Weekend Drop in Worker

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Covenant House Toronto Full time

**Part Time **Weekends** Youth Worker**

**Community Support Services Drop in Program**

**Downtown Toronto**

Covenant House helps youth ignite their potential and reclaim their lives. As Canada’s largest agency serving youth who are homeless, trafficked or at risk, we offer the widest range of services to hundreds of young people every day.

More than a place to stay, we provide life-changing care with unconditional love and respect. We meet youth’s immediate needs and then we work together to achieve their future goals. We offer 24/7 crisis shelter transitional housing options on-site and, in the community, health and well-being support, training and skill development, and ongoing care once youth move into the community.

For over 40 years, Covenant House has been dedicated to its mission of serving youth on the street and to protect and safeguard all youth with absolute respect and unconditional love. Since 1982, Covenant House has supported more than 100,000 young people.

**Position Overview**:
The CSS drop-in youth worker is responsible for the direct implementation of the Covenant House’s philosophy, mission statement and policies as they pertain to the drop in. This person will be scheduled to work shifts on Saturday Sunday and all holidays that fall on the weekend from 11am - 7pm.

**Responsibilities**
- Providing a safe and welcoming space for youth that are experiencing homelessness
- Assisting youth with accessing resources and supports
- Supporting youth to exit homelessness
- Ongoing assessment of youths' needs; individual counseling with youth.
- Crisis intervention in situations of physical confrontation, medical and psychiatric emergencies, and for youth who have recently experienced trauma.
- Acting as an advocate for youth both within the agency as well with external agencies.
- Assisting youth with Food bank/ Clothing room
- Assisting youth with laundry
- Serving youth lunch and dinner
- Performing administrative duties, such as logging youth in, ETO entries, incident report writing, submitting food orders for the next day.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Qualification, Experience**:

- College or university degree or diploma in child and youth work or equivalent is necessary
- Minimum two years’ experience in a drop in setting. Knowledge of adolescent developmental theory and specific issues related to street youth.
- First Aid, CPR and basic computer skills an asset.
- Ability to identify, assess and intervene differentially with youth in crisis.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of community resources.
- At Covenant House Toronto we believe in a workplace culture of inclusion that is welcoming, respectful and safe for all staff. It is critical to Covenant House Toronto success to eliminate barriers and promote the inclusion of equity groups. Equity groups have been, and continue to be, underrepresented and marginalized in the workforce, leadership roles, and in some specific occupations. Equity groups include but may not be limited to Indigenous persons, racialized people, gender diverse people, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and people with disabilities._
- In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Covenant House Policy on Accommodation, a request for accommodation will be accepted as part of the Covenant House recruitment process._

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