Lauren Bradshaw
Lake Country
Summary
Professional and experienced child and youth worker with a strong background in supporting and mentoring young individuals. Skilled in developing and implementing programs that foster positive growth and resilience. Strong focus on team collaboration and consistently achieving results in dynamic environments. Demonstrates reliability and adaptability through expertise in conflict resolution, emotional support, and effective communication. Multiple years of experience in child and youth development, with a primary focus on fostering supportive environments and addressing unique needs. Utilizes collaborative teamwork to achieve positive outcomes for children and youth, while maintaining a track record of effective communication and conflict resolution to ensure a nurturing and safe environment.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Child and Youth Worker
NOYFSS
09.2024 - Current
- Enhanced youth development by implementing engaging and age-appropriate programs.
- Implemented behavior modification strategies to address challenging behaviors exhibited by young clients.
- Supported families in crisis through effective case management and counseling services.
- Developed strong rapport with clients and families, fostering trust and open communication
- Taught life skills and coping mechanisms to the clients
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for children and adolescents.
Youth Peer Support Worker
Encompass Support Services Society
01.2024 - 08.2024
- Plays a key role in ensuring that the centre offers a safe, welcoming, inclusive and youth-friendly environment
- Establishes a purposeful relationship with young people and supports their engagement and participation in centre services;
- Maintains knowledge of community resources
- Provides support, guidance and mentorship for youth and their families and assists in sharing information on resources and lived experience service navigation
- Assists youth with the activities of daily living including time management, organization and interpersonal communication
- Accompanies youth to appointments in the community
- Develops, leads or co-facilitates group services to promote skills development and mental health and substance use recovery and relapse prevention
- Coordinates, participates in or assists with planning recreation and social activities
- Provides support to aid with reducing youth's distress, improving or maintaining functioning and enabling independence and active participation;
Camp Shalom Counsellor - Point person
Jewish Community Center
05.2022 - 06.2024
- Using multiple different soft skills like showing compassion, emotional intelligence, leadership, initiative, and communication skills
- Planned daily camps activities ranging from art and crafts to sports, wilderness education and interactive games for a large amount of children
- Led overnight camps for 20 children ages 8 - 1, covering a wide range of activities including hiking, canoeing, swimming, and fishing, as well as cooking for the campers a variety of meals
- Created and maintained program records, and safety reports
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Youth Worker
Covenant House Vancouver
02.2023 - 05.2024
- Supervision and support of youth that are placed within the residence, ensuring the safety and protection of the youth within the facility
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office, including but not limited to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as all of Microsoft applications within the program, fully able to learn new software applications
- A passion for supporting and helping youth, and outreach where youth who have a disadvantaged in their current life situation
- Provide support for daily tasks and daily adolescents activities with ongoing diagnosis, including mental health, chemical dependencies, and emotional or behavioral developmental problem
- Proficient knowledge of ETO programming
- Completed necessary reports and documentation to maintain thorough, accurate case records.
- Supervised youth in residential and community-based programs to minimize risks and offer support.
After School Teacher
Jewish Community Center
09.2022 - 07.2023
- Picked up elementary school aged children (ages: 4 - 12) from their designated schools via school bus
- Created bonds and connections with children
- Very patient and empathetic with the children
- Developed strong relationships with students, fostering a positive classroom environment conducive to learning.
- Prepared food and served meals and refreshments to multiple children.
Host - Server
Milestones
05.2022 - 07.2023
- Trained in food, liquor, and wine service
- Delivered quick, friendly, and excellent service
- Work with individual servers to improve service
- Handled customer complaints to maintain customer satisfaction
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Psychology
Langara
Vancouver06-2025
High School Diploma -
Matthew McNair Secondary School
06.2020
Skills
- Restorative justice
- Maintain case files
- Experience with at-risk youth
- Resource development
- Multitasking
- Reliability
- Team building
- Conflict Resolution
- Professionalism
- Crisis Intervention
- Foster care youth
Certification
- First Aid and CPR Certifications
- Food Safe Certifications
- Naloxone training certification
- Occupational first aid
- Nonviolence Crisis Intervention training certification
- Oxygen tank training
- LGBTQ2+ training (True color's online training)
- Praesidium Child Abuse Prevention Training certification
- Human trafficking training
- Class 5 license
- Mandt Training
- Safe Zone Training Certificate- LGBTQ+ Advocacy Organizations.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Timeline
Child and Youth Worker
NOYFSS
09.2024 - Current
Youth Peer Support Worker
Encompass Support Services Society
01.2024 - 08.2024
Youth Worker
Covenant House Vancouver
02.2023 - 05.2024
After School Teacher
Jewish Community Center
09.2022 - 07.2023
Camp Shalom Counsellor - Point person
Jewish Community Center
05.2022 - 06.2024
Host - Server
Milestones
05.2022 - 07.2023
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Psychology
Langara
High School Diploma -
Matthew McNair Secondary School