Youth Worker
Safe Places for Children
- Building rapport with the child and providing emotional support
- Providing the child with consistent messages in relation to the desired behaviors
- Focussing on the child’s positive behaviors through praise and encouragement
- Working together with the Case Manager to develop therapeutic interventions that will assist the child with complex issues such as grief and loss, making friends, managing their feelings and keeping safe
- Encourage child in identifying tools that help them label and manage their emotions, such as art, recreation, journaling and music
- Monitoring their own emotional state during the child’s escalations and remaining calm