Position: Youth Services Coordinator
Location: Oceanside
Hours: 32 hours per week (permanent)
Salary: $29.17
Start Date: ASAP
We are looking for a Youth Service Coordinator to join our Mental Health and Social Services team! Ideally, this individual must be well organized, strong in their knowledge of adolescent development and supportive ways to reach out to youth, experienced in providing trauma informed and culturally safe care and able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
About Sources:
SOURCES is a community-based non-profit organization providing support and hope to communities in the Lower Mainland, on Vancouver Island, and across Northern BC. Sources strives to create vibrant and resilient communities through support to adults, children, youth, and families facing challenges in life such as mental health, disability, poverty, substance use, and conflict. We support our communities through leadership, education, and volunteerism.
Sources is committed to learning about, celebrating and incorporating Indigenous knowledge into our practices as we continue our work in truth and reconciliation. People of all races, cultures, ethnicities, 2SLGBTQIA+, and abilities are welcomed to work with us. We value diversity, respect, and collaboration as we promote our mission: social wellness for our community.
Description of Position:
Reporting to: Mental Health and Social Services Team Leader
General Responsibilities:
- Work with youth in the community by providing short term goal focused support.
- Provide Youth Events to the community.
- Community networking with other youth serving organizations.
Program-specific Responsibilities:
- Provide support to youth around life skills, relationships, emotional regulation and socialization through individual sessions.
- Provide services both in office and through outreach.
- Organize and facilitate group youth events that provide youth in the program opportunity to work on developing skills.
- Collaborate with other youth serving organizations to coordinate services to youth in the community.
Physical Demands of Job:
- Lifting/Pulling/Pushing - 25%, Walking/Moving Around - 50%, Sitting - 50%, Time spent outside - 50%
Cognitive Demands of Job:
- Independent Work - 75%, Task Memorization - 25%, Changing Priorities/Deadlines - 50%, Writing/Reading - 75%
Qualifications:
- Mandatory: Social Services Diploma. Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree (Child and Youth Care, Social Work, Criminology, Psychology)
- Mandatory: 1 year experience in the Social Services Field. Preferred: Two years’ experience providing support and outreach services to youth in the community.
- Mandatory: Clear Criminal Records Check
- Mandatory: Valid Class 5 Driver’s License and reliable vehicle.
OPEN TO ALL CANDIDATES - UNION MEMBERSHIP WITH CUPE 606 IS REQUIRED
Benefits:
All employees, regardless of benefit eligibility, have access to an Employee & Family Assistance Program.
Other Benefits:
- 100% employer paid coverage for extended health and dental
- Long term disability, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accidental death & dismemberment coverage
- Pension plan
- Generous paid time off, starting at 3 weeks
Closing Date: Open until filled.
Internal candidates will be contacted by: July 17, 2026
