Youth Worker

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 645533162
  • Open Date: September 16, 2025
  • Close Date: November 4, 2025 (open for 48 days)
  • Organization: Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
  • Sector: Healthcare & Social Workers
  • Business Location:401 N Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 4P7
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  • Last Updated: 2 hours ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/thunder-bay/645533162/youth-worker/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 2 years - 3 years
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $56,438 annually / 35 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Apply by: email to [email protected], by mail
  • Education: College certificate or diploma more than 2 years

Job Description

Tasks

  • Prepare reports or case histories
  • Administrative and office activities
  • Appraise clients’ needs or eligibility for specific services
  • Conduct social research
  • Implement life skills workshops
  • Assess client’s relevant skill strengths and development needs
  • Conduct follow-up assessments
  • Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
  • Housekeeping activities
  • Food preparation
  • Provide suicide and crisis intervention
  • Resolve conflict situations
  • Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses
  • Implement behaviour management programs
  • Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
  • Establish registry of special needs support workers
  • Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
  • Develop service intervention logic models and outcome measures
  • Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
  • Screen, recruit and train volunteers and support staff
  • Assist clients/guests with special needs
  • Accompany clients to appointments and social outings

Supervision

  • 1 to 2 people
  • 3-4 people
  • 5-10 people
  • 11-15 people
  • 16-20 people
  • More than 20 people

Experience and specialization

Target audience

  • Aboriginal groups
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Families
  • Persons with mental health disabilities
  • Young offenders

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Other benefits