Youth Worker-Part time Overnight (Connections Emergency Housing)

360°kids; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

360°kids is seeking a Youth Worker to supervise youth overnight, ensuring basic needs and safety during crisis. You will assess immediate housing needs, coordinate with Housing Workers, and support residents in transitioning to stable housing.

Expect nightly room checks, intake using HIFIS/VISPDAT, and collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. The role requires a post-secondary credential in a child/youth field or equivalent experience, 3+ years with at-risk youth, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Post-Secondary degree/diploma in a child/youth related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working with at-risk or street involved youth.
• Experience using a case management system or HIFIS and VI-SPDAT an asset.
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), Suicide Prevention training an asset.
• Current First Aid/CPR certification an asset.
• Current broad record check.
• Knowledge of CFSA regulatory environment.
• Client-focused counselling skills and role modelling.
• French language is an asset.
• Excellent communication skills and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Supervise youth and meet basic needs during crisis.
• Assess immediate needs and assist with housing transitions.
• Refer to Housing Workers, ATS, and other supports as required.
• Provide ongoing daily support to break cycles of poverty and homelessness.
• Facilitate weekly resident meetings and document concerns.
• Respond to crises and conduct exit interviews as needed.
• Conduct intake using HIFIS and VISPDAT within 72 hours of admission.
• Support meal service and maintain a clean dining area.
• Provide reports to Team Leader and Manager of Programs.

Skills

Communication skills

Counselling

Empathy

Adaptable / flexible

Crisis intervention

Teamwork

French language (asset)

Education

Post-Secondary degree/diploma in Child/Youth field

Equivalent education/experience with youth

Tools

HIFIS

VISPDAT

Case management system

TCI/First Aid CPR training (asset)

Job description

Provide youth with supervision and basic needs (food, bedding, and hygiene) while they emerge from crisis. The child and Youth Worker will work with the youth to assess their immediate needs, provide support to the residents, maintain order and to assist the residents achieve success in transitioning to securing housing.

Schedule: Fri-Sat- 11pm-7am, 12am-8am rotation

Key Responsibilities:

• Follow up with youth regarding their case plan, goals, and activities, and make referrals or do warm transfers as required. Youth worker will be a prime worker to up to 4 youth at a time that are residing in the connections program.
• Work with youth to assess their housing needs and help them look for housing. (Youth with higher needs will be referred to the Housing Support Worker.)
• Make appropriate referrals to Housing Workers, ATS, Individual and Family Counsellors, Employment, Education, Specialized Support Workers such as Mental Health or Addictions, and others as required.
• Provide youth with encouragement and help connect them to supports that will help them address challenges in their lives and, once re-housed, will provide supports that help them to maintain their housing.
• Provide ongoing daily support, assistance and encouragement to break the cycles of poverty and homelessness.
• Facilitate weekly resident meetings to communicate programs available to residents and receive feedback and address program/client concerns. Workers receive and record concerns from residents and follow up until resolution is achieved. A meeting is held each week on a designated day and time.
• Provide support, crisis intervention and conflict resolution as required.
• Conduct Exit Interview with client and enter discharge information into HIFIS. Clean out room of discharged client.
• In the event of a crisis or critical incident, immediately reports to appropriate level.
• Provide youth with a safe place to stay and basic needs (food, bedding and hygiene) while they emerge from crisis. Compete basic intake using HIFIS to determine eligibility for emergency Housing and assess any immediate needs .
• Within 72 hours of admission, conduct the full Intake process with clients, using the VISPDAT needs assessment tool, the Rapid Re-Housing, Triage, and Intervention program, and the HIFIS case management goal-setting tool.
  Responsible for nightly room checks; to ensure safety of the residents and facility.
• Medication administration, monitoring, storage, and disposal (as required). Enforces house rules, policies, and disposal.
• Follows appropriate policies and procedures of 360°kids. Ensures that the program operates in line with 360°kids’ mission, vision and values and activities comply with applicable standards and laws.
• Completes all mandatory recording and reporting including daily documentation, statistical data collection, recording case notes in HIFIS and input required data fields into HIFIS and Client Records.
• Supports Food Services and Home Base by assisting with serving meals and cleaning of eating area and dishes.
• Provides reports and related information to the Team Leader and/or Manager of Programs as required.
• Attends training workshops and relevant conferences that pertain to the role. Other duties as required.

Education/Experience/Licenses/Certification Required /skills

• Post-Secondary degree/diploma in a Child/youth related field (e.g. Child and Youth, Social Service Worker, Social Worker, Psychology, Sociology) or the equivalent combination of education and experience working with youth.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working with "at-risk" or street involved youth.
• Experience using a case management system or HIFIS and VI-SPDAT an asset.
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), Suicide Prevention training an asset.
• Current First Aid/CPR certification an asset.
• Current broad record check.
• Demonstrated extensive knowledge of working with youth, including understanding of the regulatory environment (e.g. CFSA).
• Demonstrated client focused counselling skills and role modelling.
• Speaking and writing French is an asset.
• Must possess excellent communication skills and have the ability to be adaptable with a flexible approach taking into consideration the unique qualities of each client.