Competition #2024-436-YPSYouth Worker (2024-436-YPS)Employment Type:Full-Time, Bargaining Unit Work Hours:Shift work Work Setting:Exclusively On-Site Salary:$54,266.47 Application Deadline:November 22, 2024 by 11:59 pm
Program Overview – Live-In Treatment Program
Turning Point Youth Services (TPYS) is an accredited, non-profit agency serving youth (12 to 24 years of age) and their families in the east end of Toronto. Turning Point's mission is to empower youth to make positive change, an to accomplish this, it offers a continuum of services for youth and their families with a focus on mental health, housing/sheltering, and youth justice. Turning Point Youth Services and WoodGreen Community Services announced on July 2, 2024 the integration of the two organizations. The combination of these two agencies will enable a more effective and integrated approach to the provision of comprehensive support services for youth in the GTA.
Using a trauma-informed approach within a milieu setting, we have two supportive live-in treatment programs for youth ages 12 to 17. These youth come to us with complex mental health issues, including developmental needs and underling challenges and problems whose needs cannot be served using a community-based approach. Staff also provide family counselling where possible to support the youth in their treatment goals. We offer short-term/transitional services that are designed to stabilize, assess, and recommend next steps, as well as longer-term services in which the end-date is determined by completion of agreed upon treatment goals or age.
What You Will Do

• Incorporate in your work a strengths-based relationship-based philosophy of care and a belief in the resilience of youth.
• Provide direct, client care and supervision to clients in the congregate care program.
• Perform the duties of a Primary Worker for assigned clients.
• Promote and integrate Youth and Family Engagement.
• Promote an environment of inclusion that promotes equity and respects diversity.
• Develop and deliver activities and therapeutic programs.
• Ensure the safety and security of the residents in the facility.
• Complete documentation and reports as required.
• Participate in the day-to-day operation of the facility.
• Shift work is required.
• Perform other duties as required.

What You Bring to the Team

• University or College degree and/or diploma in Child & Youth Work and/or Bachelor of Social Work.
• 1 year of work experience with youth in a live-in treatment/congregate care setting.
• Demonstrated understanding of the complex issues and challenges facing our clients.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with at risk adolescents and young adults.
• Ability to exercise professionalism and sound judgement in conflictual and stressful situations.
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent communication, organization, administrative and computer skills.
• Able to work well as part of a team
• Valid “Understanding and Managing Aggressive Behaviour” certification.
• Valid “First Aid/CPR” certification
• Completion of required suicide prevention and intervention training.
• Ontario G driver's license and comfort driving agency vehicle considered an asset.

What Will Set You Apart

• Appreciation of the importance of engaging youth and families from a strength-based relationship-based approach.
• Sensitivity to, and ability to work with, a diverse client and staff group.
• Ability to demonstrate an anti-oppression approach to practice and work from a client-centered, anti-racism, harm reduction, and trauma informed approach is required.
• Demonstrate knowledge of issues affecting marginalized communities, policies, legislation, programs, and other issues related to scope of practice and social determinants of health.
• Experience working with diverse and marginalized communities, including ethno-cultural and religious groups, LGBTQSS+ youth and youth adults, those impacted by poverty and those involved in youth justice.

This is a collective bargaining unit position with CUPE Local 3501

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