Youth Worker - Casual

Salary: $26.78 per hour

Start Date: ASAP

We are looking for a Casual Youth Worker to join our Sources Lilac Place team! This individual must be a great team player, have an eye for detail and administrative organization, and have a good understanding of trauma informed, harm reduction, and strength-based approaches.

SOURCES is a community-based non-profit organization providing support and hope to communities in the Lower Mainland, on Vancouver Island, and across Northern BC. Sources strives to create vibrant and resilient communities through support to adults, children, youth, and families facing challenges in life such as mental health, disability, poverty, substance use, and conflict. We support our communities through leadership, education, and volunteerism.

Sources is committed to learning about, celebrating and incorporating Indigenous knowledge into our practices as we continue our work in truth and reconciliation. People of all races, cultures, ethnicities, 2

SLGBTQIA+, and abilities are welcomed to work with us. We value diversity, respect, and collaboration as we promote our mission: social wellness for our community.

Lilac Place is a unique, part-time therapeutic residential program that assists families in developing upon their inherent strengths and increasing their overall connection, with the goal of decreasing conflict, and improving the overall wellness of the family unit. The Youth worker assists in this process through intentional one-to-one support with youth and caregiver(s), providing case management, and connecting with services in community to provide wrap-around support, as a way to work towards positive changes in the family.

The Casual Youth Worker at Lilac Place is responsible for the day-to-day activities in the residential program, planning and facilitating pre-intake/after-care outreach, and maintaining the residences' ability to provide therapeutic services to youth and caregivers. These activities include supporting youth in carrying out their daily routines, including connection to school/community resources, planning and facilitating recreational and social-emotional learning activities, implementing and supporting therapeutic activities, report writing, prioritizing the physical and emotional safety of program participants, and regular communication with caregivers.

Youth Workers will follow the emotion-focused therapeutic guidance of the family therapist to support the implementation of communication and relationship strengthening strategies being worked on in therapy sessions. The Youth Worker will also liaise with various community resources including social workers, schools and other supports that are part of the family’s care team. Additionally, the youth worker will maintain files and engage in other administrative duties when required.

Reporting to:
Youth Services Manager

• Participate in planning, organizing and implementing daily routines and support youth in engaging in their day-to-day activities (i.e. school, work, appointments)
• Plan and participate in developmentally appropriate social emotional learning activities and recreational activities that support pro-social engagement in the community, along with life-skills based programming
• Administer prescribed medications to youth as per doctors and pharmacists instruction, while following all required medication administration policies and procedures
• Provide care to youth and families through a trauma-informed, emotions-focused, and harm reduction lens
• Ensure the rights, dignity and confidentiality of all clients are maintained
• Provide case management, which includes: case planning, daily logs, session notes, the preparation of relevant reports, facilitating the scheduling of meetings with the family and their care team, liaising with the broader care team, attending Intensive Case Management meetings and Family Care Planning Conferences
• Perform routine maintenance and upkeep of the physical environment
• Participate in programming quality improvement and evaluation processes implemented by the Director and/or Program Manager
• Takes an…