Housing Support Worker

3 weeks ago


Chilliwack, Canada Pacific Community Resources Society Full time

**Housing Support Worker**

**Annis Residence - Chilliwack**

**6 Month Term Full Time (35 hours/week)**

**Grid 13 ($29.96 - $31.24/hour)**

**Closing Date**: December15, 2023 4:30 PM

**EVENING SHIFT 4:00pm-11:30pm Tuesday-Saturday**

**Opportunity**

The Housing Support Worker is a member of the Annis Residence team and is responsible for the direct care of participants living in this adult supportive housing program. The Housing Support Worker will support and work alongside the residents of Annis Residence in stabilizing their current housing and in approaching other identified life goals. This position requires an understanding of poverty and housing, substance use and mental health. This position is the Evening Shift from 4:00pm-11:30pm Tuesday to Saturdays and is a 6-month term.

**Responsibilities**
- Offer both insight and practical goal-focused counselling strategies while maintaining a safe and respectful environment for participants.
- Perform program administrative tasks as delegated by the Supervisor, including case note documentation, Critical Incident reporting, goal-planning.
- Complete basic assessments and develop service goals in collaboration with the participant.
- When required, develop, implement, and facilitate group sessions that are relevant to local needs; sessions could include co-leadership with other staff, volunteers or peer counsellors or other community professionals?
- Function as a positive role model and assist in participants in developing values of honesty, self-assertiveness, and respect for others, a democratic viewpoint, and a lack of dependency on drugs, alcohol, and self-abusive and destructive behavior.
- Maintain health and safety of self, participants, and community; manage problematic behaviour and emergency situations according to agency policy and practice.
- Maintains good safety practices and a preventative approach

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in social work or other fields plus one years’ experience, or Bachelor’s degree in Child and Youth Care or relevant discipline plus one year’s direct experience. Substance use/Addiction counselling training. A combination of experience and education is considered.
- Experience supporting the vulnerable adult population with housing, accessing services within a biopsychosocial-spiritual framework**.**

**Additional Assets**
- Criminal record check including the vulnerable sector.
- Class 5 Driver’s License; use of own vehicle; driver’s abstract
- Current standard first aid certificate
- Knowledge of trauma and the effects of trauma, trauma-informed practice
- Experience with Brain-Based Disorders, such as FASD, brain injury, psychoses
- Experience with Concurrent Mental Health issues
- Substance Use training / Harm Reduction approach.
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention or MANDT certification

**Who We Are**
- Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) is a large not-for-profit agency that serves some of the most vulnerable people in our communities from Vancouver to Hope. We work with youth and vulnerable adults in the areas of education, employment, housing, substance use and mental health, and youth and family support services. We are CARF Accredited and a Certified Living Wage Employer.

**Our Vision** - Everyone thriving in strong, healthy communities

**Our Mission** - To inspire healthy and inclusive communities through leadership and collaboration.

**Our Values** - Advocacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Empowerment, Service Excellence, Stewardship, Well-being
- We are grateful to operate on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷm əθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Qw'?ntl'en (Kwantlen), se’mya’me (Semiahmoo), sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen), q̓ic̓əy (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Coquitlam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), máthxwi (Matsqui) and Stó:lō Nations.

**We Offer**
- Equitable Base Pay
- Generous paid vacation time, personal time, sick time; additional paid time off for life events
- Additional paid holidays, ex. Easter Monday, Boxing Day *
- Extended health, prescription, dental & vision care plan, with 100% Employer-Paid Premiums*
- Disability and Life Insurance Coverage *
- Employee & Family Assistance Program including preventative health & counselling *
- Membership in the Municipal Pension Plan with generous employer contributions *
- Flexible schedules and earned time off program *
- Full-day agency orientation and extensive training, with regular ongoing performance evaluations
- In-house digital and classroom learning opportunities; staff funding for professional development *
- Opportunities to use your voice & participate in committees on policy, wellness, safety, EDI, etc.
- _ Eligibility will vary depending on terms and role requirements - details for this posting will be provided on request._



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