Youth Support Worker Jobs in La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada
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La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada
Youth Support Worker - GMB
About the role
We are looking for a compassionate, caring, non-judgmental, role model who lives a healthy lifestyle and is familiar with the Woodland Cree Culture and practices. The ideal candidate must have strong organizational skills, the ability to multi-task, must be able to work flexible hours and work independently. If you feel like this would be a good fit for your personality and career ambition, we encourage you to apply! About the facility: The Youth Support Program is located in all LLRIB Health Services, Clinics and is part of the Cultural Program located in La Ronge, Morin’s Hill. About the position: Youth Support Worker will assist children and youth developing life skills, social skills and/or access to community resources. Providing individual care and guidance. The candidate will work with the Prevention & Recovery and Cultural staff in the communities, with youth, community members, and health care professional workers. Duties: Increasing awareness and understanding of issues among First Nations youth; Willingness to contribute in thoughtful and innovative ways to development and implementation of awareness and prevention; Assist in organizing a committee in each community and engaging youth to discuss relevant issues and concerns; Participate in developing youth planning in each community; Assist P&R and Cultural team/program in facilitating grief workshops; Inspire youth to live a healthy lifestyle; Attend Meetings, case conferences and trainings as required; Other duties as assigned by supervisor &/or designate Qualifications: Grade 12 or combination of education and relevant experience may be considered Strong organizational skills & able to multitask; Experience in facilitating groups, public speaking, presentations and writing reports; Ability to work independently as well as a member of a team; Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends; Ability to speak/understand Cree and/or knowledge of Cree culture is an asset; Basic computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office; Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Satisfactory Criminal Record Check/Vulnerable Sector Screening; Must possess a valid Class 5 Driver’s License;
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About Lac La Ronge Indian Band
The five communities we serve work together to promote and enhance healthy lifestyles for all band members, while ensuring continuous quality improvement and sustainable health services.
The LLRIB Health provides services:
Prevention and recovery Community Health Services Home Care Services Dental Health Group Health Long Term Care Community Development Administration Water Quality Control Health Education Medical Transportation Prenatal/ Maternal Health Immunizations Mental Health and Youth Wellness etc.
The Health Department provides health services to approximately 4017 members.. The service centers include health clinics in Kitsaki with 2412 members, Sucker River with 387 members, Grandmother’s Bay with 363 members, Hall Lake with 512 members and Little Red with 343 members.
Each of the outlying health centers are staffed at a minimum of five dedicated staff to provide direct service delivery from the community in the areas of: Home Care, Community Health, Prevention & Recovery, Dental, Health Center clerk and traveling staff from the community of Kitsaki.
Mission Statement The mission of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Services Department is to provide quality, equitable and accessible programs and support by ensuring the wholistic well being of each member of it’s communities.
By working on community change to address underlying causes of poor health and by ,strengthening our programs to become more effective, we will take action of our top priority health challenges of addictions, violence, parenting, and chronic diseases and work to maintain good health, and better balance our efforts at all levels of prevention.
Our Board consists of elected community members on two year terms. Each community, has one member, with the exception of Kitsaki which has two members. Their terms comes up for re-election May 2011.