Youth Prevention Outreach Worker

Clinical Programs & Services Full Time Edmonton, AB $55,000 - $68,000 CAD per year

Hours:
Full-time (40 hours/week), with some evening/weekend flexibility

Compensation: $55-68k + benefits & a halal RRSP option; depending on experience

Start Date:
August 2026

Reporting to:
Lubna Zaeem, Clinical Director

Final date to receive applications:
Apply early, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, within two weeks of submission.

Somewhere in Edmonton right now there is a 15-year-old the system has quietly written off, suspended, surveilled, and is one bad week away from doing something that might lead to a criminal charge. Islamic Family is looking for someone who refuses to write him off. If you believe that the right person showing up at the right moment can change a trajectory, that a young person’s story isn’t finished, and that prevention is worth more than any cell, this is your calling.

• You will walk alongside youth ages 12–24 who are at risk of, or already involved in, gang and criminal activity, one relationship at a time.
• You will meet young people where they actually are: underserved schools, community spaces, and inside youth detention.
• You will make a broken system make sense by navigating it with a young person instead of handing them a phone number.
• You will build real entryways into the supports that change outcomes: counselling, education, employment, mentorship, recreation, culture, and family.
• You will help youth leaving detention or exiting gang life return to community with a plan, not a gap.
• You will strengthen the protective factors: belonging, purpose, skills, relationships, that keep young people out of the justice system for good.

• You will do work that matters, with the support to do it well: clinical supervision, reflective practice, and structured debriefs, because this work is weighty but you won’t carry it alone.
• You will join a wraparound team (outreach, counselling, family services), not a solo caseload.
• You will receive trauma-informed and crisis-intervention training, and a genuine professional-development path.
• You will have autonomy, trust, and accountability in equal measure.
• You will work in a values-oriented environment inside an Imagine Canada–accredited, award-winning organization.

This role is divided across four core areas of responsibility, with most of your time dedicated to intensive youth outreach and case management.

1-Core Area:
Intensive Youth Outreach & Case Management (50%)

• Focus:
  Provide relationship-based support to youth in schools, community settings, and youth detention using strengths-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive approaches.
• Examples of Activities:
• Conducting strengths-based assessments and developing individualized success plans.
• Providing intensive case management, advocacy, and ongoing follow-up.
• Connecting youth to counselling, education, employment, housing, recreation, cultural, spiritual, and other community supports.
• Helping youth navigate complex service systems.
• Building protective factors through Positive Youth Development and life skills programming.
• Delivering gang prevention education and supporting healthy decision-making and relationships.
• Supporting youth transitioning from detention or exiting gang involvement.
• Engaging youth in Green Room programs, leadership opportunities, and community initiatives.

2-Core Area:
Area Family & Community Engagement (35%)

• Focus:
  Support newcomer, immigrant, refugee, and vulnerable families by improving access to services and strengthening family wellbeing.
• Examples of Activities:
• Completing intakes, risk assessments, and safety planning when required.
• Connecting families to financial, housing, legal, educational, counselling, and community resources.
• Assisting with applications, appointments, and service coordination.
• Providing culturally and spiritually responsive education and resources related to youth wellbeing, identity, mental health, and healthy relationships.

• Focus:
  Maintain accurate and confidential records that support quality service delivery.
• Examples of Activities:
• Completing…