Job opportunity
Casual Youth Shelter Support Worker
Interior Community Services
Support youth at the Kamloops Youth Shelter using trauma-informed practice, crisis response, and independent shift management in a casual schedule.
Interior Community Services seeks a casual Youth Support Worker for short-term emergency housing services. You will support youth aged 13 to 18 through assessment, intervention, harm reduction, and daily care. The work includes documentation, life-skills support, referrals, and collaboration with caregivers and community partners.
Key Responsibilities:
Welcome youth and assess shelter service suitability
Maintain a safe, inclusive, supportive shelter environment
Complete intakes, documentation, and ongoing case notes
Monitor wellbeing and respond to crises or incidents
Support routines, life skills, referrals, and goal setting
Requirements:
Human or Social Services diploma, degree, or equivalent
Two years’ related youth-support experience required
Experience with mental health, substance use, or housing challenges
Valid Class 5 licence and reliable vehicle
Satisfactory criminal record check, TB clearance, and union membership
Bring calm, compassionate, strengths-based support to youth while applying crisis response, documentation, and harm-reduction practices independently.
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Apply on source site Interior Community Services seeks a casual Youth Support Worker for short-term emergency housing services. You will support youth aged 13 to 18 through assessment, intervention, harm reduction, and daily care. The work includes documentation, life-skills support, referrals, and collaboration with caregivers and community partners.
Key Responsibilities:
Welcome youth and assess shelter service suitability
Maintain a safe, inclusive, supportive shelter environment
Complete intakes, documentation, and ongoing case notes
Monitor wellbeing and respond to crises or incidents
Support routines, life skills, referrals, and goal setting
Requirements:
Human or Social Services diploma, degree, or equivalent
Two years’ related youth-support experience required
Experience with mental health, substance use, or housing challenges
Valid Class 5 licence and reliable vehicle
Satisfactory criminal record check, TB clearance, and union membership
Bring calm, compassionate, strengths-based support to youth while applying crisis response, documentation, and harm-reduction practices independently.
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