We are a charitable, non profit organisation with a mandate to empower marginalized women and their families by providing culturally appropriate and linguistically specific settlement support and counselling services with the use of community determined strategies, developed and delivered by immigrant women.

Our organisation is seeking a full-time, Violence Against Women (VAW) Coordinator who will be responsible for developing and coordinating programming for young women and children who are victims of emotional, sexual and/or physical abuse. This is a full time position and we encourage applications from diverse cultural backgrounds, women of colour and women with disabilities to apply. Knowledge of a Chinese language a must.

Responsibilities:

Outreach, education and promotion of VAW services to young women and children vulnerable to violence and abuse.

Provide crisis, individual and group counselling to women and youth victimized by violence.

Identify community resources and provide referral and advocacy services for our clients.

Develop community engagement and preventative education/awareness strategies on the issue.

Coordinate life skills workshops.

Train and supervise social work placement students and volunteers.

Provide regular program reports and statistics to meet program requirements.

Conduct follow-up with the clients to ensure intervention is sustained.

Conduct research on community-based, anti-oppression service and program models.

Network with major stakeholders, develop partnerships with agencies within the community.

Participate in program development and evaluation.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Master in Social Sciences or MSW degree and 1 year of relevant experience in group, individual, crisis and anti-violence counselling.

Excellent assessment and intervention skills.

Knowledge of group dynamics and ability to facilitate group processes.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to maintain records and documentation and write reports.

Computer literate (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Windows applications).

Understanding and knowledge of barriers to access encountered by immigrant youth.

Work within a feminist and anti-oppression framework and be knowledgeable about relevant social policy issues.

Excellent administrative, organizational and analytic skills.

Strong verbal and research skills.

Ability to work in a team environment.

Knowledge of a Chinese language a must.

To apply, please send us your resume and cover letter by email. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview. Thank you for your interest.