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About the role

  • FamilySmart peer support worker supporting B.C. families caring for children and youth facing mental health or substance use challenges. Connecting caregivers with resources, services, and hope.

Responsibilities

  • Provide peer support to families and caregivers whose children and youth are experiencing mental health and/or substance use difficulties
  • Provide emotional support to families and caregivers
  • Share information and resources
  • Offer knowledge and education
  • Help families and caregivers navigate services
  • Build on parents’ and caregivers’ strengths and offer hope
  • Meet with families and caregivers in person, by video chat, phone, and email
  • Promote and present FamilySmart’s Family Peer Support services at community events
  • Work with service providers in the community

Requirements

  • Personal parenting experience as a parent or caregiver of a child or youth with mental health and/or substance use challenges
  • Ability to build relationships and make connections easily
  • Compassion and care for others
  • Ability to work well with community service providers
  • Comfortable promoting and presenting FamilySmart’s Family Peer Support services at events
  • Strong verbal and written skills
  • Ability to work from a home office and attend weekly in-person events and meetings across Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and Mission
  • Good working knowledge of Google Workspace, including Gmail, Calendar, and Docs
  • Ability to pass a criminal records check with a vulnerable sector search

Benefits

  • Benefits
  • Excellent support, supervision and training
  • Skills development support

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$24 per hour

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

HybridMaple RidgeCanada

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