Posted 15 days ago
Housing Support Worker
@ Beacon Community Services
Victoria, British Columbia
Overview
Beacon Community Services is hiring full-time overnight Housing Support Workers for its Out of the Rain and Mirrors youth and young adult housing programs in Victoria, BC. The work involves daily program operations, harm-reduction support, crisis response, life-skills coaching and cleaning participants' suites. Schedules are fixed overnight shifts and the position is unionized under a BCGEU standalone agreement.
Pay:
$28.12 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Support daily operations of the Out of the Rain or Mirrors program
- Provide crisis intervention and person-centred support to participants
- Maintain participant suites and clean rooms wearing PPE
- Support kitchen work, meal service and life-skills teaching
- Liaise with police, emergency services and community teams
Requirements summary:
- Minimum 1 year direct support with homeless or marginalized people
- Level 1 Occupational First Aid before starting
- Naloxone training
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training
- Food Safe Certificate preferred
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-22
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-23
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Social & community services |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | evening, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Care home, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · lift 30 lb · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Level 1 Occupational First Aid, Naloxone, Food Safe Certificate, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training |
| Background checks | criminal record |
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Beacon Community Services
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
Join Beacon Community Services in one of two full-time overnight positions supporting our Out of the Rain and Mirrors programs. The Housing Support Worker is a vital position positively impacting youth and young adult participants at each of our housing facilities. This is a chance to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment that allows you to make both an immediate and long-term difference in participants' lives. If creating a safe space for participants while working with a great team that shares your values appeals to you, then apply to join our team.
Available schedules
- Out of the Rain: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 p.m.–8:00 a.m.
Mirrors: Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
Work locations
- Out of the Rain: 1450 Elford Street, Victoria, BC
- Mirrors: 1075 Meares Street, Victoria, BC
Union: BCGEU Standalone collective agreement
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Team Lead or Manager, the Housing Support Worker uses their skills to create a safe, welcoming and calm environment for those who access and participate in the program. They support participants through critical situations and distribute harm-reduction supplies to keep participants safe and stabilize and continue their growth. The housing support worker is also key to maintaining the cleanliness of participants' rooms, and the facility in general.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support the daily operations of the assigned program, either Out of the Rain or Mirrors.
- Support in the kitchen when needed. Including serving food and delivering meals
- Create and maintain professional relationships with the participants, community, and all stakeholders
- Be a first response to crisis intervention as required
- Provide person-centred support to participants, including:
- Maintain a baseline of cleanliness in participants’ suites
- Teach, model and encourage life skills, including cleaning, cooking, and organizing spaces
- Identify potential problems, troubleshoot with participants, and report any difficulties
- Monitor participant mental health and substance use, and determine when to provide additional support
- Recognize, analyze and respond to potential emergency situations
- Encourage and facilitate participation in decision-making regarding housing, programming and supports
- Assist participants living in the building in maintaining a suite that meets health and safety standards
- Connect with outside community teams and resources to provide collaborative support to participants in the building
- Clean rooms with tenants as needed, wearing appropriate PPE. This can include dealing with human waste, blood, sharps, and other paraphernalia
- Liaise with police and emergency services as needed
- Perform other relevant job duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum 1-year experience working with people experiencing homelessness and marginalized groups of individuals in a direct support role. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.
- Level 1 occupational First Aid- up to date before starting
- Naloxone training
- Food Safe Certificate preferred
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to problem solve, and work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude
- Ability to use sound judgment while working in demanding conditions and circumstances
- Ability to kneel to the ground to attend to overdoses and other medical emergencies.
- Physical ability to lift 30lbs, walk up and down stairs and be on feet for substantial time during shifts.
- Ability to work in building with substances and substance use
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Beacon Community Services serves vulnerable populations, including seniors, people with disabilities and children. Protecting these people and our teams on whom they rely is critical to us. Accordingly:
- All successful applicants must consent to a Solicitor General’s Criminal Record Check.
- Depending on future public health developments, Beacon may implement a vaccination requirement as a condition of ongoing employment for all our workplaces.
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