Budzey - Women’s Community Support Worker (Thurs-sun Eves)

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 Women’s Community Support Worker provides a range of support services for chronically homeless women living in the community, many of whom have concurrent mental illness, substance use and /or physical health issues. Working closely with the management team and the Women’s Service Plan Coordinator, the WCSW collaborates with program participants to provide a range of services, including assessment of needs, planning, linking, and monitoring outcomes in a range of service delivery areas. The WCSW also provides daily supports including medication administration, building safety and guest management, crisis intervention and prevention, health and recreational groups and general problem solving. The WCSW also works collaboratively with other direct service staff, family and with external service providers and government ministries involved in the care and support of program participants.
The Women’s Community 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.
**Job Competition #**: Job2025.245
**Closing Date**: Midnight July 9, 2025
**Job**: Women’s Community Support Worker, Budzey, Permanent Part-Time, 0.9 FTE
**Salary Range**: $31.56 - $33.28 (BCGEU, Grid 34)
**Hours**: 67.5 bi-weekly
**Schedule**: Thursday - Sunday, 3:30pm - 11:30 pm, includes a half hour unpaid meal break
**Work Site**: 220 Princess Avenue
**Start Date**: July 31, 2025, or as soon as possible
**Gender is a bona fide occupational requirement**: women (trans, cis), gender diverse, and Two-Spirit staff only please
**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, including working with women with an emphasis on mental health, addictions, homelessness and/or social services.
- Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Current First Aid and CPR certification
- Criminal Records Search for working with vulnerable adults and children

Key Skills and Abilities - for supporting people receiving our services
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with women program participants
- Ability to identify and work to increase program participant strengths
- Ability to work with program participants using hope-inducing strategies
- Ability to implement program participant-centred service plans
- Ability to respond to problematic behaviour using an understanding of the behaviour's context and function
- Ability to support life-skills
- Ability to create, facilitate and assist with peer-based in house programming
- Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions
- Ability to administer medications as per The Budzey policies a