Ywca Crabtree Corner Housing

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada YWCA Metro Vancouver Full time

YWCA Crabtree Corner Transitional Housing offers a supportive housing community for 12 pregnant and/or parenting women in recovery who are working on maintaining, or regaining custody of their children.
The Group Facilitator plans and facilitates weekly groups for residents, including Mentorship, Financial Literacy and Arts and Crafts groups. She also provides support work when not actively engaged in preparing and delivering groups.

**Responsibilities**:

- Schedule, organize and facilitate Financial Literacy Groups for tenants (once a week, September to December)
- Recruit former residents to be mentors to current residents (November /December)
- Create/update training materials for Mentors
- Schedule, organize and facilitate Mentors training (January)
- Schedule, organize and facilitate Mentorship groups for tenants (once a week, February to June)
- Schedule, organize and facilitate group Arts and Crafts activities for tenants (Saturdays, weekly, year round)
- Connect with relevant internal and external speakers for groups
- Order nutritious meals for Financial Literacy and Mentorship groups
- Schedule child minders for Financial Literacy and Mentorship groups
- Manage group budgets including provision of honorariums to mentors, child minders and speakers
- Maintain accurate statistic of groups participation
- Provide emotional support, information, and referrals to residents who are pregnant or new mothers and in recovery

**Skills & Qualifications**:

- Excellent communication skills
- Strong de-escalation skills
- Experience working with women who have substance use issues
- Good understanding of harm reduction principles
- A trauma-informed, intersectional, feminist approach to working with residents
- Experience in facilitating group meetings
- Appropriate boundaries
- Organized, with good time-management skills
- Team player
- Able to work independently
- Experience and comfort using Outlook, One Drive, Sharepoint, Teams, Zoom, Safetyline and ADP Workforce Now would be an asset
- Positive criminal record check clearance
- Successful applicants are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, exemption requests must be supported by valid, legal documents.

**ABOUT THE YWCA**
This year, YWCA Metro Vancouver marks 125 years of serving our community. We recognize that Canada was founded through colonialist and racist policies, and the YWCA was established and operated during this time. We also recognize that these legacies exist in our present time and are committed to actively decolonizing our policies, programs and practices. Our vision: We boldly envision a just and equitable world for women, families and allies. Our mission: We advance gender equity alongside women, families, Two-Spirit and gender diverse people through advocacy and integrated services that help support personal, collective and economic wellbeing.

This is an exciting time for the YWCA. Join us and be part of a passionate, dedicated and impactful team

How to Apply

**Brenda Kadey**
**Manager, Crabtree Corner Transitional Housing**
YWCA Metro Vancouver
535 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC, V6C 2E8

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