Child & Youth Facilitator (Vaw) - Contract - Hamilton, Canada - Good Shepherd Centres

Good Shepherd Centres

Verified Company

Hamilton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

CHILD and YOUTH FACILITATOR

(Temporary Full Time until June 2024)

Martha House, Women's Services
Good Shepherd is seeking to fill multiple positions with varying schedules for our growing needs.

If you are looking for a career working with amazing people while helping your community thrive, then this opportunity is for you and we want to hear from you.

We urge individuals that have retired, semi-retired, are returning to the workforce, those that are new to Canada, and recent graduates to also apply.

At Good Shepherd, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, equal and authentic workplace.

Get to Know Us

The work of Good Shepherd is based on a fundamental belief in providing hope and restoring dignity to the most vulnerable members of our community.

Our services include emergency food and clothing; daily hot meals; emergency shelters for men, youth, families, women and children; transitional housing and education for homeless and street-involved youth; hospice palliative care; community mental health programs; and supportive housing programs.

At Good Shepherd, we recognize the inherent value of people living with addiction and their right to quality care and services.

Good Shepherd is committed to integrating Harm Reduction practices into our programs and to prioritizing the rights, dignity, and choices of those who use substances.

By integrating a Harm Reduction framework at Good Shepherd, we can decrease barriers to service and better support some of our community's most marginalized members.

This opportunity is with our Good Shepherd - Martha House, Women's Services.

Culture and Values
We _see the good_ in people, not only the challenge. We hear the warmth in their voices. We recognize that we all have potential and promise.

Our programs help to tear down the barriers that have impeded our community's most vulnerable citizens and help them to establish a path to a stable and healthy life.

_ Hospitality_, as inspired by St. John of God is at the heart of Good Shepherd's mission. This means that we welcome all people with compassion, acceptance and a spirit of generosity; creating opportunities for transformation. Hospitality embodies our
Values,
Responsibility, Availability, Adaptability, Quality and Dignity.

Why work with us?

Be a part of a caring
TEAM THAT SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY:
Support for continuing
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Staff recognition programs along with access to selfcare supports and
EMPLOYEE / FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)

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POSITIVE and
ENCOURAGING atmosphere

Make a difference and provide
HOPE

Role Description

Good Shepherd Women's Services, through its various programs, is seeing increasing numbers of children who have experienced trauma, witnessed or experienced abuse and are living in poverty.

The Child and Youth program is a psycho-educational program designed to support children up to 18 years of age who witness woman abuse, and to provide individual and family counselling addressing the complexities these children face.

The Child and Youth facilitator also works with mothers and caregivers, primarily in the residential program, providing insight on the impacts of woman abuse on children and support with developing healthy, meaningful relationships between caregiver and child.

The Child and Youth Facilitator will work in collaboration with the Community Support Services LEAF Facilitator and Child and Youth Facilitator to provide group programming.

Our programs often work closely with community stakeholders, including schools, other VAW agencies, child welfare and family court systems to develop unique programming for children and women in the VAW programs.

Engage children to provide individualized counselling and therapeutic interventions to a diverse range of emotional and physical responses to trauma
Communication and coordination with external agencies, including joint public education, program intakes and program delivery.

The rewards of this work include seeing the resiliency within children and families as they recover; seeing how your role fits within the larger social justice work of the department; and, joining a passionate, innovative outreach services team.

Qualifications

One year of children's therapeutic programming and a completed postsecondary education in social services or related program
CPR/First Aid is required
ASK suicide prevention is an asset.
A valid Ontario driver's license (G2) is also an asset
Ability to speak French and/or other languages considered an asset
A respectful and rewarding work environment with ongoing opportunities to grow and learn
Committed to antiracist/antioppressive practice and to the mission and values of Good Shepherd

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Hours: 80 hours every 2 weeks including Days and evenings