Youth advocate Jobs in Halifax, NS

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Company :  IWK Health

Req ID : 196487

Department / Program : Integrated Youth Services , Integrated Youth Services

Location :  Halifax

Type of Employment : Permanent   Hourly PT ( 50%  FTE)   x 4  position(s)

Start Date :  February 2025

Union Status :   Non-union , Management / Non Union Bargaining Unit

Compensation : $ 23.7832 - $ 29.729   / hour

Closing Date : February 06, 2025 (Applications are accepted until 23 : 59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia . People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values , and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black / African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants / Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Director of Integrated Youth Services- Nova Scotia, the Research Assistant will provide high quality research and administrative support to advance the research and evaluation projects within 4 of the 8 IYS-NS operational sites. The research and outcomes team is responsible for collecting, analyzing and interpreting survey, outcome and health systems data to assist with decision-making and quality improvement of the IYS-NS initiative. This is a unique environment, embedding health systems research within a clinical care setting.

The primary responsibilities of the research assistant are as follows :

• Project Management and Development

Working closely with the Evaluation and Research and Quality Improvement Team to develop, manage, monitor and audit the program’s evaluation tools and systems; analyze the data and help prepare reports.

Preparing reports of data related to various evaluation projects for a variety of stakeholders, e.g., administrative decision makers, managers, teams, clinicians, community partners and children, youth and families. This includes regular report cards of strategic key performance indicators for the program, including : clinical follow-up data, client and family satisfaction, staff satisfaction, employee engagement, wait time and demand for service; resource allocation; overtime usage, costs per patient visit and workload monitoring.

Prepare draft presentations as above

Operational use of databases (including Greenspace, excel etc.,) and conduct simple and complex descriptive and inferential data analyses.

Qualitative data analysis experience an asset

Data entry work to support specific projects and meet necessary timelines

Qualitative and quantitative data capturing of site document content (such as meeting minutes)

Assisting with community-wide data gathering through text surveys and community events

Youth service provision file reviews and data capturing [file reviews]

Conduct qualitative interviews with youth, caregivers, staff, management, and other parties with a key interest in youth wellbeing related to specific IYS-NS sites.

Record and transcribe qualitative interviews

Ensure safe storage of all qualitative and quantitative data gathered by the ER with IYS-NS data storage and management system

Conduct thematic analysis on qualitative data

Conduct descriptive statistical analysis on quantitative data

Assisting with report writing

Assisting with sharing of finding back to respective IYS-NS Sites

Hours of Work

Monday - Friday, 18.75 hours weekly / Some evenings and / or weekends. This is a Hybrid (work-from-home) position but may require traveling to different locations around Nova Scotia.

Your Qualifications

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview / testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management / Non Union   bargaining  unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and / or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

I f you are an employee of IWK Health , please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.