Child and Youth Care Worker

**Why Work for WFC**:
Be part of a grass roots community-based agency committed to developing and strengthening our community together. As a WFC employee, you will benefit from:

- Family-friendly culture and environment
- Making a difference in your local community
- A chance to do meaningful work with a committed team of professionals.

**Job Summary**:
**We are looking for Permanent Part-time for minimum 15hrs/week.**

The Child and Youth Care Worker offers individualized support to children and youth facing additional needs, within the framework of a community access program. This initiative seeks to enhance the quality of life for these individuals, fostering improved social interactions, heightened communication proficiency, and enhanced recreational skills among peers. Moreover, the program serves as a platform for cultivating abilities that foster greater independence in key domains such as personal care, domestic routines, and engagement within the community.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support children/youth who require extra support. This includes children and youth with Developmental Disabilities, a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder or high medical needs.
- Review and evaluate a child specific service plan that includes specific goals to be addressed during the term of service.
- Provide role modelling and coaching for age-appropriate peer, friend, and family interactions.
- Increase access to neighborhood venues, community facilities and leisure opportunities.
- Identify and connect child/youth with community resources, programs, and specialized services.
Help child/youth to increase independent living skills including transportation, community and street safety, money management, shopping, and food preparation.
- Assist youth to complete transition to adulthood activities.
- Liaise and communicate with the family to schedule services, and provide regular verbal feedback about weekly activities, and child/youth participation, strengths, and challenges.
- Provide or arrange transportation to support service activities.
- Develop positive and supportive relationships with clients, their families and other significant figures in the child/youth’s life as well as professional relationships in all environments.
- Maintain accurate and confidential records/statistics.
- This position involves flexible hours including evenings, weekends and holidays to accommodate the needs of clients.
- Conduct other duties as required.

**Qualifications**:

- Diploma or certificate in an area of study relevant to social/human service (e.g., Social Service Worker, Child and Youth Worker, Early Childhood Education, etc.)
- Minimum 1 years' experience working with children/youth.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding ofchild development and family dynamics.
- Valid Driver’s License with satisfactory driving record and use of own vehicle.
- Current Standard First Aid with CPR & AED Level C certificate or ability to obtain within the first 3 months of employment
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check

**Skills and Abilities**:

- Ability to identify health and safety issues for children/youth
- Ability to work collaboratively with the business community, other program staff, therapists, social workers, other related staff and professional consultants and families.
- Excellent verbal, written, instructional and interpersonal skills
- Organization and time management skills.
- Ability to work evenings and/or weekends is required.

This position is open to all gender identities. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada; We thank all applicants; however, only those shortlisted will be contacted for an interview.