Youth Transition Worker
Job No:
PCRS703
Location:
Vancouver
Youth Transition Worker
Broadway Youth Resource Centre - Vancouver
Supervisor: Lori Oliver
Regular Full Time (35 hours/week)
Closing Date: 2nd May 2024
Grid 13 ($29.96 - $31.24/hr.)
Pacific Community Resources Society is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from people of all gender identities and expressions, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, and visible minorities.
Opportunity
The Youth Transition to Adulthood Program at Broadway Youth Resource Centre requires an experienced youth worker to join our team of Youth Transition Workers. The Youth Transition Worker supports a caseload of youth who are between the ages of 16 to 19 and under the care of the Ministry of Child and Family Development. Youth Transition Workers provide one to one support to program participants as they prepare to transition from the foster care system to independence. The successful applicant will be responsible for the management of their caseload within the program team. As part of a larger working group at the Broadway Youth Resource Centre, the successful applicant will also provide support to the Resource Room and BYRC Programming.
Responsibilities
- Conduct program intakes and program orientation
- Create ongoing Service Plans with youth and provide one-to-one support in reaching goals
- Engage in collaborative case planning with youth’s support team through weekly updates and ICM’s
- Engage in weekly one-to-one meetings with each youth on the caseload
- Maintain youth files, case notes and related documentation
- Participate in resource room shifts and programming
- Track spending and mileage, and report participant stats
Qualifications
- Degree in Social Work, Child and Youth Care or related field plus two years of related experience. A combination of experience and education may be considered.
- Criminal record check including the vulnerable sector
- Standard first-aid certificate and CPR
- Class 5 Driver’s License with a clean driving record
Additional Assets
- Experience working with multi-barriered youth from diverse backgrounds – demonstrated strength working with new comer and refugee youth is a definite asset
- Understanding of foster care and other child welfare systems
- Experience working with youth dealing with mental health and addictions challenges.
- Sound judgement and effective interpersonal skills.
- Clear and concise communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong understanding of non-binary gender representations, expressions, and identities.
- Strong understanding of Aboriginal culture and impacts of colonialism, racism, and oppression.
Who We Are
Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) is a large not-for-profit agency that serves the 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
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- Generous paid vacation time, personal time, sick time; additional paid time off for life events
- Additional paid holidays, ex. Easter Monday, Boxing Day *
- Extended health, prescription, dental & vision care plan, with 100% Employer-Paid Premiums*
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- Disability and Life Insurance Coverage *
- Employee & Family Assistance Program including preventative health & counselling *
- Membership in the Municipal Pension Plan with generous employer contributions *
- Flexible schedules and earned time off program *
- Full-day agency orientation and extensive training, with regular ongoing performance evaluations
- In-house digital and classroom learning opportunities; staff funding for professional development *
- Opportunities to use your voice & participate in committees on policy, wellness, safety, EDI, etc.
* Eligibility will vary depending on terms and role requirements – details for this posting will be provided on request.
Persons who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact our HR department at hr@pcrs.ca. Personal information will be kept confidential.