FAC - Full Time Support Worker (Contract)

EGADZ; Justice; On-site; CAD 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension and Health Benefits Program

Job summary

EGADZ is seeking a Full Time Support Worker for the First Avenue Campus. The role involves providing comprehensive support to youth, collaborating with families and partner agencies, and upholding confidentiality and safety standards.

Qualifications include post-secondary human services education or equivalent, strong communication, and a valid driver’s license. The position runs full time, with wage starting at CAD 21.35 per hour and benefits; applicants may mail resumes to the EGADZ Youth

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in the human services field or equivalent experience.
• Ability to establish rapport with youth and be a positive role model.
• Demonstrate and practice a healthy lifestyle.
• Ability to provide inclusive collaborative support to youth, family and partnering agencies.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriate boundaries.
• Effective oral and written communication.
• Working knowledge of computers/windows.
• Knowledge of Indigenous cultures and issues.
• Must have a valid driver’s license with a safe driving record.
• Criminal Records Check including Vulnerable Sector within 6 months.

Skills

Rapport with youth

Healthy lifestyle

Oral & written communication

Computers/Windows

Indigenous cultures knowledge

Confidentiality & boundaries

Driver's license

Criminal Records Check

Education

Post-secondary education in human services or equivalent experience

Tools

Driver's license verification

Criminal Records Check processing

Job description

FAC - Full Time Support Worker (Contract)

The Saskatoon Downtown Youth Centre Inc. – EGADZ requires a Full Time Support Worker for First Avenue Campus.

EGADZ is an inter-agency, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide services for hard to serve youth in Saskatoon with the mission to encourage and support them to make choices that improve their quality of life.

First Avenue Campus, located at the EGADZ Youth Centre, provides full day education program running Monday through Friday. First Avenue Campus provides a continuum of services to meet the complex and intense needs of many of our youth with Justice involvement.

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in the human services field, equivalent experience or a combination of both
• Ability to establish a rapport with youth whereby being a positive role model.
• Demonstrate and practice a healthy lifestyle
• Ability to provide the most inclusive collaborative support that assists the youth, their family and all partnering agencies in order for future educational placements to be successful.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with youth, staff and partnering agencies and maintain strict confidentiality and appropriate boundaries
• Ability to express ideas and concepts effectively in an oral and written form
• Working knowledge of computers/windows
• Knowledge of Indigenous cultures and issues
• Must have a valid driver’s license that reflects a safe driving record - A Driver's Abstract is Required (Within 3 Months).
• Criminal Records Check including Vulnerable Sector (Within 6 Months)

Starting Wage $21.35

Pension and Health Benefits Program.

Resumes labelled – First Avenue Campus, can be mailed/dropped off at EGADZ Youth Centre 485 – 1st Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1X5

EGADZ appreciates everyone who does apply; however only those selected for an interview will be notified.