Child and Youth Worker
District School Board Ontario North East
Full-Time • Timmins Region
APPLY TO EDUCATION # 3966703
OSSTF - PSSP
Comp. 25-330
Closing date: 2025-08-12 @ 4:00 pm EST
Child and Youth Worker
Location: Timmins Centennial Public School
Start date: August 28, 2025
Vacancy Details: 1.0 - full-time, 35 hours/week
Qualifications:
- Child and Youth Worker diploma, or a Social Service Worker diploma and is registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
The Child and Youth Worker is a professional with training and experience in education, behavioural intervention, and positive social interactions.
Responsibilities include:
- Assist students, families, educators, and the community to attain knowledge and skills to address mental health and well-being.
- Establish and maintain links with key community partners while maintaining a current list of professional services available in the community.
- Collaborate with the school and community partners to facilitate evidence-based mental health and well-being promotion/prevention programs.
- Screen and assess students referred for mental health support services and make recommendations for appropriate supports.
- Negotiate and collaborate with students, families, educators, and community partners to develop goal directed interventions that honor individual, cultural, and situational diversity.
- Monitor student progress and review goal directed interventions as needed.
- In consultation with school administration, communicate program and progress to parents or guardians of minors.
- Maintain accurate and timely records of individual and group support and communicate student progress regularly to school administrators, educators, families, and community partners.
- Provide intervention, liaison and monitoring services that triangulate the students with the school and community service agencies; and
- Promote the development of social emotional learning strategies.
Salary as per the current OSSTF - PSSP Collective AgreementCollective Agreements (dsb1.ca)
Interested Candidates:
Postings can be found on the DSB1 website at www.dsb1.ca and on Apply to Education at Apply to Education - DSB1 Please apply using Apply to Education by clicking the Apply button. Applications received through any other method will not be considered.
Job Expires: 2025-08-12