Palliser Youth Navigator - Counsellor, Youth & Family I

Job description

We Never Give up. Wood's Homes is currently seeking one, temporary full-time Youth & Family Counsellor I or II to join us for a pilot project in collaboration with the Palliser School Division as a Youth Systems Navigator. This is a term position until December of 2024. The Youth Systems Navigator provides direct and consistent one-to-one navigation with youth 12 to 19 within the Palliser School Division. One-to-one navigation consists of regular face-to-face and virtual meetings focused on the identification and support of immediate Barriers related to all youth related risk factors, including overall mental health, well-being, peer, and family dynamics as examples. Youth may also need support with activities of daily living and System Navigators can engage them in collaborative problem-solving and motivational interviewing to meet their identified needs. Youth Systems Navigators can also serve as youth population health experts who are aware of current community trends and can provide both direct support to clients, as well as serve in consultative and collaborative support capacities to better assist other third parties in developing their own case plans and supporting services...