- Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
- Part-time
- 3+ years
Provide overnight supervision, basic needs, crisis intervention, and support services to at‑risk youth in an emergency housing program.
Responsibilities
- Provide youth with supervision and basic needs (food, bedding, and hygiene) while they emerge from crisis
- Assess youth housing needs and assist in finding housing
- Make referrals to Housing Workers, ATS, Individual and Family Counsellors, Employment, Education, Specialized Support Workers such as Mental Health or Addictions
- Provide encouragement and connect youth to supports
- Provide ongoing daily support, assistance and encouragement to break cycles of poverty and homelessness
Requirements
- Post-Secondary degree/diploma in a Child/youth related field (e.g. Child and Youth, Social Service Worker, Social Worker, Psychology, Sociology) or equivalent
- Nice to have: speaking and writing French