Overview
Youth Outreach Worker Jobs in Oshawa, Canada at Durham Community Health Centre
Title: Youth Outreach Worker
Company: Durham Community Health Centre
Location: Oshawa, Canada
Category:
Position: Youth Outreach Worker – Permanent Full-time
Position Title:
Youth Outreach Worker
Employment Status: Full-time;
Permanent (benchmark candidate identified)
Job Posting Deadline for Internal Candidates:
June 8, 2026, at 5:00pm
Hours of Work/Schedule: 35 Hours per week
Salary Range: Annualized salary range of $50,191.00 – $60,542.00, commensurate on skills and experience plus Group Benefits & HOOPP
Position Reports to: Manager, Integrated Care and Experience
Primary Location: Oshawa/Pickering (with flexibility to travel/transition between any of DCHC locations)
Organization
Durham Community Health Centre (DCHC) is a registered, charitable organization that provides integrated, accessible, and equitable community-based primary care, wellness services, and health education to Durham community members who face multiple barriers to their health and well-being.
DCHC also provides equity-based programs and services that focus on priority populations such as Indigenous, Black, the 2
SLGBTQI Community, Newcomers to Canada, Seniors, and Unattached patients (i.e., those without a family doctor), to name a few. DCHC ensures Durham community members receive not only sick care, but preventive care as well.
At DCHC, we are a team-based interprofessional group of staff including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, counselors, dietitians, outreach workers, medical secretaries, and other administrative staff. We always place every client at the centre of our approach to care, based on their needs. We address these needs through integrated clinical and wellness care and health education.
It’s an exciting time to be joining DCHC, while we are embarking on an energizing path with a focus on making our biggest impact yet on local health care by diversifying, expanding, and leveraging our Strategic Plan, Theory of Change, Brand, Client Stories and Resources.
DCHC’s 2023 – 2026 Strategic Goals
· Drive Program and Service Integration and Client Experience Across All that DCHC Does
· Evolve Program Offerings to Improve Health Equity and Meet the Needs of DCHC’s Priority Populations
· Establish DCHC as a System Advocate and Champion for Equity
· Enhance DCHC’s Brand and Awareness Across Durham Region
· Become an Employer of Choice with a Focus on Recruitment, Retention, and Development
Position Overview
The Outreach Worker will provide outreach to youth (12-21) who may be at-risk, vulnerable and marginalized. The Outreach Worker will support clients in advocating for their needs and assist with navigating the social service system. This position will coordinate, design and deliver health promotion, harm reduction, life skills, and education programs. They will provide support services and promote referrals to health care and social services.
Additionally, the Outreach Worker will collaborate within an inter-professional team of health professionals across the community network that influence the health environment targeted to clients, as well as within the Agency’s team structure, in support of goals that align with and achieve the Agency’s strategy, Mission, Vision and Values.
Key Responsibilities:
Outreach and Support
• Active outreach in the community to support at-risk youth, assist clients in advocating for their needs, and assist in navigating the health and social service system.
• Deliver group and individual support, relevant treatment/service referrals, health promotion/prevention and harm reduction education.
• Assist clients with needed paperwork such as applications for birth certificates, health cards, medical appointments, support applications, as may be required.
• Accompany clients to medical appointments as may be required, to provide support.
• Assist clients to develop their capacities around health promotion/treatment/medical scheduling and health and wellness, taking into consideration the relevant social determinants of health for each individual.
Community engagement, collaboration and partnership building:
· Maintain current, and develop new partnerships with community organizations, networks and service providers who work with the assigned priority client population to promote relevant health promotion/harm reduction education, awareness and linkages to…