Family Counsellor

**JOB OPPORTUNITY: Family Counsellor (Permanent Full-Time)**
**Family Preservation and Reunification Vancouver **Competition #76-23

**DO YOU WANT A MEANINGFUL CAREER, HELPING OTHERS? JOIN US**

About the Role

At Family Services of Greater Vancouver, we’ve been helping people in crisis since 1928. As a non-profit, we help people develop skills and knowledge, empowering our neighbours to create positive change in their lives. Our team is made up of more than 420 staff, including expert counsellors and support workers who provide compassionate, client-centered care to youth experiencing homelessness, families and children impacted by trauma, victims of domestic violence, and other vulnerable people from an evidence-based, trauma-informed lens. We believe in building a brighter future for all British Columbians and providing a supportive and inclusive workplace for all our staff.

The Family Counselor at Vancouver Family Preservation and Reunification provides services primarily to families that promote healthier family functioning and linkages to community resources. This position provides a variety of parenting education, support and counselling to children and families referred by the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

About Our Opportunity:
**Our Valued Benefits**:

- Flexible scheduling
- Starting at 3 weeks’ vacation for full-time staff
- 3 paid household leave days a year
- 2 paid Wellness Day a year
- Paid sick days
- 2 ½ paid Agency days for full-time staff
- 5 paid days for education leave a year
- 1 paid Moving Day a year
- Subsidized professional association annual dues (if applicable)
- Possibility of hybrid work/remote work
- A work culture that values transparency, teamwork, learning, fairness and integrity

**Health and Wellness Resources**:

- Generous group health/dental benefits after 3 months.
- 3 flex options for health/dental coverage depending on the coverage you need
- Option of psychological/counselling services (up to $1500/year)
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Long Term Disability Plan
- Group Life Insurance, Travel insurance, ++

**Pension**: Pension plan enrollment after a year

**Work Hours**: 35 hours per week with flexible work hours.

**Salary**: Starting at GS 12B Step 1 $34.17 per hour

**Location***: 4103 Fraser Street at East King Edward, Vancouver, BC V5V 4E9

**Posting End Date**:Posting will remain open until filled

What you bring:
**Education, Training, Experience**
- Masters degree in social work or clinical counselling or equivalent education and experience
- A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities**
- Knowledge of child welfare policies and practices
- Working knowledge of different parenting strategies and the ability to share these strategies with families
- In-depth knowledge of child development and child abuse dynamics
- An understanding of integrated case management/wrap around service delivery
- An understanding of child and adolescent stages of development
- Superior crisis intervention skills
- Ability to work with families that may present multiple service needs related to poverty, addictions, violence, child abuse or neglect, and mental health issues
- Ability to provide counselling in a variety of approaches that best fits client needs either in the office, in the community or in their homes
- Ability to support and encourage equity, diversity and social justice in the work place
- Knowledge of computer operating systems, i.e. Microsoft Office 365, Excel, SharePoint, MS Teams

**Additional Requirements**
- Class 5 Driver’s License and personal vehicle
- Ability to work evenings and weekends when necessary
- Successful completion of a Criminal Record Check
- Proof of Covid-19 vaccination status will be required

How to apply:
Our programs are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw(Squamish), Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh), Qayqayt,Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwekwetlem,Semiahmoo,Matsqui,and Tsawwassen First Nations. Huy ch q’u.