Posted 20 days ago
Family Support Worker
@ Chilliwack Community Services
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Overview
Chilliwack Community Services is hiring a full-time Family Support Worker at 35 hours per week to deliver family intervention support to parents and children in partnership with the Ministry of Children and Family Development. The work covers outreach, parenting and life-skills coaching, group facilitation and supported family visits, with some evening and weekend hours. The posting states a wage of $30.95 per hour under the BCGEU Collective Agreement, Grid 12, plus health and dental benefits, and requires union membership.
Responsibilities:
- Provide outreach and parenting support to families
- Facilitate supported family visits and group workshops
- Coordinate support plans with social workers and care teams
- Link clients to community and urgent resources
- Record observations and interventions in case database
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in human or social services
- Valid driver's licence and reliable vehicle
- Valid first aid and naloxone certification
- One year of similar experience, preferably child protection
- Strong knowledge of family systems and trauma-informed practice
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-25
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Social & community services |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 35 |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Client sites, Home, Outdoors |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | First Aid, Naloxone certification |
| Driver’s licence | required, own vehicle |
| Background checks | criminal record |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Human services, Social services |
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Chilliwack Community Services
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Full company description
Our Mission: Chilliwack Community Services (CCS) provides opportunities with people to make positive change in their lives. For almost 100 years, CCS has been dedicated to meeting social and community needs in Chilliwack and surrounding areas. What began in 1928 with the efforts of a single woman helping a neighbour in need became a group of volunteers working for many years. In 1966, CCS became a registered society with a mandate "to identify and respond to Chilliwack area's unmet social needs'. That mandate has changed and grown so that today we provide extensive social and human services to a broad cross section of residents throughout the Chilliwack area. Governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, the society now has over 100 employees and 220 volunteers who work out of several locations in Chilliwack and Sardis to deliver over 40 programs providing family support, early childhood development, youth, employmnet, immigrant, seniors and other community services. Funding comes from contracts with provincial, federal and municipal governments, grants, fees for service, and local service organizations. Personal donations, memberships, earned revenue, and various fundraising efforts comprise 20% of our total budget. Ther is no cost for services unless specifically noted. Confidentiality is assured.
- LinkedIn followers
- 1,054
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 102
- Reported office locations
- 45938 Wellington Avenue, Chilliwack, BC V2P 2C7, CA
- 9214 Mary Street, Chilliwack, BC, CA
- 8937 School Street, Chilliwack, BC, CA
- 46361 Yale Road, Chilliwack, BC, CA
- 5658 Vedder Rd, Chilliwack, British Columbia, CA
- Other recorded names
- Chilliwack Community Services
- Specialties
- Seniors Services
- Youth Services
- Early Years Services
- Family Services
- and Immigrant Services
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
Our Mission: Chilliwack Community Services (CCS) provides opportunities with people to make positive change in their lives. For almost 100 years, CCS has been dedicated to meeting social and community needs in Chilliwack and surrounding areas. What began in 1928 with the efforts of a single woman helping a neighbour in need became a group of volunteers working for many years. In 1966, CCS became a registered…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Individual and Family Services |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Chilliwack, BC |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Year founded | 1928 |
| Specialties | Seniors ServicesYouth ServicesEarly Years ServicesFamily Servicesand Immigrant Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 2 |
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Provides family intervention support to parents and their children through partnership with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) to reunify families and assist in the development of skills and self-regulation promoting safe parenting to children experiencing neglect abuse, or any other child-protection concerns.
This position requires some evening and weekend hours.
Qualifications:Education, Training and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in related Human/Social Services field.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle with appropriate insurance.
- Valid first aid & naloxone certification.
- Minimum of one (1) year previous work in a similar environment, preferably with Child Protective Services.
Job Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of human development and demonstrated ability to work with children and families in an outreach, group, and community setting.
- Strong knowledge of Family Systems and Attachment Theory.
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal communication skills, both oral and written.
- Demonstrated ability to teach life & parenting skills, and support client implementation, using a strength-based and trauma-informed approach.
- Demonstrated skills, and temperamentally and emotionally capable of empowering parents through group facilitation, and some curriculum building.
- Demonstrated excellent knowledge and understanding of inter-generational trauma and interventions.
- Demonstrated collaborative skills to work with referring Social Worker, client care team, and other professionals.
Additional Information:
This position requires the ability to function both independently and with a team. Individual one-on-one outreach, group facilitation, visit supervision, and support provided by this position may require work outside normal office hours and in client’s homes, in the community, or at care team functions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
General:
- Wage rate as per BCGEU Collective Agreement, Family Support Worker – Grid 12 - $30.95 plus health and dental benefits.
- This position requires Union membership.
- This position is open to all persons.
- This position requires successful completion of a criminal record check.
- This position reports to the Family Services Coordinator.
- Please mention the name of the job position you are applying for in your cover letter.
NO phone calls. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
Internal Staff apply through your ADP Work Force Now Career Centre.
Closing Date: November 9, 2026
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