Internal/External Posting

This posting is to fill a current vacancy

Reference Number: SUMME

Job Type: Full Time Temporary

Term End Date: August 29, 2026

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Rate of Pay: Hourly $22.136 – $29.733

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Position Summary

The Youth Services Worker Student will be a part of the Youth Development section of Raising our Children, and will work to engage youth, develop youth programming, and build community capacity.

Qualifications

- Persons of First Nations ancestry will be given preference (OHRC, Part II, Special Employment).
- Willingness and ability to support program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Experience working with youth, and especially First Nations youth.
- Must possess excellent communication skills, i.e. listening, oral, and written English skills, public speaking, making presentations.
- Must have strong interpersonal skills.
- Comfortable using computers for tasks such as word processing, spreadsheets, basic graphics, and other office-related technology, with a willingness to learn current software and tools.
- Ability to perform the requirements of the role on a regular basis.

Roles & Responsibilities

- Supports and builds positive working relationships with community health leaders and youth program staff by assisting with projects, learning about programs, and helping promote awareness of services.
- Develops and supports a social media strategy, health promotion activities, and resources to engage youth.




- Assist in supporting communities with the development of Youth Councils by helping create simple resources, templates, and gathering best practices under staff guidance.
- Supports and builds capacity of community-based workers through:
- Acting as a mentor.
- Developing and providing resources on the promotion of public health for youth.
- Providing training.
- Conducting workshops.
- Creating a network of youth workers.

- Builds capacity of youth around priority health issues.
- Conducts health promotion initiatives through community visits, school visits, videoconferences, webinars, radio shows, social media, etc.
- Identifies and develops potential partnerships for regional and community-based youth programming.
- Develops and shares best practices for youth community wellbeing programming.
- Promotes SLFNHA’s Approaches to Community Wellbeing.
- Actively participates on committees and other working groups as a representative for SLFNHA.
- Advocates for youth to enhance health equity.
- Performs other duties for SLFNHA as directed.

About Working with Us

The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) serves 33 First Nation communities in the Sioux Lookout region in Ontario, Canada. Mandated by the leadership in these communities, our organization is dedicated to strengthening First Nations by contributing in unique ways to a strong health system for the Anishinabe. We value respect, relationships, culture, equality and fairness. Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority focuses on hiring Indigenous employees whenever possible.

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📌 Summer Student – Youth Services Worker (Sioux Lookout)
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