Youth Services Worker – Job Description
Position purpose: The Youth Services Worker is responsible for developing, managing, and delivering the in-centre after-school program.
Reports to: Executive Director.
Hours: Part time (25 hrs/week) at $15/hour.
General Duties:
1. Development
-In consultation with staff and youth, and with research into centre best-practices, develop a schedule of activities for the after-school program, including nutrition support programs.
-Recruit volunteers to serve as resources for diverse educational, recreational, and skills-building workshops, talks, and activities to be delivered in-centre.
-Create special events at the centre to mark holidays, graduations, etc.
-Youth board to help make decisions about TYPS programming.
-Consult with Executive Director and Outreach Worker to optimize use of resources, coordinate activities, plan future initiatives, and ensure consistency with agency mandate and mission.
2. Implementation
-Deliver after-school programming.
-In collaboration with the Executive Director, recruit, train, schedule, and supervise casual staff and volunteers to work in the after-school and summer programs as needed.
-Maintain a running inventory of centre resources, such as groceries, art supplies, etc., and a prioritized list of centre needs.
-In consultation with the Executive Director and within budgetary restrictions, replenish centre supplies as necessary.
-Ensure that the centre is welcoming, well maintained, safe, clean and tidy.
-Keep systematic, reliable records of participation, expenditures, volunteer hours, and program evaluations.
-Inform the Executive Director of critical incidents and events with potentially negative impacts for TYPS.
-Collaborate with Outreach Worker to coordinate youth volunteer placements with TYPS projects and other community groups.
-Participate in skills development training as needed.
3. Reporting
-Conduct quarterly evaluations of after-school programming.
-Communicate regularly with Outreach Worker to provide content for centre publicity and advertising.
4. Other duties as required.
Evaluation:
Performance review at the end of the first three month period and every four months thereafter.
Indicators of success:
-Increasing rates of youth participating in after-school programs.
-Sound management of centre resources to deliver maximum value within budgetary restrictions.
-Diverse and stimulating program offerings.
-All management expectations have been met.
Qualifications:
-Completion of a BSW, SSW, or Child and Youth Worker program, or equivalent.
-Minimum of two years experience in education, youth services, or the non-profit social services sector.
-Minimum of one year of experience in supervision and/or human resource management.
-Strong ability to communicate verbally with a broad range of audiences.
-Appreciation for youth culture.
-Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
-Ability to work independently.
-Ability to manage the centre as the sole employee on duty.
-Sound judgment.
-Ability to work flexible hours as required.
Deadline: Send applications to Julie@typsyouthcentre.org by February 2nd, 2012.
