JOB POSTING
Support Workers
Employer: Atira Women
How to Apply: Send job application to jobpostings@bobics.org
Application Deadline: 6/29/2010
Contact: BOB Employment Team
Phone: 778-328-7665
Number of Positions: Multiple
Type of Position: Mostly part-time but occasionally full-time positions become available
Salary: Competitive Salary based on experience
Location: Various locations throughout the Greater Vancouver Are
Start Date: 06/30/2010
Job Description/Duties:
An exciting opportunity exists for a Support Workers with Atira Women's Resource Society. We are a feminist-based organization offering a challenging and rewarding work environment. An understanding of the dynamics of violence against women and other forms of oppression is an asset.
Responsibilities:
- Front-line Support Work
- Scheduling
- Advocacy & Resource information
- Compiling statistics & preparing reports
- Liaise with other organizations and transition houses
- Assess & interview potential residents for CSC Program Orientation for new staff Accompaniments
Additional Requisites:
- A valid First Aid certificate is required.
- Must be computer literate.
- All positions are subject to a criminal records investigation.
- Documentation of TB test
Education: Formal education/credentials will count only as much as work experience.
Experience:
Minimum one-year experience as a front-line support worker for women impacted by violence committed against them by their intimate partner and/or other family members. Awareness of the impact on women leaving federal institution. Services to be delivered in a manner consistent with Atira Women's Resource Society's feminist-based philosophy, and take into consideration all forms of oppression facing the women who live at Ama House.
- Must subscribe to a feminist analysis of violence against women and have a commitment to/understanding of anti-oppression work and the intersectionality of oppression.
- Must have a well-developed analysis of the impact/legacy of colonization and assimilation and the resulting impact on First Nations/Metis women.
- Must be open to working with women who have substance use issues and/or a mental health diagnosis.
- Preference given to candidates who also have some management/administrative skills. Must be computer literate.
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to provide non-judgmental support
- Ability to work collaboratively
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to manage stress (self care)
- Ability to give & receive constructive criticism
- Ability to learn from experiences
- Ability to work under pressure/in crisis
- Knowledge of/commitment to Harm Reduction model of alcohol & drug treatment
- Ability to articulate a feminist analysis of violence against women
- Must be computer literate with above average knowledge of Microsoft Excel & Word
Women from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.