Budzey - Family Indigenous Liaison Support Worker - Vancouver, Canada - RainCity Housing and Support Society

RainCity Housing and Support Society

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

RainCity Housing wishes to acknowledge that we operate programs on the stolen, unceded, ancestral, traditional homelands of the kwikwəƛ̓əm, q̓íc̓əy̓, qiqéyt, q'wa: n̓ƛ'ən̓, sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxw, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ, SEMYOME, shíshálh, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, ˈstɔːloʊ and Xwməθkwəy̓əm Nations.

About Us - A home for every person
RainCity Housing is an organization that makes a difference in people's lives. Our mission is to advance social equity by building upon the strengths of our community and of each individual.

With a goal of providing a home for everyone, RainCity's programs sustain relationships, strengthen communities, and make change for people experiencing homelessness, mental health, trauma, and substance use issues.

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Benefits:

5 days of paid leave for Indigenous Employees for Ceremonial, Cultural, and Spiritual events per year
8 weeks of paid leave for gender affirming care for medical procedures for transgender and gender diverse employees, cumulative total
Employerpaid benefits for regular Parttime and Fulltime employees:
Unlimited Physiotherapy and $1,000/year coverage for Massage
Vision Care, Dental Care, Prescription Drugs, Naturopath, Acupuncture, Chiropract, Group Life Benefit $50,000, Long Term Disability, and Unlimited OutofProvince and OutofCountry Emergencies

Position Summary

Reporting to the Management Team and ICS, the Family Indigenous Cultural Liaison Support Worker (FICLSW) provides a range of family centered support services and Indigenous specific supports to women and their children on an individual, family or group basis.

Working closely with the management team and the Family Service Plan Coordinator, the FICLSW collaborates with women and their children to provide a range of services, including assessment of needs, planning, linking, and monitoring outcomes in a range of service delivery areas.

The Family Indigenous Cultural Liaison Support Worker (FICLSW) consults with Indigenous clients to provide/connect them with a range of Indigenous specific supports in the community.

The FICLSW also provides daily supports including building safety and guest management, crisis intervention and prevention, health and recreational groups and general problem solving.

The FICLSW also works collaboratively with other direct service staff, family and with external service providers and government ministries involved in the care and support of women and their children.

Using a culturally informed model that is rooted in harm reduction, the FICLSW walks alongside clients in their self-identified and self-determined goals for healing, culture, and community integration, while advocating for access and rights as needed.

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Job:
Family Indigenous Cultural Liaison Support Worker, the Budzey, Permanent, Part-Time, 0.9 FTE

Salary Range:
$30.64 (BCGEU, Grid 34)

Hours: 67.5 hours bi-weekly

Schedule:
Week 1: Monday-Wednesday, 3:30pm-11:30pm; Thursday-Friday, 4:00pm-12:00am.

Week 2:
Tuesday-Wednesday, 3:30pm - 11:30pm; Thursday-Friday 4:00pm - 12:00am att present, includes a 30-minute unpaid meal break

Work Site:
Budzey

Start Date:
As soon as possible

Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Native American) ancestry/identity is a bona fide occupational requirement for this position.

Gender is a bona fide occupational requirement: women (trans, cis), gender diverse, and Two Spirit staff only please.

Site Specific Summary

The Family Indigenous Cultural Support Worker ensures that the day-to-day operations of the program are run in a professional and efficient manner with attention to confidentiality and in compliance with the Budzey Program policy and procedures, and taking into consideration all forms of oppression facing the women and children who access our services.

All staff must report concerns about child abuse/neglect in consultation with the management team and in accordance with the law and RainCity Housing and Support Society's policy regarding reporting suspicions of child abuse and neglect.

Program Summary
The Budzey provides supported housing to women and women-led families. (women - trans and cis, two spirit and gender diverse).

There are 147 units in total: 106 studio apartments for singles, and 41 one-, two
- and three-bedroom apartments for families. There are around 250 people living in the building. The Budzey is a complex building with complex tenant population.

QUALIFICATIONS
Many forms of education and experience are valued, including volunteering and lived experience of mental illness / addiction/ homelessness; Minimum education and experience includes:

A Diploma in community social services
Two years of recent, related work experience with women and children, with an emphasis on family preservation and mental health, addictions, homelessness and/or social services, including one