-13

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