FAC - Full Time Support Worker (Contract)

EGADZ Support Worker

The Saskatoon Downtown Youth Centre Inc. – EGADZ requires a Full Time Support Worker for First Avenue Campus.

EGADZ is an inter-agency, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide services for hard to serve youth in Saskatoon with the mission to encourage and support them to make choices that improve their quality of life.

First Avenue Campus, located at the EGADZ Youth Centre, provides full day education program running Monday through Friday. First Avenue Campus provides a continuum of services to meet the complex and intense needs of many of our youth with Justice involvement.

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in the human services field, equivalent experience or a combination of both
• Ability to establish a rapport with youth whereby being a positive role model.
• Demonstrate and practice a healthy lifestyle
• Ability to provide the most inclusive collaborative support that assists the youth, their family and all partnering agencies in order for future educational placements to be successful.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with youth, staff and partnering agencies and maintain strict confidentiality and appropriate boundaries
• Ability to express ideas and concepts effectively in an oral and written form
• Working knowledge of computers/windows
• Knowledge of Indigenous cultures and issues
• Must have a valid driver’s license that reflects a safe driving record - A Driver's Abstract is Required (Within 3 Months).
• Criminal Records Check including Vulnerable Sector (Within 6 Months)

Starting Wage $21.35

Pension and Health Benefits Program.

Resumes labelled – First Avenue Campus, can be mailed/dropped off at EGADZ Youth Centre 485 – 1st Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1X5 or emailed to [email protected].Please specify the position you are applying for**.**

EGADZ appreciates everyone who does apply; however only those selected for an interview will be notified. Please no phone calls.