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Do you like excitement and challenge in your work, where every day is always a little bit different? Do you want to be part of a collaborative team that has a role in making a difference in the lives of youth? If so, then becoming a Facility Youth Worker may be the career for you!

The Ministry of Corrections and Policing is accepting applications for Permanent Part Time Facility Youth Workers across the province. Facility Youth Workers are positive, motivated and energetic role models that are non-judgmental and have excellent communication, interpersonal and problem solving skills. Facility Youth Workers are also responsible and accountable, exhibit leadership, embrace diversity and equality, and treats everyone with dignity and respect.

A Facility Youth Worker will:provide developmental programming and care, and custody for youth aged twelve to seventeen years under the Youth Criminal Justice Act; manage a caseload of youth in custody who may have special needs, gender differences and various cultural, spiritual belief systems; apply counseling methodologies including addressing criminogenic factors and their relationship to human behaviours; establish, build and maintain work relationships utilizing effective interpersonal communications (both written and verbal); maintain a level of fitness to meet the requirements of a physically demanding work environment;work proficiently using a variety of computer software and electronic systems, and work shift work.