Accountable to: Listuguj Community Social Services Directorate
Summary of Function:
The Social Services Directorate is seeking a self-motivated, energetic, and responsible candidate to work in a dynamic team environment, assist in carrying out activities with the community youth to develop and promote healthy lifestyles, and active living through sports and recreation. Act as a role model by demonstrating healthy lifestyles, healthy eating, and physical activity. Provide guidance to the youth and support and developing their self-esteem and confidence and leadership skills through recreational activities.
Job Duties:
- Build Meaningful relationships through positive daily interaction with the children and youth who attend the center and implement appreciative intervention strategies when deemed necessary (i.e. Crisis intervention, problem-solving, etc.)
- Lead programs in a positive and skilled manner.
- Monitors and engages in all programming (i.e. Recreational, sports and leisure activities), while ensuring safety (ex. Providing supervision, responding to emergencies and/or providing first assistance when required)
- Participating in the evaluation and in documenting the progress of the Youth Centre Program
- Maintain a neat, orderly, and clean environment, including all program areas and common spaces (ex. Cleaning up after activities and placing items back in their rightful place,
sanitizing equipment after use, etc.)
- Maintaining consistency and structure by abiding to and enforcing Youth Centre regulations and expectations
- Maintain a log of the Youth Centre’s activities and any incidents that may occur during the Youth Worker Shift.
- Assist with training new staff/volunteers in procedures and practices.
- Remain flexible (i.e. willingness to learn new skills and enhance professional development)
- Attend staff meetings, planning sessions and training events as required.
- Maintain regular attendance and punctuality.
- All duties and responsibilities outlined above are respective, but not all inclusive
Requirements:
- Ability to work flexible hours and weekends.
- Experience/knowledge of child development and working with children and youth.
- Experience in sports and recreational fields is essential.
- High School Graduate: Certificate in child/youth work would be an asset.
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as a team member.
- Physical ability to perform assigned duties.
- Good previous work history (Performance and attendance)
- Adherence to LMG’s Human Resources and Administration policies / procedures and professional ethics principles
- First Aid/CPR Certificate
- Criminal Record/Vulnerable Record check required.
- 2 Professional references
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📌 Youth Care Worker Listuguj Mi'gmaq Government (Quebec City)
🏢 Listuguj
📍 Quebec City
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