Youth Care Practitioner/Youth Resource Center
2 weeks ago
About The Link: Youth and Family Supports
The Link has been a vital part of the community for over 90 years, providing support to youth and families on their journey to healing, hope, and better lives. Our organization is dedicated to walking alongside children, youth, and families as an inclusive community, strengthening and empowering a sense of being, pride, and purpose.
About the Opportunity
Position Summary
The Link Youth and Family Supports is seeking a part-time Youth Care Practitioner within the Youth Resource Centre (YRC). The Youth Care Practitioner will provide shelter, crisis intervention, youth intake, and case planning, as well as basic needs service provision to vulnerable youth and young adults in an emergency shelter setting.
Responsibilities
- Provide holistic mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual support based on the teachings of the Medicine Wheel
- Work with youth to problem solve and navigate various systems
- Perform shelter intakes, assessments, and registration duties
- Provide support and crisis intervention
- Perform various administrative duties related to the care of the youth staying in the shelter
- Supervise, provide service, and basic needs care to youth
- Perform general facility tasks, cleaning, and cooking chores, and routines
- Attend staff meetings and training as required
- Work in collaboration with other teams and external service providers
- Occasionally take on an in-charge role, overseeing shifts and providing direction when needed
Qualifications
- Post-secondary education or a combination of education, work experience, and lived experience may be considered
- Experience working with vulnerable youth
- Knowledge of trauma and resilience-informed care
- Strong relationship-building skills and experience in de-escalation
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Emergency First Aid and CPR Level C
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search, a clear Child Abuse Registry check with acceptable Prior Contact checks, and a clear Adult Abuse Registry check, all done within the last 3 months
- ASIST Certificate (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) preferred
- De-escalation training preferred
- Mental Health First Aid & Safe Talk will be considered an asset
- Knowledge of Indigenous customs, traditions, and beliefs will be considered an asset
Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request.
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