Staff Support

1 week ago

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada AVI Health & Community Services Society Full time

ABOUT AVI


Our services are located on the unceded territories of the lək̓wəŋən peoples, the Esquimalt (Xwsepsum) and Songhees nations and the traditional lands of the Snuneymuxw, Snaw'naw'as, and Stz'uminus People.


JOB SUMMARY:


The Staff Support position will support AVI's staff to navigate administrative systems such as PWD and peer exemption programs and providing referrals to appropriate health, housing and income support services.

The Staff Support position will bring a collaborative and relational approach to supporting AVI staff. The Staff Support position will provide support to AVI's staff members on an as-needed basis in person and remotely. They will set their own hours but be responsive to staff requests for support in a timely manner.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Communicates with staff who are seeking access to support and referrals.
  • Supports staff in ways that are in line with principles of social justice, trauma-informed care and cultural humility.
  • Provides advocacy to staff by working with them on issues such as housing, medical, legal and other support agencies.
  • Provides support to staff including accompaniment (or support to find accompaniment) to appointments and advocacy in accordance with established care plans.
  • Meet people where they are at both physically and figuratively
  • Initiates and prompts while honoring resistance and stated needs
  • Actively collaborates with community members, clients and organizations
  • Pre-empts and address challenges and generates creative and unique solutions
  • Liaises with appropriate managers or human resources for supports at staff request and consent.
  • Provides information related to harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis C to other service providers, such as government and community-based agencies, and within medical and educational settings.
  • Maintains both paper and electronic confidential staff files.
  • Fosters safety by following protocols related to AVI's violence prevention and critical incidents such as overdose and other medical emergencies.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

ABOUT YOU


You are someone who works from a relational perspective, is supportive and empathetic and able to uphold AVI's values of harm reduction, social justice, trauma-informed care and cultural humility with staff.

You are an experienced social worker, systems navigator or community support worker who has experience with taking a collaborative approach.

You are a strong communicator, with an inquisitive and open mindset who is readily able to build and maintain trust with a diverse range of people.


QUALIFICATIONS

  • Minimum four years of direct service delivery and advocacy experience with communitybased and governmental support services and systems (financial aid, housing, healthcare, justice system, etc.) in the Province of British Columbia and on Vancouver Island in particular.
  • Registered or Accredited with an applicable regulated governing body (i.e BCCSW, BCACC )
  • Valid Class 5 BC Driver's License and use of own vehicle for work purposes
  • Experience and passion for providing relational, practical and empathetic support and coaching to people with diverse personal and professional experience and ability to selfreflect
  • Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to foster empathic communication and demonstrate clear boundaries
  • Demonstrated ability to establish respectful rapport, provide support and advocate for a diverse range of individuals who are actively using substances and living with significant barriers to their health and wellbeing
  • Commitment to harm reduction principles and practice, with experience working alongside coworkers, and with program participants, who experience intersecting systemic oppression.
  • Demonstrated commitment to social justice principles and practices, including antiracism, decolonization, combating stigma related to drug use, HIV, hepatitis C, and challenging gendered oppression, ableism, homophobia, and transphobia
  • Demonstrated understanding of colonialism and the ways in which historical and ongoing colonization impacts Indigenous People intergenerationally
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrated
  • Demonstrated time management and personal organization skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently
  • To comply with current BC Public Health Orders, must be fully vaccinated for COVID19 or have an approved medical exemption. Proof of vaccination status will be required for successful applicants for positions covered by the order.
  • Have lived and/or living experience with criminalized substance use and navigating social service systems, is an asset

Position Details:

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Pay:$35.00/hour

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Hours and Schedule:30hours/week, Tuesday through Friday, 10:00am to 6:00pm.
This position will provide support largely to Victoria and up to 3 hours per week to the Nanai

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