Budzey- Relief Support Worker

RainCity Housing operates on the stolen, unceded, ancestral, traditional homelands of the Xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ Nations in so-called Vancouver, the q̓íc̓əy̓, qʼʷa: n̓ƛʼən̓, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, qiqéyt, SEMYOME, Stó꞉lō, and sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ Nations in so-called Lower Mainland, and the shíshálh in so-called Sunshine Coast.
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**Benefits**:

- 5 days of paid leave for Indigenous Employees for Ceremonial, Cultural, and Spiritual events per year
- 8 weeks of paid leave for gender affirming care for medical procedures for transgender and gender diverse employees, cumulative total
- Employer-paid benefits for regular Part-time and Full-time employees:

- Unlimited Physiotherapy and $1,000/year coverage for Massage
- Vision Care, Dental Care, Prescription Drugs, Naturopath, Acupuncture, Chiropract, Group Life Benefit $50,000, Long Term Disability, and Unlimited Out-of-Province and Out-of-Country Emergencies

Position Summary
Reporting to the Management Team or designate, the Family Support Worker provides a range of family centered support services to women and their children on an individual, family or group basis. Working closely with the management team and the Family Service Plan Coordinator, the FSW collaborates with women and their children to provide a range of services, including assessment of needs, planning, linking, and monitoring outcomes in a range of service delivery areas. The FSW also provides daily support including building safety and guest management, crisis intervention and prevention, health and recreational groups and general problem solving. The FSW also works collaboratively with other direct service staff, family and with external service providers and government ministries involved in the care and support of women and their children.
The Family Support Worker ensures that the day-to-day operations of the program are run in a professional and efficient manner with attention to confidentiality and in compliance with the Budzey Program policy and procedures, and taking into consideration all forms of oppression facing the women and children who access our services.
All staff must report concerns about child abuse/neglect in consultation with the management team and in accordance with the law and RainCity Housing and Support Society’s policy regarding reporting suspicions of child abuse and neglect.
**Job Competition**: cas2025.046
**Position Title**: Family Support Worker
**Program**: Budzey
**Union**: BCGEU
**Salary**: $31.56 - $33.28 (BCGEU, Grid 34)
**Type**: Casual Relief
**Schedule**: This is a casual relief position. Casuals will be called in to work to cover vacancies as they arise. Our programs run 24/7 365 days a year. We offer day, evening and over night shifts which are generally 8 hours in length.
**Start Date**: As soon as possible
Program Summary
The Budzey provides supported housing to women and women-led families. (Women - trans and cis, two spirit and gender diverse). There are 147 units in total: 106 studio apartments for singles, and 41 one-, two
- and three-bedroom apartments for families. There are around 250 people living in the building. The Budzey is a complex building with complex tenant population.
QUALIFICATIONS
Many forms of education and experience are valued, including volunteering and lived experience of mental illness / addiction/ homelessness; Minimum education and experience includes:

- A Diploma in community social services
- Two years of recent, related work experience with women and children, with an emphasis on family preservation and mental health, addictions, homelessness and/or social services, including one year of service planning experience.
- Previous work with women and their children in a similar environment with demonstrated working knowledge of related community and provincial programs and resources is required.
- Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Current First Aid and CPR certification. Child first aid is an asset
- Class 5 driver’s license.
- Criminal Records Search for working with vulnerable adults and children

Key Skills and Abilities
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with women and their children
- Ability to identify and work to increase family strengths
- Ability to work with families using hope-inducing strategies
- Ability to implement family-centred service plans
- Ability to respond to problematic behaviour using an understanding of the behaviour's