House Staff- Supportive Living Program - Windsor, Canada - Portal Youth Outreach Association

Portal Youth Outreach Association

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Windsor, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

About Us
At The Portal Youth Outreach Association, we provide a variety of programs that serve youth experiencing homelessness or exploitation.

Some of the programs we offer are:
Supportive Living Homes, Supported Apartments, and a Youth Outreach Program.

We are a vibrant team of professionals who work collaboratively within a network of community and government partners to achieve our vision that the Annapolis Valley will be a place where all youth have a safe, supportive, and loving home.

Through our services, we journey with and support youth to become interdependent and secure in the community, while providing for their basic needs of housing, nourishment, accompaniment and safety.

We encourage youth to experience themselves within their communities, as well as be involved in a variety of activities to learn about themselves.

About Our Opportunity
The Supportive Living Program (SLP) provides congregate housing and support for youth in Kentville, Windsor and Middleton. A wrap around care team of staff will deliver various support at different levels of care. House staff are a valuable part of the team and provide youth engagement in recreation and other learning opportunities.

We consider this to be a highly rewarding career opportunity for people who care about creating a safe, inclusive community atmosphere for youth.

We are seeking compassionate, creative individuals, who love to engage in learning and personal development.

When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to participate in regular professional development, demonstrate your unique skills and grow in your ability to contribute to a vibrant, inclusive community.

Employment Equity

As a quickly growing organization we are working to deepen our awareness of our current workplace norms and policies so we can dismantle systemic barriers and harmful practices.

We know that harm is likely to occur for people according to their race, cultural background, physical abilities, and gender expressions to name but a few.

Responsibilities:

Support shift change.
May provide mobile shift support to other SLP houses as needed.
Support monitoring houses via security camera monitoring.
Support program facilitation.
Respond calmly in accordance with policy and procedure to crisis such as medical emergencies, suicide attempts, self harm or violence.
Provide debrief opportunities and encouragement to staff either in person or via video calling
Model healthy lifestyle choices, respectful communication and clear boundaries.
Provide regular reports.
Join weekly team and training meetings. These may not always fall within your scheduled shift but may require attendance.
Have a working vehicle and 2 million dollar liability to be able to transport clients if needed.
Support with administrative tasks as needed
Build positive and supportive rapport with youth in the homes.

Pay Rate: 22.00/hr.

Benefits

Depending upon employment status, the Portal Youth Outreach Association offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as Health, Dental, and Life Insurance.

Additionally, the Portal provides personal days (for physical or mental health), vacation days, and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Benefits are accessed after the mandatory 3-month probationary period. More details will be provided during your job interview or with a job offer.

Requirements:

Education:

2 year Youth Work Dip., Child and Youth Care Dip., Addictions and Community Outreach dip. or equivalent training and experience.
Degrees in Social Science will also be considered in combination with an internship or experience working with youth

Other training assets:
Safe Food Handling

Peer Mentoring

Non Violent Communication

Motivational Interviewing

Transformative or Community Mediation

Five Core Competencies (MANDT, ASIST, NVCI, Mental Health First Aid and First Aid AED Level C).

Trauma Informed practice

Equity and inclusion training or equivalent

Inclusive language training or equivalent

Professional Experience:

Two years minimum experience working with youth aged This includes youth who are (or are at risk of being) homeless, trafficked/exploited, are engaged with the criminal justice system, have behavioural disorders and are seeking equity.

Essential to your success in this role is awareness of a trauma informed approach, and understanding of physical, psychological, and emotional needs of equity seeking youth.

You must have knowledge and understanding of historical factors such as discrimination and trauma and its impact on youth development.

You must have an understanding and experience working with culturally and socially diverse youth and demonstrate experience working from a strengths-based and relationship-based perspective.

Personal and life experience:
We welcome applicants who are well developed, emotionally mature people who demonstrate some of the following traits.