Career Opportunity: Family Empowerment Worker

Location: Prince George, British Columbia

Employment Type: Casual

Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) - A Great Experience Awaits You: CSFS is an innovative and progressive leader in Indigenous health and family services where culture is in everything we do. Since our beginnings 30 years ago, CSFS has grown to over 300 employees providing services to 11-member Nations. Enjoy unique experiences, close connections with communities, and a strong focus on professional development opportunities, as well as the natural wonders of the northern BC while you work.

The Opportunity: The Family Empowerment Worker is responsible for providing supervised visitation for children-in-care with family members. The incumbent will provide transportation to and from visits for children and teach life skills to parents and other family members who access the Family Empowerment Program.

• Teaches life skills to the parents and other family members who access services from the Family Empowerment program. These include; behavior modification methods, role modeling, open discussions, and role-playing.
• Provides information on parenting skills, including but not limited to behavior management, how to set limits and boundaries effective ways of disciplining, effective use of time outs, natural and logical consequences, building self esteem and stages of child development and age appropriate behaviors
• Provides information on personal functioning
• Provides supervised access visits for clients
• Adhere to standards of confidentiality
• Comply with all relevant standards for documentation and reporting

Go to www.csfs.org/jobs to view the full job description for this career opportunity.

What You Will Bring to The Role:

• Social Services Diploma/Certificate preferred; or
• Grade 12 diploma or equivalent plus three (3) years’ experience in a related area of practice
• Two years’ experience in a related area of practice

The Location:

Prince George sits on the traditional lands of the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation and is the largest city in northern B.C. It is a community that includes the renowned University of Northern B.C. and the College of New Caledonia, affordable housing, complemented by an international airport. Prince George offers unparalleled access to outdoor recreation that contributes to the city's high quality of life and standards of living. The Fraser and Nechako rivers are focal points of an extensive park and trail system of more than 100 parks. Enjoy opportunities for year-round outdoor activities from camping to snowshoeing. Learn more about Prince George at https://tourismpg.com/ .

What CSFS Team Members Are Saying

• We live by our organization values of Responsibility, Caring and Compassion while caring and advocating for vulnerable people.
• Supported to pursue life long learning, professional development and recognition for your contribution
• Family like atmosphere without traditional corporate inflexibility
• Recognize the value of Carrier Sekani Knowledge holders and language speakers

Hurry and Apply Now! Go to www.csfs.org/jobs to view the full job description for this career opportunity.

Deadline to apply: March 10, 2023. Along with your resume, please submit a cover letter outlining why you are interested in this opportunity, what skills and experience you will bring, and how your qualifications will make you successful in this role.

With the continuation of the global pandemic and because CSFS provides services to First Nations communities, classified as “Vulnerable Populations,” and to protect the health and safety of employees, candidates applying for employment will need to agree to provide their covid-19 vaccination status as a condition of employment.