Part time (21 hours/week)

About Us
Archway Society for Domestic Peace supports survivors of domestic and sexual violence across the North Okanagan. We provide safe shelter, counselling, child and youth advocacy, outreach, and collaborative community projects. Together, these give survivors wrap-around support when they need it most. Every day, our team helps women, children, and families rebuild their lives with dignity, safety, and respect. We grow and adapt alongside the community we serve, because the needs of survivors change and so do we. Why Archway At Archway, your work creates real change for women, children, and families in your own community. Our team brings together people with a wide range of skills, backgrounds, and experience, all working toward the same purpose. Our culture is built on collaboration, connection, trust, and respect. We know each other, we support each other, and we show up for each other. At Archway the impact we have is always greater when we work together. We’re not just here to take a journey, we’re here to share one with each other. We Take Care of the People Who Take Care of Others This work is meaningful, and it can be heavy. We know that supporting survivors means hearing difficult stories and walking alongside people through some of the hardest moments of their lives. That’s why caring for our staff is built into how we work. Our team has access to an Employee and Family Assistance Program, formalized practice support, and clinical supervision so no one carries this work alone. Job Summary: The Outreach Worker provides mobile response and supportive brief counselling (individually or in a group) to women and their dependent children who have experienced violence, abuse and threats. Initiates safety planning, problem solving and referrals. Provides transportation, advocacy and accompaniment to related services such as income assistance, lawyers, housing agencies, MCFD, health services and RCMP. Works to assess each referral and apply the appropriate response within all relevant policies and procedures. Assists members of the general public to access and use Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) resources and other Legal Aid BC services to resolve legal questions. Works to raise awareness of and promote Legal Aid BC services in the community. Supervises volunteers and triages referrals to the most appropriate worker.



Serves neighbouring rural areas such as Armstrong, Coldstream, Enderby, Falkland, Lumby, Splats’in and Okanagan Indian Bands.

Qualifications:
Education, Training and Experience
· Diploma in a related human/social service field.
· Specific training providing services to women who have experienced violence.
· Specific training and/or experience related to crisis response.
· Two years recent related experience, including experience supervising volunteers.
· An equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and experience will be considered. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
· Good knowledge of feminist practice.
· Woman-centred analysis of violence against women.
· Excellent crisis intervention skills.
· Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
· Good knowledge of the mental health system, tenants’ rights, workers’ rights, substance use issues, MCFD policies, the justice system and community‑based program services and related provincial and community support systems; must have an appropriately insured vehicle in good operating condition at work and a valid Class 5 driver’s license.
· Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills with complex cases and good professional judgement.
· Proficient in basic computer applications, including Microsoft Office and other software applications.

Key Responsibilities
and Duties
· Provides trauma‑informed response and direct service to victims of violence including assessment of needs, navigation of the family law, health, child welfare, and other systems.
· Uses professional judgement to assess immediate needs in order to provide emotional and practical support to clients. Provides referrals to appropriate resources.
· Works closely with internal stakeholders and referring agencies to coordinate services.
· Provides individual and group support to women and their children who have experienced violence,



abuse or threats or are at risk of same including current or past residents of the Vernon Women’s Transition House.
· Provides advocacy and accompaniment through the legal, social services, income assistance, housing and medical systems.
· Provides support, advocacy, accompaniment and transportation to appointments (RCMP, MCFD, court, hospital, etc.)
· Provides crisis debriefing and emotional support to clients impacted by intimate partner violence
· Provides emergency response support where needed, appropriate and possible.
· Keeps up-to-date with community resources, relevant legislation (such as criminal law, family law, tenant’s rights, welfare policies and regulations), poverty issues, and mental health and substance use issues.
· Completes Risk Assessments and supports clients to engage in personalized safety planning, maintaining heightened awareness of high-risk situations resulting from the location of the work performed
- Performs other duties as directed. Additional Information:
- A Criminal Records Check for working with vulnerable people is required.
- Membership with the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union is required.
- A valid Driver’s license and availability of personal vehicle for work purposes is required.
- Archway Society has an Accredited Facility Dog working in our Community Programs, the canine may be present in meetings attended by the person in this position. *To Apply:* Please submit resume with cover letter outlining your work experience and how you work within a feminist perspective. Archway Society for Domestic Peace is grateful to live and work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan people. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities, and we encourage Indigenous people, people of colour, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, people with disabilities, and people with lived experience to apply. The survivors we serve are diverse, and our team is stronger when it reflects them. If you need accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please let us know. Pay: $32.00-$33.75 per hour

Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Education:
- DCS / DEC (required) Work

Location:
In person

📌 Community Outreach Worker (Vernon)
🏢 Archway Society for Domestic Peace
📍 Vernon