Posted 12 days ago
Library Outreach Worker-Central Library
@ Family Service Regina Inc.
Regina, Saskatchewan
Overview
Family Service Regina Inc. is hiring a temporary full-time Library Outreach Worker based at the Central Branch of Regina Public Library. The role provides outreach, support, referrals and system navigation to vulnerable community members, including people affected by mental health issues, addictions, poverty or homelessness. It also involves de-escalating difficult situations and assessing risk, working closely with library staff and security.
Responsibilities:
- Provide outreach, support and referrals to vulnerable library customers
- De-escalate difficult situations with the public
- Assess risk and threats from challenging behaviours
- Collaborate with library personnel and community organizations
- Provide occasional crisis debrief support to library staff
Requirements summary:
- Familiarity with evidence-based outreach and anti-oppressive service models
- Ability to assess high-risk situations, including suicidality
- Ability to do risk assessment, safety planning and referral
- Ability to maintain program statistics and outcome records
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Job-board feed · saskjobs
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-26
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-28
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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Job details
| Department | Social & community services |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
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Family Service Regina Inc.
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Description
This position is located at the Central Branch of Regina Public Library to provide community outreach, support, referrals, and system navigation to the community.
The Community Outreach Worker is responsible for working directly with vulnerable or at-risk individuals who are affected by mental health issues or addictions, live in poverty, face homelessness and/or experience marginalization or social exclusion in other ways. Issues presented to this position may be varied and complex and require a great degree of discretion. The Outreach Worker is responsible for working with community organizations and community members to develop collaborative connections to address the needs of library customers.
This position is responsible for working with the public and de-escalating difficult situations. The Outreach Worker will assess risk and evaluate threats posed by library customers who exhibit challenging behaviours, including risks that range from direct verbally abusive behaviour, verbal or physical threats to more indirect threats. The Community Outreach Worker works in close collaboration with Regina Public Library Personnel (especially Librarians and Security Personnel) to support a safe and supportive library experience for everyone. Occasional crisis debrief support to Library Personnel impacted by a highly escalated, conflictual, or crisis experience may be provided.
Qualifications
Familiarity with a wide variety of evidenced based human service outreach and anti-oppressive models of service delivery.
Ability to assess high risk situations (suicidal) and engage in risk assessment, safety planning and referral as necessary.
Ability to assist in maintaining program statistic and program outcome records for funder reporting and program evaluation purposes
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