Summer School Youth Worker

5 days ago

Whitby, Canada Northstar Full time

**Job Posting**

**Our Vision**:
Safe, Hopeful, Healthy Communities

**Our Mission**:
We empower and engage young people, families and communities through collaboration, innovation and excellence.

**SUMMER SCHOOL YOUTH WORKER**
**Definite-term Position: Start date July 2, 2025**
**All positions are 30 hours per week for 8 weeks**

Do you want to be part of a dynamic Team working towards building safe, hopeful, healthy communities?
Are you passionate about providing hope to young people and families? If you answered yes to these questions, you may be exactly who we're looking for

**Summer School Youth Worker**:
Summer school is offered to youth (12-20 years) who are struggling in the traditional school setting (e.g. low literacy/numeracy skills, family breakdown, mental health/addiction issues, homelessness, in conflict with the law, risk of gang involvement), to earn a high school credit over the summer. The Summer School
Youth Worker will be a key contributor to ensuring that the 2025 Summer School at Northstar provides a successful and rich learning experience for youth who are at risk.

The responsibilities of this position include:

- Provide support to and supervision of attending youth;
- Facilitate youth involvement in and benefit from formal education;
- Provide educational support to individual students;
- Develop strategies to enhance student retention and participation in summer school;
- Work closely with and coordinate tasks and responsibilities with other Summer School staff;
- Sustain connections with youths’ families and other supportive services;
- Maintain a safe and professional environment;
- Assist with the promotion of the wellbeing and success of the students;
- Undertake administrative tasks, e.g. daily attendance records, logs and data collection; and
- Any other tasks as assigned.

**Experience, Training and Education**:

- Post-secondary education in the fields of: social work, child and youth work, psychology, criminology, education/teaching; human services counsellor.
- First Aid, C.P.R. and Crisis Prevention Intervention an asset.
- Values, promotes and embraces anti-oppression, anti-discrimination, anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion principles and practices;
- Demonstrated anti-oppression, anti-discrimination and anti-racism practice and approaches;
- Knowledge and understanding of and a genuine interest in child and youth development;
- A team player who is also able to work independently and adept at demonstrating initiative;
- Experience working with youth is preferred;
- Excellent interpersonal skills, writing, organizational and computer skills;
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and work under pressure; and
- First Aid, C.P.R. and Crisis Prevention Intervention an asset.

If you are interested in joining the dynamic team of talented professionals at Northstar, who are dedicated to safe, hopeful, healthy communities, please submit cover letter and resumé **by noon June 27, 2025** to:
**This is a Canada Summer Jobs Program Opportunity.**

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 8 weeks

Expected hours: 30 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- working with youth: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-06-27
Expected start date: 2025-07-02

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