CharityVillage

Youth In Transition Worker

Location: Brantford, Ontario

Position Type: Full-Time 12-month Contract Salaried (35 hours per week), with benefits and a
complimentary YMCA membership

Starting Salary: $50,000.00 annual salary, commensurate with experience

Anticipated Start Date: August 2025

Position Description:   

The Youth in Transition Worker Program aims to support youth leaving care to transition from the child welfare sector into adulthood. This program covers the Region of Brantford. This position will work with youth (16 – 24 years of age) to connect them with educational, employment, housing, life skills, mental health and other supports in their communities and support them to navigate the transition from care to adulthood.

In this position, you will:

• Ensure that program eligibility criteria are met
• Help eligible youth develop and achieve the goals they have set for themselves through the program.
• Support eligible youth leaving care to identify, access and navigate adult service systems relevant to their needs, and transition to adulthood.
• Facilitate access for youth leaving care to existing supports and resources in the community, by providing information and referrals for individual youth that address individual needs and support/reinforce strengths.
• Some of the resources and supports may include: 
  • Housing supports;
  • Education resources;
  • Employment services and training;
  • Life Skills training (e.g. financial management, household management);
  • Health and mental health services; and Legal services.
• Support eligible youth leaving care to develop and maintain relationships with responsible, caring adults in the community to help them as they transition to adulthood.
• Deliver and facilitate educational/life skills workshops online and in-person to youth (16-24 yrs)
• Develop and implement effective outreach strategies to engage local communities/service providers to create opportunities of service coordination for referrals
• Foster communication and linkages with community agencies/organizations to improve access and mitigate barriers to services for youth leaving care
• Work with local CAS to develop a referral approach, and to create awareness of the program among youth leaving care.
• Be responsible for the health and safety of participants
• Ensure that YMCA Child & Youth policies are implemented
• Meet monthly statistical requirements and maintain records on all activities performed
• Attend staff meetings, trainings and community meetings.
• Be responsible for program equipment (including a laptop, cell phone, etc).
• Provide monthly statistical and narrative reports and conduct evaluations as needed