Youth Outreach Worker

Youth Outreach Worker

**Full/Part Time**:Full Time

**Regular/Temporary**:Regular

**Hours**: 35 hours per week

**Wage Range**:$21.00 to $23.00 per hour depending on experience

**Who We Are**:
**Position**:
The Youth Outreach Worker (YOW) will work with our youth team to support youth and encourage them to live life better. The YOW position focuses on community building and outreach to teens and preteens in our neighborhood. This involves building relationships not only with youth but also with our partners and other community agencies. This may involve but is not limited to 1:1 support, group facilitation, drop-in programs, school presentations, out-trips, and larger community events. Our team’s emphasis is on prevention and restoration, and our support focuses on youth aged 10 to 24.

**Responsibilities**:

- Connect and partner with Youth Centre staff and volunteers along with community partners to support and empower youth in the Mount Seymour, Blueridge, and Deep Cove area;
- Establish supportive relationships with youth, working with them as needed to encourage their best selves;
- Communicate with Youth Centre Coordinator to support Youth Centre Programs, develop an understanding regarding programming needs, and recruitment, and collaborate with Youth Center staff and volunteers;
- Connect with Youth: The expectation is to go out into our community, facilitating groups and events at the schools and within the community. The focus is to extend support to youth beyond school hours: utilizing Parkgate Society physical spaces to host groups, create safe and fun virtual spaces, and as well as meet 1 to 1 with youth both physically and virtually;
- Connect with our community: liaise with schools, other youth outreach workers, parents, local healthy authority, RCMP, and other youth-related professionals in the field, working with them to promote the well-being of youth in our community;
- Social Media Competency: Communicate with youth, guardians, and partnering organizations. Must be proficient in using and producing content creation through Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Canva, and other social media platforms;
- Promotion/Recruitment: From encouraging participation in our programs and services to being able to create engaging and intentional social media content on brand with Parkgate Society and Parkgate Youth Services Values;
- Connect with our team: Be an active, participating member of our staff team, attending meetings and planning sessions.

**Qualifications**:

- At least two years of experience working with youth 10 to 24 years old;
- Amazing people skills and a proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with youth, parents, community partners, co-workers, and volunteers;
- Exceptional organizational skills - you keep files tight and know where to find your keys;
- Able to take open and regular feedback and work through client and program goals;
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, able to connect with youth, parents, schools, and outside organizations;
- Previous learning that demonstrates interest in and knowledge of best practices in the field of Child and Youth Care;
- A demonstrated passion for youth and youth-related issues;
- Familiarity with social media and ability to curate reflective and relevant posts;
- Current First Aid (with CPR), and Foodsafe are all valuable assets; a willingness to get all of the above in the first 90-days of employment is required;
- Proof of double vaccination and criminal record check required;
- A valid British Columbia driver's license is an asset but is no required.

**Benefits Package**:

- We have an extensive benefits package that includes extended health benefits (medical/dental/eye care coverage).
- Life insurance.
- Paid statutory holidays.
- 3 weeks of paid vacation per year to start; an additional week for every five years of service.
- Professional development funds for further education.
- Flexible hours.
- Free Parking.

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**About Parkgate Community Services Society**:
Parkgate Community Services Society (PCSS) is a registered, not-for-profit charitable organization providing programs and services to our friends and neighbours at Parkgate Community Centre and satellite locations east of the Seymour River. We provide services to youth and seniors and we operate an extensive child care and family services program. With more than one hundred people on staff over the course of the year, we are a diverse and welcoming team committed to making this a great place to live, work and play. We pride ourselves on being community-driven, community-inspired and community-supported.