Youth Support Counselor - Crisis & Community Care

GetHired, Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental coverage

Vision benefits

Personal days

Employee assistance program

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Covenant House Toronto seeks a dedicated Youth Worker to implement its mission with at-risk youth. The role involves establishing relationships, ongoing counselling, and case management within a community support services team to help youth reconnect with services.

The position requires a Child and Youth Worker diploma, 2 years of experience with hard-to-serve youth, and strong assessment, diffusion, and counselling skills.

Qualifications

• Applicants must possess a Child and Youth Worker diploma.
• A minimum 2 years working experience with hard to serve youth.
• You must be skilled in assessments, diffusion, intervention and counselling, with excellent verbal and written skills.
• You must be a team player with an ability to understand and support the needs of volunteers.
• An ability to work with a high degree of autonomy;
• Have a working knowledge of community resources, safe food handling, First Aid, CPR and basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage brief service and community support plans.
• Provide a welcoming environment to youth.
• Establish healthy relationships by engaging with youth.
• Provide daily ongoing, supportive and crisis counselling.
• De-escalate physically and verbally hostile situations.
• Assess youth’s needs for food and provide meals and food packages in accordance with safe food handling practices.
• Refer clients to appropriate resources both within Covenant House and in the community.
• Support youth in reconciling with family.
• Capture stats on ETO.
• Document client touch points on ETO system.
• Gather and update information, e.g. flyers, posters, etc.
• Clean kitchen including defrosting freezer, clean refrigerator, wash dishes, clean milk machine, stove and microwaves.
• Screen for weapons, drugs, gang paraphernalia, alcohol.
• Back up and relief for C.S.S. reception

Skills

Counselling

Intervention

Verbal skills

Written skills

Team player

Autonomy

Assessment

Education

Child and Youth Worker diploma

Job description

Covenant House Toronto seeks a dedicated Youth Worker to implement its mission with at-risk youth. The role involves establishing relationships, ongoing counselling, and case management within a community support services team to help youth reconnect with services.

The position requires a Child and Youth Worker diploma, 2 years of experience with hard-to-serve youth, and strong assessment, diffusion, and counselling skills.