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As a Community Integration Specialist, you will be working at the Port Alberni Friendship Centre, delivering outreach services and working in collaboration to build effective relationships within the Indigenous community. You will work with individuals who may have mental health and substance use challenges, and who may be at risk of losing their housing or experiencing homelessness. You will consider each individual’s unique needs and cultural wellness when making decisions and advocating and liaising on their behalf. Join us in our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and help create opportunities and reduce poverty.
Connect people in Port Alberni with supports to achieve better social outcomes!
This hiring process will be conducted in partnership with the Port Alberni Friendship Center. For more information about Aboriginal Friendship Centers in BC, we encourage you to visit BCAAFC – Working together for a brighter future.
Watch this video to hear from current Community Integration Specialists about the work they do.
The BC Public Service is an award-winning employer and offers employees competitive benefits, amazing learning opportunities and a chance to engage in rewarding work with exciting career development opportunities. For more information, please see What We Offer.
Connect people in Port Alberni with supports to achieve better social outcomes!
This hiring process will be conducted in partnership with the Port Alberni Friendship Center. For more information about Aboriginal Friendship Centers in BC, we encourage you to visit BCAAFC – Working together for a brighter future.
Watch this video to hear from current Community Integration Specialists about the work they do.
The BC Public Service is an award-winning employer and offers employees competitive benefits, amazing learning opportunities and a chance to engage in rewarding work with exciting career development opportunities. For more information, please see What We Offer.
Qualifications & Experience
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience
• Secondary school graduation and 3 years related experience*
• Evergreen Certificate and 4 years related experience*
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
*Related experience must include at least two of the following and can be gained in either a
community/volunteer or employment/customer service capacity:
• Providing services to Indigenous people who are living in poverty and may be experiencing homelessness
• Providing services to Indigenous people who are experiencing mental health and/or substance use
challenges
• Providing services to people with disabilities
• Experience delivering services to/supporting Indigenous people
Preference may be given to applicants who have one or more of the following:
• Due to the nature of this role and in accordance with Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code,
preference may be given to applicants who identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).
Revised Date: March 2025
• Experience working in community organizations, BC Friendship Centres, and/or with multiple service
providers
• Direct or indirect lived experience of addiction, poverty, homelessness, or mental health challenges.
• Experience using a trauma-informed approach to client service.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
• Manages several responsibilities at once
• Commitment toward understanding historical and continued impacts of colonization and systemic
racism
• Understands causes of homelessness
• Buildstrust-based relationships with individuals and community partners
• Communicates respectfully with compassion, tact and diplomacy
• Ability to make decisions about complex situations, often under pressure and with limited time
• Liaises with individuals, service partners and the public
• Requires the ability to engage with individuals in an empathetic and compassionate way
• Ability to apply de-escalation techniques to manage situations
Education and Experience
• Secondary school graduation and 3 years related experience*
• Evergreen Certificate and 4 years related experience*
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
*Related experience must include at least two of the following and can be gained in either a
community/volunteer or employment/customer service capacity:
• Providing services to Indigenous people who are living in poverty and may be experiencing homelessness
• Providing services to Indigenous people who are experiencing mental health and/or substance use
challenges
• Providing services to people with disabilities
• Experience delivering services to/supporting Indigenous people
Preference may be given to applicants who have one or more of the following:
• Due to the nature of this role and in accordance with Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code,
preference may be given to applicants who identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).
Revised Date: March 2025
• Experience working in community organizations, BC Friendship Centres, and/or with multiple service
providers
• Direct or indirect lived experience of addiction, poverty, homelessness, or mental health challenges.
• Experience using a trauma-informed approach to client service.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
• Manages several responsibilities at once
• Commitment toward understanding historical and continued impacts of colonization and systemic
racism
• Understands causes of homelessness
• Buildstrust-based relationships with individuals and community partners
• Communicates respectfully with compassion, tact and diplomacy
• Ability to make decisions about complex situations, often under pressure and with limited time
• Liaises with individuals, service partners and the public
• Requires the ability to engage with individuals in an empathetic and compassionate way
• Ability to apply de-escalation techniques to manage situations