2024-46-youth Service Worker- Am Shift

Job posting

**POSTING #: 2024-46**

**Youth service worker
- AM SHIFT - Full-Time
- Maternity Leave Contract (3 Months)**

**PHOENIX SITE**

**Wage rate: $26.38 per hour, 40 HOURS A WEEK**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

Join one of the Top 10 Canadian Youth Impact Charities of 2022 today Since 2010, Charity Intelligence has awarded Eva’s with high marks for financial transparency, accountability to donors and cost-efficiency.

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About Us - Eva's Initiatives for Homeless Youth (evas.ca)

**Role Overview**

You are highly passionate about supporting the mission of helping homeless and at-risk youth. You can thrive in a fast-paced environment and work both independently and in a team setting. You have the experience with homeless youths, shelters, transitional housing, health, and well-being programming to help youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Toronto. Join our expert staff to help young people reach their potential and lead fulfilling, healthy lives. This position reports to the Team Lead Shelter Services at Eva’s Phoenix Location: 60 Brant Street, Toronto, M5V 3G9

**Responsibilities**
- Supervision of youth and shelter, ensuring safety and security measures are met.
- Supportive counselling; crisis stabilization and conflict resolution
- Administrative duties and general household chores
- Participation in team activities and decision-making
- Providing programming support as identified

**Qualifications**
- College Diploma or bachelor’s degree in child and Youth Work or a related field
- Demonstrated ability in working with a trauma informed, harm reduction approach and from an Anti-Black racism, anti-oppression, and culturally safe perspective/framework.
- Understanding of issues related to youth homelessness, 2SLGBTQ identities, mental health and substance use problems and disorders, and developmental and learning disabilities.
- Minimum 2 years in individual supportive counselling and group work
- Strong computer and documentation skills relevant to counselling and case planning
- Experience working with diverse populations with sound understanding of principles of anti-oppression.
- Knowledge and ability to integrate anti-oppression, critical disability, LGBTQ2S and trans-positivity, trauma, harm reduction, recovery approach in support to mental health and strengths-based principles into practice.
- Familiarity with harm reduction principles and strategies
- Experience with crisis intervention, conflict resolution and de-escalation skills/techniques
- Demonstrated experience working with a team within a constructive communication model
- Shelter Standards, SMIS, Standard First Aid/CPR, Food Handler Certificate, Non
- Violent Crisis Intervention training are mandatory.
- Legally eligible to work in Canada.
- Be able to work weekends.

**Apply**
- Maternity Leave contract** in the title. No phone calls, please.

**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT**

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Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth

Administrative Office: 401 Richmond St W., Suite 245, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: $26.38 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Application question(s):

- This position has a three week rotational shifts, meaning that you will have to work weekends, are you okay with this kind of shift schedule?

Licence/Certification:

- Food Handler Certification (required)
- First Aid Certification (required)
- Non Violent CPI Certificate (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-10-09