Family Connections Facilitator

REPORTS TO: Ubuntu Manager

HOURS: 37.5 hours/week including weekends and evenings to meet families’ needs. This is a temporary 6-month position, with the possibility of extension.

“Despite great challenges we believe unhealthy cycles can be broken, new opportunities created and, through healing, health restored.”

The Ubuntu CSD (Collaborative Service Delivery) Program is seeking a Family Connections Facilitator; an integral role on the team responsible for working with families and youth to help them to create a safe and healthy household, to model parenting skills, develop healthy family relationships and boundaries, and to provide fully engaging family time visits. Family Connections Facilitators strive to build a family’s capacity with an emphasis on community and cultural involvement, and helping connect families and youth to long term supports in their communities.

“We stand with our clients, side by side, patiently and for as long as they want – a constant and consistent caring force”

Position Responsibilities:

• Work in collaboration with the FSW, family members, and other service team members to develop a CSPF for the family that focuses on specific goals and reflects Ubuntu’s four pillars (children, family, community, and culture)
• Build trusting relationships with family members.
• Provide strength-based feedback on parenting skills.
• Address safety concerns by providing coaching on stress and anger management.
• Support fully engaging family time visits between parents and their children
• Provide coaching on life skills such as household management, cleaning, nutrition in meal planning and grocery shopping where appropriate.
• Work with the service team to locate and connect family members to local community resources that will continue to work with the family following Children Services file closure.
• Provide transportation to and from various appointments, as scheduled or as necessary.
• Connect families to positive cultural and community activities to build their self-esteem and sense of identity as well as expand their healthy support network (attend activities with them to build relationship and confidence).
• Advocate on behalf of families and build capacity to empower families to advocate for themselves to community agencies to help families meet their needs
• Contribute to a positive team environment by demonstrating the values of accountability, reliability, respect, and creativity
• BSCS is more than a workplace. It is a community where everyone helps and contributes to the whole, and there is an expectation that all employees will take part in events (during the work week and occasionally during weekends and evenings). This includes fundraising campaigns, running community meals, medicine picking etc.
• All other duties as outlined by program manager
• All staff at BSCS are expected to participate in occasional outreach and emergency response efforts (e.g., winter response) to support and engage with clients
• BSCS is more than a workplace. It is a community where everyone helps and contributes to the whole, and there is an expectation that all employees will take part in events (during the work week and occasionally during weekends and evenings). This includes fundraising campaigns, running community meals, medicine picking etc.

Qualifications:

• Post Secondary Degree or Diploma in a relevant field of study (i.e., Human Services, Social Work)
• Family Group Conference certificate or any group facilitation/mediation certification is an asset.
• Three or more years of experience working with families in the human service field or non-profit sector is an asset.
• Trained to facilitate family group conferencing, Family Circles, and in mediation for conflict resolution practices.
• Police Check with the Vulnerable Sector and Child and Youth Intervention Check completed within the past six months.
• Valid First Aid certificate or enrolled in a future course.
• Valid Class 5 Non-GDL license and access to a reliable vehicle

Why Work for Boyle?

• All work done positively impacts the community and its members!
• Access to Lumino Health, including Stress & Wellness support
• Employee activities and events throughout the year
• Various training initiatives, and development opportunities

Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) is a values-driven organization that believes our clients are the experts in their own life. Your job will be to foster innovation with your team alongside our community members.

Clients, staff, and partners are vital members of the Boyle Street team, so we place emphasis on making sure that we address each other correctly by using preferred pronouns. We invite you to let us know how to properly refer to you and your pronouns as you explore finding a professional home with us.

Boyle Street Community Services aims to foster a work environment that is rich with Indigenous culture, teachings, ceremonies, and activities- as a reflection of the communities we serve and the land we reside upon.

Boyle Street Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. We value the diversity of the communities we serve and are committed to engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce. Boyle Street Community Services welcomes applications from First Nations, Métis, & Inuit peoples as well as New Canadian, differently abled, and LGBTQ2S communities.