DELTASSIST FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY (DFCS)

External Job Posting

Date: October 19-2026

Position: Temporary 6 months contract; Maternity Leave Coverage, 1.0 FTE - Healthy Families/ Intimate Partner Violence Programs

Location: North and South Delta offices; Outreach in the Delta community

Grid Level: 16P, Step 1

Wage/Salary: $47.26

Schedule/Hours Per Week: 35 hours per week. Monday to Friday.

Closing Date for Application: Oct-26-2026

Position Start Date: ASAP

Position End Date: Available until May 7, 2027 OR upon return of the incumbent

Job Description:

Deltassist is a mission-driven, community-based, non-profit society, and the incumbent in this position must be able to commit to the Mission and Values of the Society, and work within a child-family centered, strength-based, service model.

The Healthy Families Program (HFP) will have cases consisting of parents/caregivers and their families. In collaboration with MCFD and in conjunction with the client, the HFP counsellor conducts a comprehensive strengths and needs-based assessment, develops and implements an individualized intervention plan with specified goals that; address, are sensitive to, and respect, the client’s individual circumstances. Service delivery may occur as outreach (in clients’ homes and/or other community settings) or in office-based locations and includes, but is not limited to, traditional (individual, group and family) counselling modalities, education and skills training, as well as a provision of direct assistance and support clients in accomplishing daily tasks and advocacy on client’s behalf.

The Intimate Partner Violence Intervention programs’ objective is to engage perpetrators with therapeutic intervention strategies to facilitate changes in perpetrators’ behaviors, reduce the risk of child maltreatment, and improve safety for the families. This service is provided on an outreach basis, in person. One-to-one intervention with the perpetrators of violence for risk assessment, building rapport and encouraging engagement through motivational interviewing, updating risk assessment, and reviewing a relapse prevention plan.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Provides intensive, family-centered counselling and support with the objective of assuring the safety of children within a parent or caregiver’s home or in other safe living environments (i.e., extended family, foster family, etc.), by enhancing parental effectiveness and facilitating the empowerment of the family as the primary child-rearing agent.




- Identifies and assesses existing individual and familial strengths and any issues of safety that would preclude a child from being maintained in their biological parent or caregiver’s home.
- In association with the family, develops and implements individualized intervention plans based on a comprehensive assessment that identifies the family’s strengths, needs, preferences, and needed supports and addresses the referral concerns of MCFD.
- In situations where safety issues cannot be resolved, the counsellor facilitates healthy, positive, and consistent relationships with biological parents or caregivers to the extent that this is possible.
- Provides services within an ethno-cultural framework, so that the family’s culture and spirituality are integrated into the service plan perspective. This may include the involvement of significant others such as elders, members of faith groups, or other persons identified by the family that play a significant cultural or spiritual role in their lives.
- Works cooperatively and collaboratively with the family and the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) to develop a family treatment plan that includes mutually agreed upon goals and objectives for the family’s treatment. These goals and objectives will be directly related to the circumstances that led to an “at risk” status for the child (ren) and will:
- Completes all documentation in time frame and format required by Deltassist
- Participates in the evaluation of services provided, planning activities and other continuous quality improvement processes
- Performs other duties as, from time to time, may be directed.

Case Management:

- Collaborate with referring parties and service providers to develop and implement care plans as appropriate
- Maintain and implement communication and response protocols with other suicide intervention services

Qualifications:

Education:

Master's degree (Mandatory) in Psychology and/or Counselling and/or Social Work

Work Experience:

- Experience in assessing for risk of suicide
- Experience in counselling with individuals, couples, children, and families,



both in office and on an outreach basis.
- Experience using various therapeutic modalities including attachment-based, cognitive behavioral, and systemic and structural therapeutic frameworks to address diverse presenting issues
- Experience in the areas of substance misuse, relationship violence, suicide risk assessment and intervention, crisis intervention with individuals and families
- Experience working in environments employing Integrated Case Management and Strength-Based approaches
- Experience working with both voluntary and involuntary/mandated clients
- Experience in demonstrated assessment skills, service plan development and implementation skills
- Minimum 2 years working with youth in a related capacity

Additional Experience and Skills:

- Ability to work independently, and as part of a multidisciplinary team, within an organization that requires flexibility, initiative, creativity and individual accountability.
- Familiarity with the BC Risk Assessment Model, the Integrated Case Management Model, Trauma and Resiliency Informed Practice and strength-based assessment intervention approaches.
- Ability to manage stress effectively and have a self-care plan in place
- Competent with Microsoft Office applications
- Confidence, assertiveness and a good sense of humour

Additional:

· Must have current certification in First Aid/CPR

· Ability to speak Punjabi is mandatory, as well as excellent spoken and written English

· Use of a reliable, personal vehicle and valid driver's license

Farhana Akbar, Manager of Counselling Services – Administration

[email protected]

Application Deadline: October 26, 2026, 4:30pm

Each applicant is responsible for ensuring that the Society receives his/her application by 4:30p.m. PST on the closing date. Any application received past this time will be considered late. Candidacy of late applications will be considered external candidates.

“This position is open to all qualified individuals, and this position requires Union membership "This position is covered under a collective agreement. DFCS is an equal chance employer. Successful applicants are subject to a criminal record check. DFCS thank all applicants for their interest. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: From $47.26 per hour

Expected hours: 35.0 per week

Education:

- Master's Degree (required)

Language:

- Punjabi (required)

Work Location: In person

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