Youth Outreach Worker
About The Position
The Youth Outreach Worker operates multi-regionally, in pairs and provide immediate response services to at-risk youth at all Sky-Train hubs and surrounding areas across the Lower Mainland. This position requires a sound understanding of behaviours that impact at-risk youth including poverty; youth gang issues, street entrenchment, substance misuse, FASD and mental health barriers. The Youth Outreach Worker must be able to work efficiently within a team environment to provide outreach services to youth and establish relationships with them to ensure they are connected to various community resources. Connections may include education, health, substance use services, mental health supports, cultural programming, employment and counselling services.
Requirements
- Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with multiple police authorities and social service providers throughout Metro Vancouver.
- Familiarity with resources across the Lower Mainland.
- Training in solution-focused counselling, mental health, sexual abuse, depression/suicide/co-occurring disorders.
Responsibilities
- Conducts street outreach, general and targeted, by connecting with hard-to-reach youth and/or missing persons
- Engages with and encourages youth to participate in pro-social activities located near Skytrain stations by offering access to passes, facility schedules, printed resources and bus tickets
- Carries a backpack of supplies for distribution to participants (ex. snacks, resources, hygiene supplies, harm reduction (condoms, naloxone), socks, toques, etc.)
- Assists participants in acquiring items of need, where possible
- Provides substance use education and harm reduction supplies to participants; provides mobile naloxone training to participants and community members as requested
- Creates and maintains stakeholder relationships in community, by forging mutually beneficial connections and building networks to benefit participants
- Delivers program presentations to participants, agencies, partners
- Administers daily logs and statistical record keeping and reporting
- Provides Naloxone administration when needed
- Attends various community planning meetings to identify youth and their specific needs, mapping and locating family and community networks and collaborating with other service providers and agencies to ensure all information is current and relevant
- Communicates with leadership to order outreach supplies, harm reduction and naloxone when needed
- Participates in team meetings and team building by communicating accurately and objectively about any ideas, thoughts or issues regarding the program and the work that is being done
- Shares ideas and understanding with colleagues, working collaboratively with each daily partner and team leader
Benefits
- Equitable & Transparent Base Pay – we are a Certified Living Wage Employer
- Generous paid vacation, personal and sick time; additional paid time off for life events
- Additional paid holidays (ex. Easter Monday, Boxing Day)
- Health Benefits Coverage with 100% employer-paid premiums - including extended health and prescriptions, dental, vision and paramedical care
- Disability and Life Insurance Coverage
- Employee & Family Assistance Program including preventative health & counselling
- Membership in the Municipal Pension Plan with generous employer contributions
- Flexible schedules and earned day off program
- Full-day agency orientation and extensive training, with regular ongoing performance evaluations
- In-house digital and classroom learning opportunities; staff funding for professional development
- Opportunities to use your voice & participate in committees on policy, wellness, safety, JEDI and more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
