Job Type: Full-Time Student
Term End Date: August 28, 2026

Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Rate of Pay: Hourly $ 22.136 - $ 29.733

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Position Summary

The Youth Services Worker Student will be a part of the Youth Development section of Raising our Children, and will work to engage youth, develop youth programming, and build community capacity.

Qualifications

• Persons of First Nations ancestry will be given preference (OHRC, Part II, Special Employment).
• Willingness and ability to support program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Experience working with youth, and especially First Nations youth
• Must possess excellent communication skills, i.e. listening, oral, and written English skills, public speaking, making presentations
• Must have strong interpersonal skills
• Comfortable using computers for tasks such as word processing, spreadsheets, basic graphics, and other office-related technology, with a willingness to learn new software and tools.
• Ability to perform the requirements of the role on a regular basis

Roles & Responsibilities

• Supports and builds positive working relationships with community health leaders and youth program staff by assisting with projects, learning about programs, and helping promote awareness of services.

• Develops and supports a social media strategy, health promotion activities, and resources to engage youth.

• Assists in supporting communities with the development of Youth Councils by helping create simple resources, templates, and gathering best practices under staff guidance

• Supports and builds capacity of community-based workers through:

• • Acting as a mentor;
  • Developing and providing resources on the promotion of public health for youth;
  • Providing training;
  • Conducting workshops;
  • Creating a network of youth workers.

• Builds capacity of youth around priority health issues.

• Conducts health promotion initiatives through community visits, school visits, videoconferences, webinars, radio shows, social media, etc.

• Identifies and develops potential partnerships for regional and community-based youth programming.

• Develops and shares best practices for youth community wellbeing programming.

• Promotes SLFNHA's Approaches to Community Wellbeing.

• Actively participates on committees and other working groups as a representative for SLFNHA.

• Advocates for youth to enhance health equity.

• Performs other duties for SLFNHA as directed.