Live-In Treatment, Night Youth Worker (#1573)

YouthLink believes in the potential of every youth. We are dedicated to providing them with the support, guidance and opportunities they need to make positive life choices. We provide youth with brief and ongoing counselling, in-home wraparound support, shelter, housing, educational support, and safe drop-in spaces. YouthLink works towards equitable outcomes for youth in our community and, as such, is committed to equity-based hiring practices.

We welcome applications from candidates who reflect the communities we serve, particularly candidates from Black communities, Indigenous communities, and racialized people, persons with disabilities, members of diverse gender identities and people with lived experiences. We are seeking candidates who demonstrably operate and practice from an equity and trauma-informed lens. We encourage applications from passionate professionals who will help us dismantle systemic barriers and will embrace working outside of Euro-centric practices.

YouthLink Benefits are Top of Class

- Competitive pay
- Health & dental coverage for you and your family with 100% premium cost paid by employer.
- *Annual vacation with pay at 1.66 working days for each calendar month to a maximum of 20 working days per year.
- *5 ‘authorized absence’ days for family illness or emergency circumstances that prohibit employees from reporting to work.
- *3 paid agency days every calendar year after 3 calendar months’ service.
- Maternity / parental /adoption leave top-up payments (to top-up Canadian government unemployment benefit payments)
- 100% premium cost for long-term disability coverage paid by employee.




- Eligibility to participate in pension plan after 2 years of continuous service with generous matching contribution from employer

*(pro-rated for part-time employees according to the employee’s full-time equivalency (FTE))

Live-In Treatment, Night Youth Worker

(Permanent, Part time, 45 hours bi-weekly)

The Live-In Treatment (LIT) Night Youth Worker (Awake) delivers front-line, trauma-informed support during the overnight period (11:00 pm – 8:00 am) in YouthLink’s nine-bed Live-In Treatment home. This awake Night Youth Worker role is distinct from the Sleep Night Youth Worker (who remains on site but sleeps unless required). The LIT Night Youth Worker is responsible for house monitoring, crisis response, overnight safety protocols, and ensuring accurate handover to morning staff. This role supports female-identified youth (ages 14–18) and welcomes gender-fluid, non-binary, and youth who are transitioning, many of whom present with complex mental health and trauma histories. The Night Youth Worker collaborates with Case Managers, the Youth & Family Therapist, and external partners to maintain safety, continuity of care, and program quality.

Highlights of Your Role

Therapeutic Engagement & Goal Support

- Maintain therapeutic rapport overnight through focused check-ins, grounding interventions,



and crisis stabilization.
- Perform scheduled hourly welfare checks and increased observational monitoring during high-risk periods.
- Conduct brief, intentional check-ins to support emotional regulation and safety overnight.
- Support transition planning or emergency contacts as required until daytime Case Managers assume care.
- Reinforce Plan of Care (PoC) goals and ensure continuity of interventions overnight.

Programming & Activity Facilitation

- Deliver and supervise low-intensity, therapeutic activities appropriate to overnight (quiet group debriefs, relaxation/soothing grounding exercises, sleep hygiene support).
- Prepare materials and brief outlines for morning programming or therapeutic groups (e.g., DBT worksheets, craft prep) during quieter periods.

Household Management

- Oversee bedtime and wake-up routines for youth present overnight, including hygiene tasks.
- Conduct building and bed checks per licensing and program rules; complete bathroom supervision as required.
- Maintain cleanliness of shared overnight areas and prepare breakfast/morning set-up as needed.
- Manage medication tracking sheets (MARs) and record any overnight medication administration or issues, medical reordering, medication dispensing and documenting, completing medication audits.
- Perform routine safety audits and report maintenance/service requests.
- Ensure compliance with Occupational Health & Safety Act, agency health and safety policies, and MCCSS licensing requirements.
- Liaise with the team and Manager regarding maintenance issues and service requests.
- Support relief staff and p

📌 Live-In Treatment, Night Youth Worker (Toronto)
🏢 YouthLink
📍 Toronto