Job Order Detail

Description

The Saskatoon Downtown Youth Centre Inc. - EGADZ requires a Youth Worker interested in a Permanent Full Time position within the EGADZ Education Employment Support Program.
EGADZ Is an inter-agency, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide services for youth at risk in Saskatoon with the mission to encourage and support them to make choices that improve their quality of life.

The EEESP was developed to provide evidence based community programing for hard to serve youth that are experiencing an array of difficulties that are barriers to acquiring or maintaining an educational placement.  Many live in unstructured family environments with high levels of social-economic disadvantages. As a result, many of these young people demonstrate negative responses stemming often from dysfunctional home and parenting environments. Furthermore, issues such as truancy, substance abuse, gang involvement, homelessness, criminalized behaviors and mental/emotional/ physical health concerns are significant factors that impact their education or employment opportunities.