Relief Worker

**EXTERNAL POSTING - Relief worker**

Nelson House of Ottawa-Carleton has openings for relief workers(unionized). Rate of pay: $30.42 per hour plus 4% vacation.

**Start Date**: Immediately

**Duties include**:

- crisis intervention with women and children including answering the crisis line
- counselling women including provision of information, resources & referrals
- advocating for women and liaising with community agencies
- maintaining records and documents related to service provision
- participating in updating and maintaining house maintenance and security

**Qualifications/Requirements**:
**Education
- REQUIRED**
- BSW, BA or equivalent with a minimum of two years’ relevant work experience.

Or/
- College Diploma in a related field **with** a minimum of four years’ relevant work experience

Or/
- College Diploma in a related field **with** a minimum of 2 years full time work in a woman’s VAW agency

**Police Record Check**
- Valid Vulnerable Sector Police Record Check must be completed prior to beginning work with Nelson House.
- First Aid/CPR Certificate

**Other**
- Crisis intervention, counselling training and/or coursework
- Experience working within a feminist framework for crisis intervention and counselling services for women and children’s victims of violence
- Working knowledge of community resources
- Ability to workday, evening, overnights and weekends
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills

**Assets**
- Experience working with clients in other languages or cultures
- Other languages
- We are committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring those who identify as women*. In keeping with this principle, we encourage indigenous women, immigrant women, women of colour, women with disabilities, lesbians and trans** people to apply. _
- *Relying on provisions of Section 23 of The Human Rights Act in setting the restriction._
- **Trans persons are all people who identify as trans, non-binary, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming._

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $30.42 per hour

Expected hours: 12 - 24 per week

Application question(s):

- Are you available to start training immediately?
- Are you available for various shift times (days/evenings/overnights)?

**Experience**:

- relevant work: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- Vulnerable Sector Police Record Check (required)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2025-10-27