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Employment Counsellor
2 weeks ago
**Employment Counsellor**:** Full Time 35 hours / week**
For forty years, we have maintained a steadfast dedication to our mission: supporting the vulnerable youth who come through our doors. To this day, we remain committed to this duty.
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 24/7 crisis shelter and transitional housing on-site and in the community, along with comprehensive services including education, counselling, health care, employment assistance, job training and after-care. Since 1982, Covenant House has supported more than 100,000 young people.
As a national leader, we educate and advocate for long-term change to improve the lives of vulnerable youth. This includes influencing public policy, leading awareness and prevention programs and continually building and sharing our knowledge. As a learning organization, we strive for excellence and programs with impact.
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.
Thanks to our donors, who contribute 80 per cent of our $44.2-million annual operating budget, we are able to deliver these comprehensive programs and services.
**Responsibilities**:
- Direct implementation of Covenant House philosophy and policies as they pertain to this program
- Develop/revise and facilitate pre-employment workshops
- Delivering effective employment counseling services to clients in person, via phone and/or video conferencing
- Track program outcomes and outputs on ETO
- Role model appropriate workplace behaviour
- Build positive rapport with participants starting at referral to employment
- Support program design for continued improvement of youth experience and products using a quality improvement approach
- Develop and maintain partnerships with employers
- Prototyping and testing new approaches/methods to content delivery
- Engage in ongoing sector scanning of trends and best practices in employability learning
- Provide job coaching to young people and employers to support employment stability
**Qualifications**:
- A post-secondary education in Career and Work Counseling, Adult Education, or a related field and/or minimum 3 years directly related work experience
- Knowledge and experience of trauma-informed care
- Experience working with young people and offering support to people experiencing barriers to employment
- Experience working in employment programs is an asset
- Previous experience in facilitating pre-employment workshops and individual sessions for youth
- Ability to work independently; have flexible work hours including some evening hours as required
- Ability to make independent judgements and decisions and be a team player
- Motivational Interviewing and change facilitation is an asset
- 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.
