Job Description

(Hiring multiple positions Toronto)

This position is ideal for Child & Youth Workers (CYC/CYW) with one year or more of experience supporting youth with complex needs including trauma, substance use, homelessness, mental-health challenges, or sexual exploitation. Based in Toronto, these full-time, part-time, and casual relief opportunities support a specialized 24/7 residential treatment program for female youth aged 1217 who are survivors of sexual exploitation, trafficking, and gender-based violence

Compensation ranges from $27.89$32.47 per hour, depending on role type, experience, and schedule.

About the Opportunity

HealthOPM is recruiting on behalf of a respected Toronto-based non-profit organization that operates a trauma-informed, anti-human trafficking (AHT) live-in treatment program for high-needs youth.

As a Child & Youth Worker, you will provide care, supervision, therapeutic support, crisis intervention, safety monitoring, and structured routines within a residential environment. You will collaborate with clinicians, peer support workers, and interdisciplinary team members to support healing, regulation, and long-term stabilization.

Location: North York, ON.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide care, supervision, and emotional support to youth within a trauma-informed residential environment
• Support youth wellbeing, daily functioning, life skills, and therapeutic goals
• Participate in treatment programming, meetings, and care planning discussions
• Monitor safety through room checks, environmental scans, and crisis de-escalation
• Maintain a safe, clean, and structured residential environment in line with licensing standards
• Complete documentation, shift reports, safety logs, and administrative requirements (per MCCSS and organizational policies)
• Support a non-judgmental, relationship-based, strengths-focused environment
• Uphold equity-based, anti-oppressive, and inclusive practices in daily interactions

Qualifications & Requirements (Must-Haves)

• CYC/CYW Diploma or Degree

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a live-in treatment, residential, group home, shelter, or high-needs youth setting

• Strong knowledge of:

  • Crisis management & intervention

  • Trauma-informed care

  • Harm reduction, conflict resolution, motivational interviewing

  • Gender-based violence, sexual exploitation & human trafficking

• Understanding of:

  • Child Welfare systems, CYFSA, Ministry standards

  • Social determinants of health & systemic violence

  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA)

  • Anti-oppressive, anti-racism, and anti-Black racism frameworks

• Strong emotional intelligence, relational awareness, and professional boundaries
• Ability to work in a 24/7 residential program (overnight, weekend, or relief as applicable)

Assets (Nice-to-Haves)

• Experience or lived experience connected to exploitation, trafficking, or gender-based violence

• Experience in youth shelters or gender-based violence programs

• Certified in CPR/First Aid, CPI or similar crisis training

• Fluency in another language (including ASL)

• Valid drivers license & vehicle (asset)

Why Apply Through HealthOPM

• Access to permanent and casual opportunities with respected community organizations
• Fast-track screening and direct support throughout the hiring process
• Opportunities to grow within youth mental-health, anti-human trafficking, and trauma-informed care
• Meaningful work supporting vulnerable youth on their path toward safety and recovery

About HealthOPM

HealthOPM provides recruitment support for healthcare, mental health, and community-based programs across Canada. We work with organizations committed to equity, trauma-informed care, and high-impact service delivery.

Hiring Child & Youth Workers for full-time, part-time, and casual relief roles in a trauma-informed residential treatment program supporting youth survivors of exploitation. Toronto.