Youth Outreach Worker - Surrey, Canada - Pacific Community Resources Society

Pacific Community Resources Society

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Surrey, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Title:
Youth Outreach Worker*****
Program: Pathways to Education Surrey**- Supervisor: Rebecca Tsang, Associate manager, Pathways to Education Program

Grid 13 ($ $31.24/hour)
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Regular Full Time (35 hours/week)

The Pathways to Education Program is a national program, operating in 21 communities across Canada and provides a comprehensive set of academic, social, financial, and individual supports to youth.

The Vancouver program location is part of a place-based collective impact initiative, the Our Place Graduation Strategy. The Surrey program location holds strong partnerships with the local schools and school district to deliver the program.

Opportunity

Responsibilities:

1)

1 to 1 Case Management:

Develop plans in collaboration with youth and appropriate adults (i.e., Parents, guardians, teachers & other school staff, community partners) to address the educational needs/goals of individual youth
Monitor and support youth progress, engagement and participation in the program and liaise with program staff
Engage with families and facilitate their involvement in the educational goals and plans for youth in the program
Provide advocacy and support to assist youth access information and support services

2)

Develop supportive and engaging relationships with youth:

Work with youth to identify goals, strengths, issues, and students concerns, while supporting their participation in tutoring, mentoring, school, and community activities

3

)Support the design, development, and facilitation of tutoring and mentoring:

Develop diverse resources that address specific learning styles, abilities and needs
Support youth to fully engage in tutoring and mentoring program
Provide support and mentorship to volunteers to engage with youth with effective tutoring and mentoring techniques

Dimensions of Work

Primary interface is directly with youth, volunteers, and colleagues in the Pathways program
Direct reporting relationship to Associate Manager
Coordination and sharing information with relevant program, school, families, and community staff

Work Conditions

Hours early afternoon into evening time and occasional weekends (regular workdays may include 117 PM, 128 PM).
Flexibility is required as there may be a need for earlier or later hours depending upon circumstances to offer support to young people at key times.
Travel between multiple sites in the designated community

Qualifications:

Post-secondary degree in education, Social Work, Psychology, or Child and youth Care diploma.

Plus 2 years' experience working with diverse youth populations, or a combination of related education and work experience with youth.

Additional Assets

Criminal records check including the vulnerable sector
Standard first aid and CPR (training provided if needed)
Use of own vehicle with reimbursement
Clean driver's abstract
Experience working with youth and families in Guildford and Whalley
Experience providing 1to1 case management in an education context
Experience working in programs supporting the educational success for youth in this community
Experience and/or knowledge of working with the public school system (grade 7 12)
Specific training and/or experience with youth with special needs or new language learners
Experience working with and guiding volunteers
Experience facilitation of groups
Knowledge of community and social services
Understanding of impact of racism and oppression
Understanding of impact of settlement journey

This is given the needs of our youth and families, many of whom are from Aboriginal, Spanish-speaking, or Arab backgrounds.

Who We Are

Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) is a large not-for-profit agency that serves some of the most vulnerable people in our communities from Vancouver to Hope.

We work with youth and vulnerable adults in the areas of education, employment, housing, substance use and mental health, and youth and family support services.

We are CARF Accredited and a Certified Living Wage Employer.

Our Vision - Everyone thriving in strong, healthy communities

Our Mission - To inspire healthy and inclusive communities through leadership and collaboration.

Our Values - Advocacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Empowerment, Service Excellence, Stewardship, Well-being

We are grateful to operate on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xwm əθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Qw'?ntl'en (Kwantlen), se'mya'me (Semiahmoo), sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxw (Tsawwassen), q̓ic̓əy (Katzie), kwikwəƛ̓əm (Coquitlam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), máthxwi (Matsqui) and Stó:lō Nations.

We Offer

Equitable Base Pay we are a Certified Living Wage Employer
Generous paid vacation time, personal time, sick time; additional paid time off for life events
Additional paid holida