Youth Services Worker

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 254377344
  • Posted Date: Dec 27, 2024
  • Closing Date: Mar 1, 2025
  • Company: Sunrise House
  • Category: Government & Military
  • Business Location:Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
  • Total Views: 214
  • Duration: 13 calendar days (10 business days)
  • Last Updated: 2 weeks ago
  • Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/254377344/alberta/grande-prairie/youth-services-worker/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 2 years - 3 years
  • Opening Positions: 2
  • Remuneration: $20.33 to $23.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 32 hours per week
  • Commencement Date: As soon as possible
  • Education: College certificate or diploma from 1 to 2 years
  • How to apply: email to [email protected]

Job Description

Tasks

  • Appraise clients’ needs or eligibility for specific services
  • Perform administrative tasks
  • Housekeeping activities
  • Food preparation
  • Provide suicide and crisis intervention
  • Resolve conflict situations
  • Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses
  • Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
  • Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
  • Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with co-workers and community service providers working with children

Supervision

  • No supervision responsibility

Experience and specialization

Target audience

  • Children
  • Families
  • Persons with mental health disabilities
  • Street population

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Electronic mail

Policy and program experience

  • Mental health
  • Addiction or substance abuse

Area of work experience

  • Community service organization

Area of specialization

  • Drug addiction

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Child welfare check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail

Weight handling

  • Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Values and ethics
  • Client focus
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Team player
  • Organized

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available
  • Variable or compressed work week