Parent/Family Engagement Specialist
1 week ago
Vancouver Coastal Health is seeking a skilled Parent/Family Engagement Specialist - Cultural Diversity to join their Youth Alcohol and Drug team in Vancouver, BC.
This role involves providing support services to culturally diverse clients, developing and implementing culturally appropriate programs, and partnering with community organizations to promote healthy relationships between parents and youth.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in a Social Services discipline, two years of experience in substance use-related support, and a valid BC Driver's License.
Key Responsibilities- Provide support services to culturally diverse clients, including individual and group counseling, and case management.
- Develop and implement culturally appropriate programs and workshops to promote healthy relationships between parents and youth.
- Partner with community organizations, such as the Vancouver School Board, to promote healthy relationships between parents and youth.
- Implement proactive approaches to prevent youth substance use, including outreach and education programs.
- Coordinate and plan outreach methods to strengthen parent/family awareness, knowledge, and skills to prevent, delay, and intervene with respect to adolescent substance use.
- Bachelor's Degree in a Social Services discipline from a recognized program.
- Two (2) years recent related experience providing substance use-related support to culturally diverse youth and families.
- Valid BC Driver's License. Local area travel requires the use of a personal vehicle.
- Thorough knowledge in child/youth care, youth development, and behavior management as it relates to addiction and substance use.
- Ability to develop and implement strength-based, client-centered prevention programs or related programming.
- Demonstrated ability to provide competent and culturally safe care in a variety of settings and with diverse populations.
- Knowledge of cultural diversity in youth and families, and culturally safe ways of engaging.
- Ability to perform a range of needs assessments with both individuals and groups.
- Knowledge of community development, adult education, and health promotion practices.
- Ability to develop and facilitate workshops.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain supportive, trusting, and professional relationships with youth and adults.
- General knowledge of trauma-informed practice and harm reduction approaches and strengths-based care.
- Demonstrated ability to promote Indigenous Cultural Safety.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare and maintain a variety of charts, records, and reports.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients and their families, colleagues, physicians, and other healthcare staff, both one-on-one and in groups.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize workload and adapt to a changing community.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health, and dental, and municipal pension plan.
- Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities.
- Wellness supports, including counseling, critical incident, and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families.
- Award-winning recognition programs to honor staff, medical staff, and volunteers.
- Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are essential to our goals of creating a great place to work and delivering exceptional care. We acknowledge and accommodate unique differences and ensure special measures are in place so that all prospective and current employees are given an opportunity to succeed. We are committed to building a representative workforce and encourage applications reflecting diversity of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization or ancestry, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024.
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