Youth Prevention Outreach Worker
$55–$68,000 year
On-siteEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
Job Summary
Provide relationship-based support to youth ages 12–24 in schools, community settings, and youth detention using strengths-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive approaches. Conduct strengths-based assessments, develop individualized success plans, and manage intensive case work including advocacy and ongoing follow-up. Connect youth to counselling, education, employment, housing, recreation, cultural, and spiritual supports while helping them navigate complex service systems. Build protective factors through life skills programming and gang prevention education, and assist youth transitioning from detention or exiting gang involvement. Support newcomer, immigrant, and refugee families by completing intakes, risk assessments, and safety planning, then connecting them to financial, legal, and educational resources. Maintain accurate case notes, track referrals and outcomes, and contribute to program evaluation and grant reporting. Collaborate with outreach, counselling, and Green Room teams to plan and deliver workshops and community initiatives. Establish working relationships with community partners and the Edmonton Youth Offender Centre during the first 90 days.
Required Qualifications
- A diploma or degree in Social Work, Child & Youth Care, Criminology, Psychology, or a related human services field — or equivalent frontline experience with at-risk youth
- Demonstrated experience in case management
- Competency in Arabic (Somali an asset)
- Legal right to work in Canada
- Flexibility to work occasional day and evening hours
- A satisfactory Police Information Check (including vulnerable sector) and clearance to enter youth detention facilities
Desired Qualifications
- Registration as a Social Worker in good standing with the ACSW
- At least one (1) year in the social services sector
- Experience with at-risk, vulnerable, and justice-involved youth
- Familiarity with newcomer, refugee, and Muslim populations
- Direct experience in an intake or casework role
- Training in trauma-informed care, crisis intervention, and family/domestic violence
- Experience in addictions and substance use
- Lived experience navigating the justice system, gang involvement, or the newcomer journey
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