Prev'n, Educ'n, Advocacy, Counselling

1. Providing Supportive Counseling which can be either on a group or individual basis to children who have witnessed abuse, threats and or violence in the home and who are between the ages of 3 - 18 years old; and,

2. Providing Prevention Workshops to students in the Fraser Cascade School District on family violence and healthy relationships.

**The Job Requirements include the ability to**:

- Support children and youth to feel safe, respected, valued, and heard; support mothers/caregivers to feel respected, empowered, confident, and effective; and support children, youth, and parents / caregivers to develop healthy and respectful ways of connecting with one another.
- Reduce isolation, and let children and youth know that they are not alone; identify and develop safety skills and strategies; educate non-violent ways of resolving conflict; and, support emotional health and self-esteem.
- View emotions and responses not as pathological, but rather as a natural response to traumatic events; provide psycho-education and support to help children and youth identify and manage their emotions; provide strategies to help children and youth cope with and minimize responses, including healthy ways of expressing anger.; foster hope by reminding children and youth of their abilities, and how they have used strategies and resistance in the past to successfully cope with adversity; and, offer reassurance that the child’s and youth’s reactions are natural under the circumstances.
- Develop understanding of violence against women and girls.

The Violence Prevention position coordinates, prepares and presents material to students in the Fraser Cascade School District. This includes arranging Prevention Workshops by working with the schools offering them the workshops, scheduling dates/times for training and as necessary meeting with school representatives to inform and obtain buy in to course content on a proactive basis.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or Early Childhood discipline or related discipline is desired with three to five years’ experience or six years combination of education and experience in the Social Services Sector (including volunteering).
- Knowledge and understanding of family dynamics, healthy relationships and ability to present to large groups, age range from 5 years to adulthood.
- Psychological and metal health to balance the stress of working with women and children who have been victims of family violence.
- Accurate record keeping (statistics, presentation material, evaluations, historical information) skills.
- The ability to establish and maintain strong, ethically based personal and professional boundaries and the ability to establish, maintain and respect confidentiality.
- Willingness and motivatoin to participate in training identified by department and organizational direction.
- The ability to work independently with little or no supervision and work well within a team environment.
- The ability to model non-violence and respectful parenting approaches.
- The ability to document and relay information in a concise and efficient manner.
- The ability to make sound judgements, think ethically and show respect to individuals regardless of ethnic, religious, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, age, and/or physical or mental ability.
- The ability to communicate verbally and in written form to internal and external sources.
- The ability to demonstrate quick, flexible and empathetic thinking.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match

Work Location: One location