Child & Youth Worker-summer Position

LUSO Community Services is a neighbourhood resource centre dedicated to fostering inclusiveness and well being through the delivery of compassionate, responsive programs and services for individuals experiencing adversity.

We provide programs and services in the London community for children, youth, families, and seniors of culturally diverse and ethnic backgrounds.

**CHILD & YOUTH WORKER ( SUMMER POSITION)**

**Position Details**:This is a SUMMER POSITION **(35 hours per week**). The Child & Youth Worker will work alongside LUSO’s full time Literacy Program Facilitator and Youth Outreach Worker to deliver various programs to support children ( 4-11), youth ( 12-19) and families living in NE London and Argyle area. The CYW will provide support with program development, implementation, outreach and data collection.

**Rate of Pay**: $18.20 per hour plus mandatory benefits

**Eligibility criteria: To be eligible for Canada Summer Jobs position, applicant must be**:

- Between 15-30 years of age at the start of employment
- Applicant must be a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and
- International and Foreign students are **not eligible** for the positions (funding is provided by the Federal Government of Canada)

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- **SHARED BEGINNINGS**: a parent-child literacy based program that supports newcomers, immigrants, single parent and low literacy level families with children ages 0-6 to develop literacy and numeracy skills. The program is offered 2 mornings per week at community locations
- **BOOKS & BREAKFAST**:

- plan weekly activities for children ages 4-12. The CCW will assist the Literacy Coordinator to create activities to engage children attending LUSO’s Breakfast program with continue literacy development
- **FAMILY LITERACY EVENTS**: bi-weekly literacy themed and skill building activities for families with children up to 12 years of age. Events will take place at various community locations within NE London
- **PRISM ART**: an art based program with literacy components to ensure continued literacy and numeracy development during summer months. Program is geared for youth ages 8-12.
- **FAMILY PRISM ART**: an interactive parent-child program for families with children up to 8 years of age. Activities support literacy development and language comprehension within the context of an art based program.
- **KITCHEN KIDS**: This program is for children ages 8-12 and includes activities to help children develop literacy and numeracy skills through cooking.
- **KINDERCOOKS**: This program is for families with children up to 7 years of age and includes activities to help children develop literacy and numeracy skills through cooking
- **YOUTH CHEFS**:program helps youth learn basic cooking skills. The CYW will support the program by co-facilitating sessions as well as support with menu planning, shopping for materials
- **LEADERSHIP PROGRAM**:support youth to develop leadership skills through community engagement activities
- **OUTREACH & PROMOTION**: assist with promotion of programs, through various outreach activities in NE London.
- **ADMINISTRATIVE WORK**: assist with maintaining statistics for the various programs, including attendance, demographics, conducting program surveys etc.
- **OTHER DUTIES**assigned by direct Supervisors within the scope of the position.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- **Preference will be given to individuals who were in school during the 2024-2025 academic year; and/or will be returning to school for the 2025-2026 academic year.**:

- Post-secondary program related to human and social services
- Must be comfortable working in a community setting and interacting in person
- Previous experience working with children, youth and families, in particular working with children 4-12 and youth 13-19 years of age
- Must be able to work with individuals of diverse backgrounds
- Must be organized, and have efficient work habits
- Possess good time management and problem solving skills
- Must be highly energetic, empathetic, creative and reliable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Must be able to work independently and accomplish tasks in a timely manner.
- **Access to a car an asset as programming is at various locations in the community.**:

- **Current Vulnerable Police Records Screening required before commencing employment.**

**Priority for positions will be given to groups under-represented in the labour market such as: new immigrant/refugee youth, visible minorities/racialized youth and LGBTQ2 youth.**

TO APPLY SEND RESUME AND DETAILED COVER LETTER

Subject Line: CHILD & YOUTH WORKER-Summer 2025

No Telephone Calls Please.

**Job Type**: Seasonal
Contract length: 9 weeks

Pay: $18.20 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

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