Job Description

JOB POSTING #2022-04-04
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

Youth Resource Centre

Family Worker

Wage: $26 to $28 per hour

Full Time: 35 hr/wk

Temporary until September 30, 2023

Work with Youth and their Parents

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Location:  Abbotsford

On-Site

Job Summary:

We are looking for a skilled family worker interested in working with youth and their parents/caregivers to address conflict in the home, support all stakeholders in improving communication and coping skills as well as parenting skills.    Families come from a wide range of backgrounds.  Many families have experienced trauma and are facing complex issues, which can also include housing and food insecurity.  In addition to working on skill building with the family, the family worker acts as an advocate and supports families in interactions with school, ministry etc., as well as connects families with other community supports.   This position is in office and outreach based with the goal of building trust and relationships with parents and youth.  Parents and youth are supported in setting and achieving goals that reduce conflict, build skills and improve relationships.

Youth Resource Centre : Archway Community Services

Your Role:

Archway’s Family Worker with the Youth Resource Centre contributes by:

• Providing assessment, planning and supportive interventions for, and with clients of the Youth Resource Centre.
• Assisting clients in identifying, understanding and overcoming personal/family problems, connecting or reconnecting to positive community and family networks, and in establishing and achieving realistic goals.
• Supporting parents in setting boundaries, self-care, communication skills and re-establishing or maintaining a healthy relationship with their youth.
• Educating parents on adolescent development, substance use, mental health issues, sexual exploitation and other related topics as applicable.
• Providing mediation between youth and parents. 
• Collaborating with other youth services in the community, including schools and ministry.

This position is a great fit for someone with excellent networking skills, knowledge of youth culture and current trends, ability to work with both male and female youth. 

Our Offer

• Wage:  $26 to $28 per hour.
• A full-time, at 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, some evening work is required.
• Temporary position until September 30, 2023.
• Benefits include:
  • Three weeks pro-rated vacation in your first year.
  • A great benefits package including extended health and dental, you choose your plan
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources
• Great in-house training opportunities.
• Access to wellness equipment to borrow.
• Headspace yearly membership for only $20.
• Rewarding work in a positive environment.

Getting an Interview – you will be considered if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in CYC, Social Work or a related field. Or Diploma in related field and significant experience.
• At least 1 year experience in direct program delivery in the community social service sector
• At least 1 year experience providing services through a trauma informed  and client-centred lens
• Experience working with parents
• Some experience working with youth and families

The Job Requires you to have:

• Knowledge of youth culture and current trends.
• Relationship building skills, able to build rapport and work with youth with high risk behaviour.
• Strong knowledge of parenting strategies.
• Strong crisis management skills, able to work effectively during crisis.
• Good organization, time and general management skills.
• Knowledge of adolescent development, substance use and mental health concerns.
• Strong knowledge of government and community-based programs and related provincial and community support systems.
• The ability to work some evenings.
• Use of your own vehicle.
• Valid Class 5 BC Driver’s license, and a clean driving record.
• First Aid certificate.
• A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.

Closing date is November 13, 2022

TO APPLY

Interested applicants are to reference Posting #2022-04-04 in the subject line.

Please submit your cover letter and resume to:

Email: jobpostings@archway.ca 

        Subject: Job Posting #2022-04-04

No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Your resume may also be forwarded to other Programs for their consideration for their job vacancies.  If you do not wish for your application to be shared with other Programs, please send an e-mail to jobpostings@archway.ca with DO NOT FORWARD TO OTHER PROGRAMS, in the subject line of the e-mail and the job reference number to which you applied, in the body of the e-mail.

Archway's goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Equity and diversity are essential to excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.