Youth Worker, Newcomer Youth Success

Complete registration of clients and verify their data and particulars to uphold data integrity and validation

· Provide individual needs assessment and appropriate referrals during client intake process

· Assist clients to sort out options and develop tailored incremental settlement plans of action while providing necessary support and assistance to advance client settlement goals

· Refer clients to other social services or assist clients in locating and utilizing community resources including legal, medical and financial assistance, housing, employment, transportation, day care and other services

· Follow up and meet with clients to assess their progress, give support and discuss any difficulties or problems

· Strengthen overall well-being and mental resilience and promote early intervention to identify and address mental health challenges at the onset, where necessary

· Work in collaboration, maintain communication, prepare schedules and outreach duties with supervisor, colleagues and partners in order to ensure necessary support to all clients as required

· Prepare promotional material and publicize events through flyers and social media for programs to have enhanced visibility within the community

· Create partnerships with community stakeholders as appropriate

· Organize registration of participants for group activities, prepare programs and promotional material, and publicize events

· Plan and deliver high-quality group information and orientation sessions and community connections activities

· Maintain program statistics by timely input of client details and service details into the OCMS database

· May supervise placement students and volunteers

· Other duties as assigned

Required Work Capacities:

· Physical demands: sitting at a desk for computer work (50% of the workday) and meetings; lifting (files, laptop, and program supplies up to 5 kg); ability to lead to sports and recreation activities

· Non-physical demands: occasional deadlines; evening work; variety of tasks

· Social/emotional demands: teamwork; relationship/network-building; exposure to emotional situations; working closely with the public, with clients and with colleagues

· Cognitive/mental demands: attention to detail; self-supervision/autonomy; multitasking; organizational ability/time management, adaptability, sound judgement, effective written communication

Qualifications

· Post-secondary program or degree in a field relevant to human services, or a combination of equivalent experience and education

· One year community work experience

· Sensitivity and understanding of newcomer issues

· Strong oral and written communication skills in English

· Fluency in languages other than English is an asset

· Satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening within the past six months

· Proven experience using MS Office tools, data entry and reporting tools, social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram)

· Must be authorized to work in Canada

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.12-$26.65 per hour

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Work Location: In person