Family Visitation Worker- Casual/On-Call

Job Category : Frontline Operations

Requisition Number : FAMIL

- Posted : September 21, 2026
- Part time
- On-site

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Description

Requisition Number: FAMIL
Type: Internal & External – Casual (1X headcounts )
Hours of Work: Casual shifts ; 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.
Compensation: $29.17 per/hour-(Wage Grid #12)
Program & Location: Esemkwu - Vancouver (Trout Lake Park area)
Union: BC Government Employee’s Union (BCGEU) - This position requires union membership
Deadline: By noon Sep 28, 2026

About Us:

Atira Women’s Resource Society (Atira) is a non-profit organization known for inclusionary hiring practices, values-driven work, and innovative approaches to supporting communities it serves. Rooted in feminist, anti-violence principles, Atira provides housing, programs, and supports for people of all genders, with a continued focus on addressing gendered violence, misogyny, and systemic oppression. Atira believes a job is more than a paycheque – it’s an opportunity to contribute to meaningful systemic and social change.

About the job:

Be a part of an innovative visitation program located in a home near Trout Lake, designed to strengthen the relationship between Indigenous mothers and children aged 0-4, who have been separated. Reporting to the Manager, Therapeutic Visitation Program, the Family visitation workers will provide a healing space for women and children who have experienced the impacts of intergenerational and complex trauma, including struggles with substance use and or mental wellness, and support keeping moms and kids together through culturally connected strengths-based programming.



Activities include supporting the preparation of detailed Family visitation plans outlining teachings, methods and strategies to nurture and enhance the mother/child relationship, as well as front line work with women and their children.

Please note: This program serves individuals who identify and live full time as women, including those who have experienced gender based violence and misogyny.

To ensure a safe, accessible, trauma informed, and culturally responsive environment for residents, this position requires staff who identify and live full time as women. The presence of women staff is essential to meeting residents’ needs related to safety, dignity, privacy, and effective support.

Applicants must identify and live full time as women (including cisgender, transgender, Two Spirit, intersex women) or non-binary to be eligible for this position.

This requirement is consistent with established best practices under human rights laws for providing services to vulnerable groups and reflects our commitment to providing community based, gender responsive service delivery and supports the development of trust, safety, and meaningful engagement between (residents/tenants/ participants) and staff.

The program provides services to Indigenous women and children (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit). To ensure residents receive culturally safe,



trauma-informed, and community-rooted support, this role requires staff who have lived experience and a deep understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and ways of being.

This position is therefore subject to a bona fide hiring requirement.Candidates must self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

This requirement reflects established best practices in community support work, where participants benefit from seeing their cultures, languages, and lived experiences represented in the staff who support them. Representation strengthens trust, enhances communication, and contributes to culturally grounded, effective service delivery.

About You:

You are aligned with Atira’s mission, vision, values, and philosophy and bring a strong commitment to anti-oppression and intersectional practice. You understand the impacts of colonialism, especially in Canada, including the legacy of the residential school system, and you approach your work with cultural humility and respect.

You are comfortable working in a harm reduction environment and supporting people who may be experiencing substance use and/or mental wellness challenges. You support those who choose abstinence while recognizing abstinence is just one option among many. You are inclusive and affirming of people of all genders, including transgender, Two-Spirit, intersex, transfeminine and non-binary individuals, and understand the realities of gendered violence, misogyny, systemic barriers and how these harms disproportionately impact women. You are sex worker positive – you understand sex work, including survival sex work, as part of a broader soci

📌 Family Visitation Worker- Casual/On-Call (Vancouver)
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