Youth Development Coordinator - Ottawa, Canada - Tungasuvvingat Inuit
Description
Work Term:
Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Education: College/CEGEP
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- Family and community services
- Humanities/humanistic studies
- Psychology, general
- Social work, other
- Social sciences, general
- Social sciences, other
- Mental health counselling/counsellor
Work site environment:
- Child welfare
- Education or training
- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Socioeconomic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
- Youth services
Work setting:
- Urban area
- Social service or charity agency
- Social and family service agency
- Nongovernmental organization
- Community service organization
- Community and social services
- Associations and non profit organizations
Tasks:
- Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories
- Administrative and office activities
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Implement life skills workshops
- Research techniques
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Conduct followup assessments
- Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
- Resolve conflict situations
- Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Assist clients/guests with special needs
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
- Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team working with a client group
- Plan programs of assistance for clients
- Perform administrative tasks
- Participate in humanitarian endeavours, social services and welfare activities
- Interview clients to assess their situation and determine the types of services required and eligibility
- Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
- Provide supportive counselling and life skills programming
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to meet community needs
Supervision:
- Working groups
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses:
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Mental health first aid Certificate
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
- Cultural Awareness Training
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Target audience:
- Aboriginal groups
- Adolescents
- Children
- Culturally diverse groups
- Persons with learning disabilities
- Social assistance recipient
- Family
Policy and program experience:
- Addiction or substance abuse
Social work specialization:
- Socioeconomic needs or conditions
- Personal adjustment
- Community development
Area of specialization:
- Aboriginal or First Nations education
- Mental health
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check
- Vulnerable sector check
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large caseload
- Large workload
Weight handling:
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability:
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Team player
- Interpersonal awareness
- Dependability
- Values and ethics
- Reliability
- Organized
Screening questions:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the aboveindicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Workplace information:
- Remote work available
Health benefits:
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Long term benefits:
- Group insurance benefits
- Maternity and parental benefits
- Other benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits:
- Free parking available
- Onsite amenities
- Onsite recreation and activities
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week
- Wellness program
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