Youth Worker

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 36 to 48 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Child welfare
- Noisy
- ** Work setting**:

- Group home
- ** Tasks**:

- Administrative and office activities
- Perform administrative tasks
- Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders, establishing rules of conduct, goals and objectives
- Implement life skills workshops
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Housekeeping activities
- Food preparation
- Resolve conflict situations
- Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses
- Implement behaviour management programs
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Manage knowledge
- Offer mentoring
- ** Supervision**:

- 3-4 people
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Emergency child care first aid and CPR
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
- Cultural Awareness Training
- Medication Administration Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate
- Food Safety Certificate
- ** Target audience**:

- Aboriginal groups
- Children
- ** Area of work experience**:

- Community service organization
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Child welfare check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- ** Weight handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Values and ethics
- Client focus
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Team player
- Organized
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently a student?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- Do you live near the job location?