Competition Number: 3470

Street Reach Worker, Healing Homes

Term/Full Time

Macdonald Youth Services requires an experienced Street Reach Worker within the Healing Homes service area. The Street Reach Worker provides services for clients of the MYS managed care system and works with Street Reach to locate other missing high risk children and youth who are in danger of becoming victims of sexual exploitation, or who have already become victims of sexual exploitation. The Street Reach Worker is responsible for providing services with the Street Reach Team which include working in the  field, paperwork, reporting requirements, etc. Working with Macdonald Youth Services staff, the Street Reach Worker gets to know the young people that are identified through Street Reach and the places they are likely to go when they are absent without authorization (AWA) from placement. Working closely with Child & Family Services, and other community contacts, the Street Reach Worker locates and ensures youth are safe.

Primary responsibilities of the Street Reach Worker include, but are not limited to:

• Engage and develop relationships with clients in placements with MYS (group homes, foster homes), their families and at places they frequent
• Liaise and build relationships with staff teams and foster parents in MYS service areas
• Establish and maintain contact with clients in all MYS placement programs and all children identified through Street Reach
• Assist Street Reach Winnipeg workers and respond to requests to locate and return children/youth that have been determined as High Risk Victims (HRV) to placement or families
• Meet regularly as a member of Street Reach Participate in community outreach activities, in partnership with Street Reach, other outreach services and Winnipeg Police Service/RCMP
• Maintain documentation and statistics
• Become familiar with and communicate both community risks and resources available to youth
• Identify and report predators/people sexually exploiting children, as well as identify and report locations where children are being sexually exploited
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

The successful candidate should demonstrate the following competencies, which incorporate the Seven Sacred Teachings;

Bravery/Courage – Bear

• Continuously seek opportunities by taking initiative and championing new ideas that benefit youth
• Consistently persist in the face of obstacles, takes action to reach high personal goals and standards
• Monitor the progress of work to meet deadlines even under stress and pressure through planning and prioritizing
• Initiate creative planning and advocate for change

Respect – Buffalo

• Build relationships with YRC youth, focusing on their needs, responding quickly and understanding roles and responsibilities of a nurturing support person
• Acknowledge and advocate other teachings and/or spiritual practices and beliefs and incorporate them into programming when necessary

Honesty – Saabe

• Demonstrate effective communication by sharing information, asking questions and active listening
• Perform with good intention, take responsibility and follow through on commitments
• Role model positive practices and ethics with an ability to represent the organization in a positive manner

Love – Eagle

• Show an understanding of love in the form of appropriate and effective self-care strategies
• Recognize the gifts that all people bring and allow people to share those gifts, even if different from our own understanding

Wisdom – Beaver

• Demonstrate a good understanding of the Child and Family Services and Community Living Disability systems, Employment and Income Assistance system, private and public market housing, and other youth serving organizations in Manitoba, particularly in the context of Indigenous communities and the impacts of inter-generational and historical trauma
• Knowledge, awareness and respect of Indigenous cultures, languages, traditions, and practices

Humility – Wolf

• Create or support an environment of collaboration while still contributing and sharing credit freely with various teams across MYS and service partners
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances or conditions with flexibility and compassion
• Ability to reflect or seek guidance to ensure support given is representative of the organization’s mission and values

Truth – Turtle

• Gather relevant information, recognize patterns and themes in the data, generate and consider multiple alternatives and make decisions in a timely manner
• Analytical and critical thinker; particularly in regard to engaging and planning with youth

Additional Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education or a combination of education, work experience and lived experience may be considered
• Experience working with vulnerable youth
• Knowledge of trauma and resilience informed care
• Strong relationship building skills and experience in de-escalation
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Emergency First Aid and CPR Level C
• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search, a clear Child Abuse Registry check with acceptable Prior Contact checks and a clear Adult Abuse Registry check, all done within the last 3 months
• ASIST Certificate (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) preferred
• NVCI Certificate (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training) preferred
• Mental Health First Aid & Safe Talk will be considered an asset
• Knowledge of Indigenous customs, traditions, and beliefs will be considered an asset.

Salary Range: $36,080 - $54,120 d.o.q. per annum.

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week. Monday – Friday (8:30 am – 4:30 pm) must be able to work some evening and weekend shifts to meet operational needs of service delivery.

Please forward a cover letter and resume (in word or PDF format) quoting the competition number by October 21, 2020 to careers@mys.mb.ca.

MYS is an equal opportunity employer, Indigenous people, women, visible minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. MYS is committed to developing and retaining a diverse workforce. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For further information about our other employment and volunteer opportunities please visit our website www.mys.ca.