Family Peer Support Position Integrated Child & Youth Team - Gold Trail

17.5 Hours Per Week

$28.32/Hour

Work from home position and in the communities and surrounding areas within the traditional territories of the Nlaka’pamux, Secwépemc, and St’át’imc peoples and the Gold Trail School District, including Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton, Lillooet, Lytton, Shalath, Spences Bridge

For more than 25 years, FamilySmart has been working in B.C. to help children and young people by helping their family and other caring adults. We know children and young people do better when the adults who care about them are supported.

Position Summary
Family Peer Support Workers are parents and caregivers of children or youth with mental health and/or substance use challenges. Your personal parenting experience is the primary requirement for this role. Your experiences will help other families find help, comfort, hope, and feel less alone.

As a Family Peer Support Worker, you are a member of the Integrated Child & Youth Team (ICY) in Gold Trail. In this role, you will provide peer support to families and caregivers whose children and youth are experiencing difficulty with their mental health and/or with substance use who are receiving services from the ICY team. The ICY teams are part of A Pathway to Hope – the provincial strategy for improved mental health and substance use care in B.C. The ICY teams bring services together in a multidisciplinary team setting. The teams make it easier for children, youth and their families to connect to the care they need, where and when they need it – at school and in the community. To learn more about these positions visit B.C.'s Integrated Child & Youth Teams

The Family Peer Support Worker provides peer support to families and caregivers by:

Working as part of the ICY team in Gold Trail

Providing emotional support to families and caregivers





Sharing information and resources with families and caregivers

Offering knowledge/education to families and caregivers

Helping families and caregivers navigate (find their way to) services

Building on parents and caregivers strengths and offering hope

Meeting with families and caregivers in-person, by video chat, phone and email

You do not need to be an expert in mental health and/or substance use, your family's experience is enough.

You

Are valuable at building relationships

Make connections easily

Demonstrate compassion and care to others

Are able to work well with Service Providers and Educators and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Have strong verbal and written skills.

Have a valid BC Driver's License, insurance and access to a vehicle, as travel to meet with families in various communities is required

Good working knowledge of Google Workspace, including gmail, calendar and docs

Can pass a criminal records check

Have the ability to work from a home office and in the community

Preference will be given to individuals who:

Demonstrates understanding and in-depth knowledge of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples and history, cultural practices and traditions of the Nlaka’pamux, Secwépemc, and St’át’imc peoples.

Have roots in the local community.

FamilySmart provides excellent support, supervision and training and will help you learn and develop the skills that we have discovered to help families and service providers work well together.

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. FamilySmart is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Personnel are chosen on the basis of ability without regard to age, ancestry, colour, family status, marital status, physical or mental disability, place of origin, political belief, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and criminal conviction unrelated to employment.

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📌 Family Peer Support Worker - Gold Trail ICY Team (British Columbia)
🏢 FamilySmart
📍 British Columbia