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Job Purpose:
Mentoring includes planning and implementing one-on-one activities and programs that may be educational, recreational with a heavy focus on life skill building and connecting youth to resources. The needs will vary between youth. The focus will be on completing benchmarks and workbook activities. Individuals interested will be able to successfully work one on one with youth as well as in a group setting facilitating life skill workshops.
Primary Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Create positive and trusting relationship development with youth
Support case management plan created with the youth
Provide individual programming to youth
Work with youth to meet individual needs; connect youth to community resources
Create and implement individual programming with Coordinator
Daily reports on programming experiences and youth progress
Incident Reporting and informing workers where necessary
School and home visits and support where needed
Provide positive role-modeling, mentoring, and relationship-based programming
Supporting the youth to become involved in education/ employment
Advocating for the youth in the community
Support the youth on a daily basis toward meeting the short, medium and long term goals agreed to in the Action Plan and/or Community Safety plan
Mediate between/with youth when conflict arises
Support youth to meet appointments and be involved in the community
Support youth growth and development, encouraging youth make individual plans and follow through.
Implement opportunities for community connection, educational learning, recreational outings, skills development, & healthy life styles
Other tasks as assigned: e.g. supporting Street Culture social entrepreneurial initiatives
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
- Cultural Awareness Training
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check