Community Outreach Worker

**Community Outreach Worker**

**First Steps Program**
- Are you looking for a career that can make a difference in the lives of people in need? Put your passion for working with families within our community towards a rewarding opportunity with Catholic Social Services as a Community Outreach Worker._

**We are seeking one (1), full time, forty (40) hours per week Community Outreach worker to join our dynamic and talented team This position has a weekly schedule of Monday - Friday (8:00AM to 4:30PM), some weekends and evenings may be required.**

You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1700 staff, and 2000 volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central and Northern Alberta.
- “As a Catholic social services agency, we are guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect.”_

**Our values are at the core of everything we do**
- **Humility**:We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
- **Compassion**:We** **respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
- **Respect**:We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

**Program Overview**:
The First Steps program aims to ensure that individuals who use alcohol and/or drugs are supported to have healthy pregnancies and healthy families.

**The Meaningful Work You Will Do**:
As a Community Outreach Worker, you provide mentoring and support to pregnant or new mothers dealing with substance abuse. Using your ability to assess individual needs and your awareness of community programs, you link women to the resources they need to be successful. Your flexibility, problem-solving and non-judgmental approach is the foundation in supporting mothers to move forward. You have the ability to work in a team environment, to develop solid, long-term relationships with the people you serve by establishing trust, mutual respect and healthy boundaries.

**Education and Qualifications**:

- A Diploma/Degree in Human Services (or equivalent)
- A minimum of two (2) years’ experience working with individuals, families and children have prepared you for this challenging and rewarding role
- A reliable Vehicle, Valid Driver’s License, Vehicle Registration and Third Party Liability Insurance (amount of two million)
- Police Information Check including vulnerable sector search, Intervention Record Check must be current within six (6) months
- Driver's Abstract with less than six (6) demerit points current within one (1) year

**What We Offer**:

- The salary for this position is $21.57 to $24.28 per hour based on qualifications and experience. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, flexibility and supportive working environment.
- Flexible benefit options when eligible.
- Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.

As a Catholic social services agency we are guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity and people of faith or no faith.