Casual - Outreach Worker (Miller Block)
Connective is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our forward-thinking nonprofit organization in the role of Outreach Worker. Our mission is to foster the development of a safe, healthy, and inclusive community for all. If you are passionate about making a positive impact and helping us achieve this goal, we invite you to apply and become a part of our innovative team.
ROLE PURPOSE
Our Outreach and Community Inclusion programs help individuals access services and build community connections, while supporting them to develop life skills. We work one-on-one with service users to encourage them to identify, work toward, and achieve their goals so they can build greater independence and more active community engagement. Community-based outreach supports may include employment, housing, building healthy relationships and pursuing social/recreational opportunities.
This position will provide assistive outreach support to residents of the Connective Support Society’s programs referred by Community Living British Columbia to enable their adjustment to, and success with life in the community.
HOURS
- Monday to Sunday: 1000 - 1600, 0900 - 1700, or 1600 - 0000
- Casual employees must be available for 14 shifts per month or 10 shifts per month if you are a full-time student or have a full-time job.
- Flexible hours based on client needs, including evenings and weekends.
WHAT WE OFFER
- At Connective, we provide a range of benefits and support to our employees, including:
- Employer-paid Criminal Record Check Clearance
- Employer contribution to Municipal Pension Plan (MPP)*
- Comprehensive employer-paid benefits package encompassing health, wellness, prescription medication, vision, and dental coverage*
- Employer-paid support services, such as an in-house counsellor, Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP), and Critical Incidents Stress Management
- Paid in-house training programs such as MANDT and Naloxone
- Competitive wages, with a commitment to being a living wage employer
- Opportunities for career and personal development, allowing you to explore diverse programs and departments
- An inclusive work environment with team-building events and staff recognition programs
- Access to On-Demand Pay, enabling you to withdraw earned wages before payday
- Award winning organization: 2022 Canadian Nonprofit Employer of Choice from NEOC and 2023 High-Performance Culture Award from SupportingLines
- Participation in a portability program that allows employees moving from a CSSEA-member employer to Connective to carry over their service hours for vacation and wage purposes (within the last 12 months)
*Benefits are for Full-Time and Part-Time employees working 20 hours per week or more
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
As an Outreach Worker, your responsibilities will include:
- Works with the client, researches background material, and seeks the input of other professionals and family members, to provide the assessment that will ascertain needs and postulate intervention possibilities
- Works with the client to consider issues and creates a mutually agreed intervention and support plan that has measurable short and long-term goals
- Ensures issues of daily living, including but not limited to housing, nutrition, clothing, hygiene, leisure lifestyle and access, employment, and education are addressed in this plan
- Ensures the client’s ongoing legal, mental, and physical health issues are addressed in the plan
- When and as needed, provides a wide range of interventions to enable the client to address and accomplish the established goals
- Interacts with other professionals, family members, and organizations to ensure services, admissions, and treatments are in the client’s interest and supportive of the long-term goals
- On the client’s behalf, is a resource to other professionals, including but not limited to the courts, probation services, and community and institutional psychiatric services
- Supports residents of Connective’s residence programs in developing a sense of community
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
We seek candidates who meet the following qualifications and requirements:
- Graduated with a Degree or Diploma in Behavioural Science with an emphasis on Social Work, Counselling or Psychiatric Nursing; equivalencies may be considered
- A background in professional or lived experience working with vulnerable populations facing multiple barriers
- Experience experiencing psychiatric/personality disorders, developmental disabilities and/or spectrum disorders, interaction with social agencies and
- A demonstrated and clear ability to respond well in crisis situations
- Understanding of providing service to people with substance abuse challenges
- Experience in assessment, case/care plan development and implementation.
- Demonstrated an ability to deal with potential violence
- Demonstrated an ability to develop programs tailored to the particular diverse needs of the individual
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Valid class 5 driver’s license
- Personal transportation in good repair, insured for business up to $1,000,000 for liability, and suitable for client transport
- Demonstrated ability to respond efficiently in crisis and escalated situations
- Successful completion of a Vulnerable Persons Criminal Records Check
- Current Emergency First Aid Certificate
- Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination
COMPENSATION
As Connective is a unionized environment, the starting wage is $27.54 per hour plus 10.6% in lieu of vacation pay and benefits (for casual positions). The wage will increase with every 2,000 hours worked up to a maximum of $31.61 per hour.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
At Connective, we value and accommodate unique differences to ensure that our staff have the opportunity and are supported to thrive. To build a strong and representative workforce, we strongly encourage applications from BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+ people, immigrants, and people with disabilities or other marginalized communities.
Other details
- Pay Type Hourly
- Min Hiring Rate $27.54
- Max Hiring Rate $31.61
- Vancouver, BC, Canada