Youth Coordinator

Position**:Youth and Child Worker**

Salary/Hours: $15.50/hr for 30 hrs/week for 9 weeks - with ability to work evenings and weekends

Location: Hybrid 80% In-person in the Willowdale community and 20% Virtual

Position Summary: Are you a passionate and empathetic individual who wants to make a difference in your community? NeighbourLink North York is seeking two Children and Youth Workers to join our dynamic team for an exciting eight-week opportunity. Reporting to the Youth Program Coordinator as a Community Worker, you will work collaboratively with other NeighbourLink staff and have the chance to plan, coordinate, and deliver programs that help support our neighbours.

**Details**: The Children and Youth Worker will be primarily responsible for:
**Program Management (60%)**
- Planning, implementing, executing and evaluating NeighbourLink Children and Youth programming
- Collaborating with all NeighbourLink staff to provide appropriate support and develop plans for programming
- Establishing an atmosphere of respect and dignity in all programs that includes ensuring confidentiality, and creating a welcoming and respectful environment for everyone
- Ensuring that the programs and services are effective in meeting the needs of our clients
- Develop and deliver internal and external information sessions.
- Determining the gaps in service delivery and recommending strategies for improvement.
- Ensuring compliance with all regulatory health and safety requirements.

**Communications and Administration (20%)**
- Engaging with community partners, including churches, supporting organizations, local businesses and neighbours to support the program. This is to be done in collaboration with other teams to ensure no overlap occurs.
- Providing updates to the leadership team at weekly staff meetings.
- Reporting on trends and priorities needed for our clients in the community
- Track expenses in line with program budgets
- Perform other relevant duties

**People Management (20%)**
- Collaborating with the NeighbourLink staff to ensure that best practices are integrated in training and orientation.
- Ensuring staff coverage and appropriate ratios for safe program delivery.
- Overseeing Client-Volunteer interactions to ensure clear program delivery expectations and outcomes.
- Ensuring that all staff and volunteers create a non-judgmental environment for program delivery

**Qualifications**:

- A bachelor's degree or diploma in social work or related field is an asset.
- Commitment to working for and with low-income people, diverse cultural groups and to the principles of anti-oppression, diversity and social justice work.
- Strong understanding of and commitment to inclusivity.
- Experience working in the non-profit sector and with vulnerable populations.
- Must have the desire and ability to work with children in an indoor and outdoor setting
- An interest in arts and basketball is an asset.
- Superb organizational, project and time management, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent attention to detail; strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, research, and analytical skills.
- Energetic, friendly, enthusiastic, patient and flexible.
- Able to multitask and demonstrate flexibility in taking on new tasks as they arise.
- Ability to work well independently while contributing to a team environment.

**Regarding COVID-19**:
NeighbourLink North York is providing essential services to our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. We adhere to all Provincial orders to protect the health and safety of staff, volunteers and participants/clients.

**About Us**: NeighbourLink North York is a Christian community development organization located in Willowdale, North York. Our mission is to engage and empower neighbours to care for each other in practical, relational and sustainable ways that gives everyone the opportunity to live out their potential. We believe transformation happens when we work together as neighbours to address the gaps and needs around us, including poverty and social isolation. As a Christian organization, we have spiritual practices including silence, contemplation and prayer are a part of our meetings. We do not require our employees to be of Christian faith, but we ask applicants to be respectful of these practices and invite them to participate according to their level of comfort.

**All applicants must meet the requirements under the Canada Summer Jobs Agreement with Employment and Social Development Canada as outlined**:

- Is between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment;
- Is a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and;
- Is legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations.

**This position is open until filled**

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 weeks

**Salary**: $15.50 per ho