Punjabi Settlement Worker

2 weeks ago

Abbotsford, Canada Archway Community Services Full time

**JOB POSTING #2023-115-02**
**Pathways to Integration, Settlement Services**
**Punjabi Settlement Worker**
**Wage: $24 to 26 per hour**
**Full Time: 35 hours per week**
**Temporary until March 31, 2025**

**Ensure the Smooth Operations of Settlement Services for New Immigrants**

**Join the team at Archway**
**Come Help Us Help People**

**Location: Abbotsford**
**On Site and Outreach in the Community**

**Job Summary**:
The Punjabi Settlement Worker will ensure the smooth operation of Settlement Services programming for new immigrants to the Abbotsford area, including information orientation, needs assessments and referrals, and all employment related, community connections and support services.

**Your Role**:
Archway’s Punjabi Settlement Worker with the Pathways to Integration Settlement Services Program contributes by:

- Assessing settlement needs for new immigrants using the assessment orientation checklist and developing a settlement plan as needed.
- Providing school enrolment support, case managing individual students and their families as they are assigned to specific schools and as they rotate through the English as a Second Language (ESL) intake process.
- Orienting school personnel about settlement related issues.
- Encouraging parents’ participation in their children’s education.
- Liaising between parents, students, schools and community agencies.
- Organizing and facilitating group orientation sessions on community resources and community related events for clients.
- Conducting outreach activities to promote community involvement.
- Referring clients to services and accompanying them to appointments as needed.

This position is a great fit for someone who has an understanding of and sensitivity to issues and barriers affecting immigrant and refugee communities, and has excellent communication, networking, and relationship building skills.

**Our Offer**
- Wage: $24 to $26 per hour
- A full-time position at 35 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays, and possibly some evenings and weekends.
- Temporary until March 31, 2025.
- Benefits include:

- Three weeks’ vacation in your first year, four weeks’ in your second 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.
- Rewarding work in a positive environment.

**Getting an Interview - you will be considered if you have**:

- A post-secondary degree in Human/Social services OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in the Settlement field.
- Ability to speak, read and write in Punjabi as well as in English.
- Ability to speak an additional language such as Dari or Pashto, is an asset.

**The Job Requires you to have**:

- Understanding and sensitivity to issues affecting immigrant and refugee communities.
- Ability to work effectively with other service providers and community partners.
- Demonstrated cross cultural communication skills and knowledge of community resources.
- Excellent communication, organization and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to keep accurate records and carry out duties with a degree of independence.
- A valid BC Driver’s License and satisfactory driver’s abstract.
- Access to a reliable vehicle.
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.

**Closing date is July 23, 2023**

**TO APPLY**

Please submit your cover letter and resume to:
Subject:Job Posting #2023-115-02

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

**Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.**
- **We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.**_

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 20 months

**Salary**: $24.00-$26.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Must be able to speak, read and write in Punjabi as well as English
- Must have access to a reliable vehicle
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Settlement field: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- Punjabi (required)
- Dari or Pashto (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence and driver's abstract (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-07-23

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