Posted 8 months ago
Youth Care Practitioner - Youth Resource Center - Part-time
@ The Link: Youth and Family Supports
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Overview
The Link: Youth and Family Supports is hiring a part-time Youth Care Practitioner for its Youth Resource Centre in Winnipeg, running emergency shelter intake, crisis intervention, case planning and basic-needs care for vulnerable youth and young adults. The role is 16 hours per week on weekends, including days and evenings, at $19.00 to $20.00 per hour depending on qualifications.
Pay:
$19–$20 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Perform shelter intakes, assessments and registration
- Provide support and crisis intervention to youth
- Supervise and provide care and basic needs to youth
- Perform general facility tasks, cleaning and cooking
- Work with youth to navigate systems and solve problems
Requirements summary:
- Child and Youth Care certificate or diploma, or equivalent experience
- Experience working with vulnerable youth
- Knowledge of trauma and resilience informed care
- Strong counselling and relational care skills
- Emergency First Aid and CPR Level C
- Clear criminal record check with vulnerable sector search
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-03-19
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-01
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Social & community services |
| Hours per week | 16 |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Care home |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Licences & certifications | Emergency First Aid, CPR Level C, Mental Health First Aid, Safe Talk, Commit 2 Kids, DLE |
| Background checks | criminal record, vulnerable sector |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples, Women, Racialized people, People with disabilities |
| Education | College diploma (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Child and Youth Care |
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The Link: Youth and Family Supports
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The Link is Manitoba’s largest youth serving organization. We walk alongside children, youth, adults and families.
Full company description
For more than 90 years, The Link: Youth and Family Supports has helped youth & families on a journey to healing, hope & better lives. Our diverse community of caring works together to provide wraparound supports through a 24-hour crisis line, youth resource centres, emergency shelters, mobile crisis teams, specialized foster care, healing homes, job readiness supports & Skill4Life.
- LinkedIn followers
- 1,112
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 159
- Reported office locations
- 175 Mayfair Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 0A1, CA
- 159 Mayfair Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 0A1, CA
- 83 Churchill Drive, 102, Thompson, Manitoba R8N 0L6, CA
- Other recorded names
- The Link: Youth and Family Supports
- Specialties
- Youth addictions
- Youth mental health
- Foster care
- Therapy
- Life skills
- Community service
- Health
- Child development
- Indigenous
- Youth crisis
- Training
- Suicide prevention
- Counselling
- Group care
- Life skills
- and Employment
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
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For more than 90 years, The Link: Youth and Family Supports has helped youth & families on a journey to healing, hope & better lives. Our diverse community of caring works together to provide wraparound supports through a 24-hour crisis line, youth resource centres, emergency shelters, mobile crisis teams, specialized foster care, healing homes, job readiness supports & Skill4Life.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mental Health Care |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Year founded | 1929 |
| Specialties | Youth addictionsYouth mental healthFoster careTherapy Life skillsCommunity serviceHealthChild developmentIndigenousYouth crisis |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 39 |
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The Link is hiring! Come grow with us. Walk along side people in our community as we grow strong & resilient together. We are seeking candidates with strong character that share our vision for a brighter future; people of action who can support the resilience and potential in people. We honour and strive to model through our actions the traditional Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe: Love, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility & Truth.
SUMMARY: The Link is looking for a Youth Care Practitioner (YCP) to join the Youth Resource Centre (YRC) in Winnipeg. The YCP is responsible for arranging shelter, crisis intervention, youth intake, case planning, as well as basic needs service provision for vulnerable youth and young adults in an emergency shelter setting. The YCP operates from a person-centered, non-judgmental, trauma-informed, strength-based philosophy. The YCP is also responsible for collaborating across various systems to ensure that outcomes are in the best interest of the youth, and align with the overall mission and purpose of the program.
Duties are performed within a team environment which focuses on establishing collaborative and trusting relationships with youth and colleagues. Providing culturally competent services and ensuring youth safety, choice, and control are priorities at The Link.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities of the Youth Care Practitioner include, but are not limited to:
- Provide holistic mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual support based on the teachings of the Medicine Wheel
- Work with youth to problem solve, and navigate a variety of systems
- Perform shelter intakes, assessments, and registration duties
- Provide support and crisis intervention
- Perform various administrative duties related to the care of the youth staying in the shelter
- Supervise, and provide service and basic needs/care to youth
- Perform general facility tasks, cleaning, cooking chores, and routines
- Attend staff meeting and training as required
- Work in collaboration with other team members and external service providers
- (Occasionally) take on an in-charge role, overseeing the shifts and providing direction when needed in the Senior Youth Care Practitioner’s absence
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The successful candidate should demonstrate competencies consistent with the Seven Sacred Teachings.
- Certificate or diploma in Child & Youth Care or a combination of education, work experience and lived experience may be considered.
- Experience working with vulnerable youth
- Knowledge of Indigenous customs, traditions, and beliefs considered an asset.
- Knowledge of trauma and resilience informed care
- Strong counseling skills and experience in Relational Care, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Emergency First Aid and CPR Level C.
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search completed within the last three (3) months.
- Acceptable Child Abuse and Adult Abuse Registry Checks with acceptable Prior Contact Check; all completed within the last three (3) months.
Preferred/Asset, or willing to obtain within the first three (3) months:
- Mental Health First Aid & Safe Talk.
- Commit 2 Kids Training.
- Certification in either DLE (The Purposeful Use of Daily Life Events) or TCS (Therapeutic Crisis Solutions).
- ASIST Certificate (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) and de-escalation training preferred.
SALARY: $19.00 - $20.00 per hour depending on the qualification.
HOURS OF WORK: 16 hours per week. Saturday - Sunday; including days and evenings.
HOW TO APPLY: Please submit a cover letter and resume by the deadline; Applicants must demonstrate in their resume and cover letter how they meet the requirements of the position.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Open until filled
Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request. If you are contacted by The Link regarding a job opportunity, please know that you are welcome to request an accommodation at any point in the process. All information received regarding accommodations will be kept confidential.
The Link is an equal opportunity employer, Indigenous people, women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The Link is committed to developing and retaining a diverse workforce. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For further information about our other employment and volunteer opportunities please visit https://thelinkmb.easyapply.co/
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