Case Manager - Train

About The Link:
Youth and Family Supports

For more than 90 years, The Link has helped youth and families on a journey to healing, hope and better lives. The organization is dedicated to walking alongside children, youth, and families as an inclusive community, strengthening and empowering a sense of being, pride, and purpose. With over 15 diverse programs, The Link provides support through a 24‑hour crisis line, youth resource centres, emergency shelters, mobile crisis teams, specialized foster care, healing homes, job readiness supports, and Skills4

Life.

The Link is hiring! We seek candidates who share our vision for a brighter future and who can support the resilience and potential in people. We honour and strive to model through our actions the traditional Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe:
Love, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility & Truth.

The Life Train program helps young adults ages 18‑29 develop pre‑employment and job‑searching skills. Participants receive training, counselling and access to resources to help individuals successfully gain employment.

The duties and responsibilities of the Case Manager – Life Train include, but are not limited to:

• Completes reports as required including daily logs, weekly and monthly reports;
• Implements and adheres to all agency and program policies and procedures;
• Attends and participates in program meetings;
• Schedules daily jobs in conjunction with the Community Program Supervisor;
• Tracks youth’s attendance;
• Attends all training, orientation, supervision and evaluation as necessary;
• Coordinates, communicates and monitors youth case plans to encourage successful completion of program;
• Documents all contacts and information as per guidelines;
• Prepares and co‑facilitates life skills and employment workshops;
• Group facilitation and one‑to‑one work as required;

• Acts as an advocate on behalf of the best interest of the participants and ensures that their rights are respected;
• Acts as a positive role model for participants;
• Follows up on participants that are not attending;
• Conducts intake and assessment of participants with a participant‑oriented, strengths‑based perspective;
• Liaises with EIA, keeping workers updated on participant’s progress;
• Identifies and communicates concerns and updates regarding participants;
• Assesses participant needs/goals (i.e., basic needs, food, housing, safety, and security, etc.);
• Sets individual goals with participants using a solution‑oriented model;
• Provides support and guidance on a variety of issues including parenting, decision‑making, problem‑solving, self‑care, alcohol/drug abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, birth control and relationships;
• Advises and assists with various other job‑search techniques – i.e., computer skills, networking, job applications;

• Knowledge of Indigenous culture;
• Knowledge of community resources;
• Knowledge of Strengths‑based and Solution‑Oriented approaches;
• Crisis intervention, harm reduction and conflict resolution skills;
• Post‑secondary degree in Education or Human Services field;
• Minimum of two years related experience working with high‑risk youth;
• Demonstrated experience in employment counselling (resume writing, job search, etc.);
• Demonstrated experience in group facilitation;
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driver’s abstract;
• Applicable certifications (e.g., First Aid, CPR Level C, De‑escalation, Mental Health First Aide & Safe Talk, Suicide Intervention and Child Development, etc.);
• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search, a clear Child Abuse Registry check with acceptable Prior Contact checks and a clear Adult Abuse Registry check, all done within the last 3 months;
• Willingness to obtain necessary training as per agency training policy;

$20.05 – $23.86 per hour, dependent upon qualifications.

37.5 hours per week – days, evenings and possible weekends.

Open Until Filled

The Link is an equal opportunity employer. Indigenous people, women, visible minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The Link is committed to developing and retaining a diverse workforce. Accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities upon request.

The Link is honored to be located on the land of the Ininew, Anishinaabe, Dene, Oji‑Cree and Dakota land and in the homeland of the Métis Nation. We commit to respecting the treaties upon which our existence here was made possible.