Yshore Caseworker

**Title**: YSHORE Caseworker

**Reports to**:_ YSHORE Director_

**Based at**: _Community_

**Employment**: _Full Time, Permanent_

**Pay Range**: $17-$20/hr based on experience and/or education and hours

**Hours**: 40 hours/week; 10:00am - 6:30pm

**Start Date**:_Immediately_

**Supporting Contracts**: Homelessness Partnering Strategy

**Description**:
**The Primary Responsibilities**:

- Focus on offering one-on-one Indigenous cultural support to youth.
- Positive and trusting relationship development with youth while supporting case management plans created with the youth.
- Provide individual programming to youth and work with youth to meet individual needs and connect youth to community resources.
- Create and implement individual programming with Coordinator and complete daily reports on programming experiences and youth progress.
- Incident Reporting and informing workers where necessary.
- Provide positive role-modelling, mentoring, and relationship-based programming.
- Supporting the youth to become involved in education/ employment.
- Advocating for the youth in the community.
- Support the youth on a daily basis toward meeting the short, medium and long term goals agreed to in the Action Plan and/or Community Safety plan.
- Support youth to meet appointments and be involved in the community.
- Implement opportunities for community connection, educational learning, recreational outings, skills development, & healthy lifestyles.
- Other tasks as assigned: e.g. supporting Street Culture social entrepreneurial initiatives.

**Qualifications & Skill Sets**:

- Human services degree/diploma/certifications
- Previous experience working with youth
- Conflict resolution training, current CPR/First Aid certification, ASIST Suicide Intervention Training
- Strong interpersonal skills & positive youth role-model Valid class 5 driver’s license
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- Sharing traditional Indigenous knowledge and wisdom
- Working with youth in high-risk situations
- Working with an Indigenous population
- Experience with landlords and living independently
- Community & Program Development
- Developing the design and delivery of life skills programming

**The SCProject Return**:

- Making a difference in the lives of the youth of our community;
- Continuous learning and professional development opportunities;
- A genuine & passionate work family;
- Vacation Pay;
- Flexibility in scheduling;
- Opportunity for movement & growth within Street Culture Project.

SCP is committed to reflect the diversity of the youth we serve. As such, we strongly encourage Indigenous applicants to consider this opportunity.

Thank you.