Childrens and Youth Ministries Worker - #227266

Who We Are

For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship. As a faith- and values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

Job Description:

Position Purpose summary:

The Children/Youth Worker coordinates activities associated with discipleship and outreach ministries to youth (for assigned age groupings) from the Church and the local community.

Accountabilities:

The incumbent is responsible for the following range of job duties characteristic, or typical of the job class:

• Contributes to the spiritual development of the youth in the church by mentoring, discipling, encouraging, and modelling appropriate Christian attitudes and behaviours
• Coordinates, implements, maintains and assists in the evaluation of programs/ministries relevant to the youth of the church and the community at large; may plan and conduct creative worship services, evangelistic outreach, care programs (including on-going visitation), and Bible studies as applicable
• Prays with and or leads youth and family members to faith in Jesus Christ as opportunity permits
• May develop and implement appropriate leadership development programs for youth and those involved in youth leadership; recruits, orients and trains volunteer leaders.
• Works in cooperation and consultation with the church’s administrative and pastoral care givers in corporate problem-solving for the benefit of the church and individuals
• Knows and acts in accordance with security procedures of the church to ensure the safety and confidentiality of participants and information
• Interacts with community partners and resources to provide services to youth; may include participation on community committees
• Maintains written records / logs of activities (including activity reports and statistical information)
• Organizes and holds fundraising events throughout the year
• Performs other duties as assigned

CRITICAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT:

Internal: Participation in Youth and Community Ministry Team meetings Corps Officer, volunteers, staff.
External: Community, clients.

MANAGERIAL/TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reports directly to:

Direct reports: None

The incumbent is responsible as a group/work leader. He/She is responsible for providing direction and checking results, but generally works along with those supervised.

The incumbent manages between 1 - 6 volunteers.

FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL MANAGEMENT:
The incumbent has input to and/or participates in preparing budgets with respect to the departmental budget.

• The incumbent’s work environment is typically at Church, in community centres, camps, homes, schools and restaurants.

• Dealing with angry/upset youth and parents
• Irregular hours (e.g. late nights, on-call)
• Verbal abuse

The incumbent may have little to no travel required.The incumbent works on call, with unpredictable hours.

The job incumbent may be exposed to the risk of minor harm, injury or illness due to:

• Physical attacks by others
• Exposure to infectious diseases
• Moving objects
• Risk of sport related injuries

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
The successful job applicant will have completed high school, plus specialized courses of up to 6 months.

NOTE: An alternative level of education and experience may be acceptable.

Experience and Knowledge:

The successful applicant will hold/have:

• Youth leadership training, Biblical studies
• Immunization for Hepatitis
• Vaccination against Tuberculosis
• Criminal Police Investigation Check (CPIC)

One year but less than three years of prior related experience, including, experience working with children and youth.

Skills and Capabilities:

The performance of the job requires frequent set-up and clean up for activities, participating in sports activities, keyboarding, and occasionally transporting youth and standing.

• The incumbent is required to lift more than 20 pounds.
• The performance of the job requires attention when teaching, giving advice/peer support, studying and planning and development.

Compensation:

Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions, internal equity, and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role.

The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please email [email protected] if you have a need for any accommodation and we will be pleased to discuss this with you.