Winter Emergency Response Worker

1 week ago

Edmonton, Canada Boyle Street Community Services Full time

**REPORTS TO**:Drop In Manager

**HOURS**: Four days on, Four days off rotations 8:30am-7:00pm

“Despite great challenges we believe unhealthy cycles can be broken, new opportunities created and through healing, health restored.”

Would you like to be a part of an organization that works with some of Edmonton’s most vulnerable populations and counts on the professionalism, expertise, insight, and passion of its staff to develop programs and services for the clients they work with? Join us at Boyle Street Community Services.

“We stand with our clients, side by side, patiently and for as long as they want - a constant and consistent caring force”

**JOB PURPOSE**:
To assist with the daily winter season operations of the Drop-In, community engagement, and encouraging clients to participate on a voluntary level in a way that fosters improved social, physical and mental health. Provide clients with access to information, support and connections to services within Boyle Street Community Services and external agencies.

**KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Develop relationships with community members, identifying strengths and working in a respectful way with a community that has faced trauma and social exclusion.
- Offer access to information, support and connections to services within Boyle Street and external agencies.
- De-escalate tense inter-personal and group situations.
- Maintain a healthy environment by performing a variety of cleaning and housekeeping duties as required: sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning/clearing tables, washing dishes, etc.
- Assist community members in crisis and find positive resolutions
- Maintain a relationship with all partners of Boyle Street (Security, Edmonton Police Services, EMS, etc.)
- Facilitate light programming within all community spaces
- Work well within a team and rotate job stations
- Greet community members and leads the effort to develop a warm, friendly, and inviting environment through community engagement, identifying and addressing their immediate

needs, and supporting them through referrals.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Education**:
**Skills, Abilities and Attitudes**:

- Understand the challenges and stresses facing people who live in poverty
- Treat people with respect and in a sensitive manner
- Knows how to problem-solve with people who face emotional and psychological challenges
- Able to handle multiple demands at the same time; exceptionally well organized
- Listens well, has a calm demeanor, and knows how to solve practical problems
- Possess robust mental health and a commitment to self-care
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word and Excel in particular)

**Experience and other requirements**:

- Experience working with Indigenous people and individuals from diverse cultures
- Background in community development, social work, occupational therapy or another related field.
- Current First Aid
- Criminal Record and Child Intervention Checks (results will be reviewed on a case by case basis)

Clients, staff and partners are vital members of the Boyle Street team, so we place emphasis on making sure that we address each other correctly. Pronouns are an important part of how we speak about people.

Pronouns might be:
She/Her/Hers

He/Him/His

They/Them/Theirs

And other pronouns that help individuals to express themselves

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