Youth Empowerment & Support Services

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YESS describes itself as a community-based organization in Edmonton that supports youth experiencing crisis, housing instability, and barriers to essential resources. It says it offers safe shelter, trauma-informed programs, mental health supports, and individualized care. It states it has walked alongside youth for more than 45 years and names courage, relationships/trust, and intentional accountability as its guiding values.

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What Youth Empowerment & Support Services says about its culture

Achievement — work you can point at and feel proud ofwork you can point at and feel proud ofAchievementIndependence — room to make your own decisionsroom to make your own decisionsIndependenceRecognition — getting somewhere, and being recognized for itgetting somewhere, and being recognized for itRecognitionRelationships — colleagues you get on with, and work that helps peoplecolleagues you get on with, and work that helps peopleRelationshipsSupport — managers who back their people upmanagers who back their people upSupportWorking conditions — steady, well-run conditions you can rely onsteady, well-run conditions you can rely onWorkingconditions

What Youth Empowerment & Support Services says it offers, drawn from its own website.

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  • Courage: honesty, vulnerability, curiosity

    “We have the courage to be honest, vulnerable, and curious as we continue learning and growing.”Source
  • Trust, empathy and understanding through relationships

    “We build trust, empathy, and understanding through meaningful relationships with youth, partners, and our community.”Source
  • Intention, accountability and meaningful change

    “We lead with intention, accountability, and a commitment to creating meaningful change.”Source

Quoted from Youth Empowerment & Support Services's own website. TeaKo does not verify these claims.

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