Outreach Worker

DENISIQI SERVICES SOCIETY
Employment Opportunity
OUTREACH WORKER – School Outreach /Youth Worker / Program Facilitator
Full time Permanent Position

POSITION SUMMARIES:
Works as a member of the Wellness / Outreach team within a multi-disciplinary Agency. Assist families, children and youth with programs and services in coordination with other Aboriginal community agencies and professionals. Services are delivered in both Williams Lake and the Chilcotin. The Outreach Worker will be responsible to ensure that the clients involved in the program have their emotional, physical, spiritual, and cognitive needs considered throughout all parts of the program. Additionally, the Circle of Courage (Mastery, Belonging, Independence, Generosity) will function as a guide to the development, implementation, and evaluation of the program.
The position requires extensive out-of-office work in communities during evenings and weekends.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND TASKS:

• Facilitate groups, circles, school outreach, youth, and family programs
• Provision of 1:1 Support for youth who may be street-involved and considered “high-risk”
• Day camps, outreach programs both urban and land based, and other group activities;
• Delivery of small-group support services, Adulting programs (circles, workshops, etc)
• School based outreach delivering EASE curriculum and needs based supports in schools,
• High visibility presence in the community, particularly evenings and weekends;
• Advocacy for and engagement with youth-serving community partners.
• Co-facilitates psycho-educational and/or therapeutic workshops and events for our client communities, as directed by Manager (parenting, domestic violence, wellness).

Qualifications:

• Child & Youth Care, Human Services Diploma, Community and School Support Certificate or comparable education is preferred but other qualifications will be considered when combined with experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of Tsilhqot’in, Ulkatchot’en and other Aboriginal cultures, and of the historical impacts of colonization.
• Proven ability to create positive relationships with hard-to-serve youth, as well as services such as the RCMP, Interior Health Authority, and School District 27.
• Previous outreach experience and ability to facilitate groups.
• Comfortable with both large and small group facilitation and use of technology.
• Understanding of the inter-connectedness of racism, poverty, trauma, and crime.
• Valid Class 5 driver’s license; willing to travel as required; clear criminal record.

Closing Date: 4:30 pm April 18, 2025 for first round of interviews then open until filled

Salary $29.78

Please submit resumes, with references, and cover letter:
Attention: Christa Smith
By post: Denisiqi Services Society By e-mail: christa@denisiqi.org
240B North Mackenzie Avenue By fax to: 250-392-6501
Williams Lake, BC V2G 1N6

Note: Pursuant to section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal ancestry or from the nation.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.