Position Summary
The Child and Youth Support Worker provides a variety of day-to-day physical, emotional, and social supports for children, youth, and families through programming and on a drop-in basis. The Child and Youth Support Worker assists in the development of supportive relationships within the community, including with service providers.
This position supports the organization's after-school program, which operates Monday through Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Applicants must be available to work during these program hours.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Program Director, the Child and Youth Support Worker is responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:
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Planning and implementation of an afterschool/healthy development program for participants between the ages of 4 and 18
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Plan, coordinate, and implement recreational, nutritional, and developmental activities that enhance social skills, life skills, educational skills, physical activity, and positive engagement
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Help promote the program in the community.
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Assist with the recruitment of children participants and youth volunteers for the program
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Help supervise daily programs to ensure the safety of children, youth volunteers and staff.
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Recruit and train volunteers and Youth Leaders (grade 7 and 8 youth) as needed
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Evaluate programs; maintain appropriate participation statistics, logs, reports, etc.
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Identify and address behaviours, needs assessments, referrals, and counselling techniques.
Qualifications (Required skills and attributes)
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Be a member in good standing with the College of Early Childhood Educators; or
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Be a member in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers; or
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Have a diploma or degree or are enrolled as a student in child and youth care or education, recreation and leisure services, social work, psychology, sociology or kinesiology with a focus/experience working with children and youth.
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Have previous experience working with this age group
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Be sensitive to the needs of youth from a diverse, multicultural, and high-needs neighbourhood
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Be highly organized, with the ability to react appropriately to unexpected situations
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Have the ability to successfully facilitate a structured program with a focus on intentional youth development, healthy eating, and physical activity
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Have strong public relations skills required to promote activities and recruit program participants as well as liaise with school faculty
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Have experience recruiting and training volunteers and mentoring Youth Leaders
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Have the ability to work independently and be self-directed
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Be able to maintain required reports (attendance, budget, daily logs, evaluation reports, etc.)
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Have valid CPR/First Aid and clear Police records check for working with a vulnerable population