In Home Support Worker

Job description

**About Us**:
The Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre Association (FRAFCA) is a rapidly growing Indigenous community-based organization, serving BC’s largest urban Indigenous population of children, youth, families & Elders. Our Vision is to build a community of strong, healthy, successful Indigenous people connected to each other and to their roots by fostering their health & well-being through culturally relevant services, support, and advocacy.

**Position Summary**:
When there are conflicts and problems exist at home, the safety and well-being of children can be threatened. The Indigenous In-Home Parent Support Worker works in partnership with parents to prevent, reduce or eliminate factors that may place a child or family in jeopardy, and teach coping & life-skills in order to preserve the family unit. This person will act as a resource person, advocate, mentor, and support person to parents/guardians and their children; support families to goal set; educate and mentor parents; and write reports and recommendations that aid the family to improve their family circumstances.

**Why FRAFCA**:

- Opportunity to work alongside cultural knowledge keepers & Elders
- Holistic, culturally safe, approaches to serving our clients and community
- Freedom to share and observe own cultural practices (i.e. smudging in the office)
- Parking available on-site
- Paid vacation days;
- Offices located along main transportation routes; main office by the Skytrain station;
- Up to 40 hours work each week.

**Your Duties**:

- _**Life Skills & Home management**_: Mentoring and coaching parents to increase home organizational skills including budgeting, cooking, and meal planning, meal planning, baby safety, child friendly spaces, daily scheduling, daily routines, & de-cluttering.
- _**Goal Setting and supporting the case planning**:_ Through a collaborative coaching approach, parents will be supported to develop short term solution focused plans to address their own wellness, the needs of their child, and the presenting challenges in their lives.
- _**In-Home Parent Training**_: Encourage parent child interaction, attachment and bonding through structured play, and recreational family outings; increase parent’s understanding of developmental stages, nutrition, child safety, brain development, positive socialization, and injury prevention.
- Weekend, Overnight, awake, work times are part of the work schedule as well as some emergency shift coverage;
- _**Family Support/Counselling**:_ Increasing parents’ understanding of the family stresses or interpersonal stresses they are experiencing and support them to find solutions, connect to appropriate resources, or in collaboration with the Family Support Worker (Sr. Position), develop a strategy to address.
- _**Networking **_with professionals who work with Aboriginal families including MCFD workers, other community & provincial services, health professionals, and the school district.
- _**Case Management**:_ complete daily logs, critical incidents, referrals.
- Work cooperatively with each team member and assist the staff team in the development and review of program components.
- Assist with planning of daily operations if needed.
- Adhere to the House policy and procedures manual for clients and staff, FRAFCA policies and procedures and ensure COA/CARF standards and Licensing Standards are met.
- Provide a caring and positive environment for all connected to the program.

**Qualifications**:

- **Education and Experience**:_
- **Required**: An undergraduate degree in a related field (i.e. child and youth care, early education, social work, etc.) and 1-year directly related work experience;
- A demonstrated working knowledge of early intervention, child development, & family centered, strengths based practice.
- Experience working with MCFD, including integrated case-management principals and principals of the Family Case Planning conferences.
- Culturally & emotionally grounded.
- Valid First Aid certificate, Food Safe certificate, and non-violent crisis intervention certificate.
- Physically, mentally and emotionally capable of performing the duties.
- Maintain a clean criminal record check and vulnerable sector search.
- **Other requirements**:_
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and with mínimal supervision.
- Strong Interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
- Familiarity with Aboriginal culture, language and traditions an asset, as well as extensive knowledge of social-economic issues effecting urban Aboriginal children and families on and off reserve a requirement.
- A highly accountable self-starter who is able to bring their passion and commitment to the position and the clients they serve.
- Comfort with ambiguity, excellent problem solver.
- Excellent conflict management skills
- Analytical and observational skills.
- Basic computer skills (including Microsoft Office).
- Ability to multi-task.
- Experience working wi