Integrated Child and Youth Peer Support Worker

Position: Itinerant - Integrated Child and Youth Peer Support Worker

{This Job will be reviewed in 6 months by the Job Evaluation Maintenance Committee}

Competition: S-25-225 Location/Dept: Inclusive Learning

FTE: Monday-Friday - 12 Months

Start Date: SEP. 02, 2025

Term of Employment: Continuing

Salary: $28.71 per hour

Posted: AUG. 22, 2025

Application Deadline: 12:00 P.M., FRIDAY, AUG. 29, 2025

Summary :

Reporting to the Clinical Counsellor, the Youth Peer Support Worker participates as a core ICY team member. Drawing on their own lived experience, the Youth Peer Support worker offers peer-based mentoring and emotional support, and works collaboratively with youth, their families, and members of the care team. The Youth Peer Support worker acts

as a role model and helps young people and their families work towards their self-identified goals by supporting

them with systems navigation and to connecting them with resources on ICY teams and in the community.

Duties :

Provide peer-based mentoring and emotional support to youth ages 12-19 with the following:

• establishing a purposeful relationship based on respect with youth and their families and friends by

• providing support that aligns with ICY practice principles: cultural safe, trauma informed, child/youth

• supporting youths' recovery through selective motivational and supportive self-disclosure including

• encouraging and supporting youth to become active and involved in their own health, promoting youth

• advocating for youth and accompanying youth to appointments when requested;
• supporting systems navigation and resource distribution to youth;
• facilitating or co-facilitating groups for children, youth and families as needed;

• Access supervision to support regular consultation, learning and reflections as applied to the role of Youth Peer Support worker.
• participate on the integrated care planning conferences, team meetings, case reviews, and organizational initiatives as required.
• Participate in training opportunities through the ICY team and employer organization, and in evaluation, quality improvement and research activities as required.
• Complete and maintain related records and documentation pertaining to organization and ICY teams.
• Facilitate youth engagement and participation in focus groups, workshops, surveys, and related activities.
• Performs other related duties as requested.

Qualifications :

• Grade 12 Graduation Dogwood or Completion Certificate, including 1-2 years of related experience working with youth and young adults with mental health and/or substance use issues or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Lived understanding of mental illness and/or substance use, completion of/eligible for completion of a recognized youth peer support-training program. Lived experience and/or understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusive practices (i.e.indigeneity, anti-racism, LGBTQ2+) as it relates to the local population.
• Completion or near completion of the BC Campus Provincial Peer Training Curriculum. Preference may be given to individuals who have also completed a recognized Peer Support Training course.
• Establish rapport and maintain respectful relationships with young people and family members.
• Empathic, compassionate, with good listening skills and creative thinking.
• Observe and recognize changes in youth and communicate those changes to others on the care team.
• Conflict resolution and crisis intervention skills.
• Self-awareness and capacity to apply appropriate boundaries and maintain confidentiality.
• Promote positive changes and independence.
• Self-starter with a positive attitude, and able to advocate for self and others.
• Knowlegde of social, mental health, and substance use services available in the community.
• Knowledge of systemic issues and risk factors facing minority impacts of colonialism.
• Problem solving and decision-making skills; ability to gather and process information to support the organization
• and its team.
• Communication skills; ability to speak, listen and write clearly, thoroughly, and professionally.
• Organizational and time management skills, accountability reliability, and punctuality.
• Ability to work independently and show initiative, as well as be part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Basic computer skills: experience with Microsoft office ,Excel, Power PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Valid class 5 driver's license.

Delta School District is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and we actively seek to create a workplace that accommodates the needs of all employees, including those with disabilities. If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Anchal Toor at [email protected], so we can provide the necessary support to ensure equal process.