Settlement Support Worker (Casual)

Job title: Settlement Support Worker (Casual)

Company: Catholic Social Services

Job description: Settlement Support Worker (Casual)Red Deer, AB, Canada Req #524Wednesday, October 23, 2024Catholic Social Services is currently recruiting for a casual, Settlement Support Worker in Red Deer that are fluent in Swahili, Somali or Rohingya!Job Summary:As a Settlement Worker working in our Immigration and Settlement Services team, you will work closely within a team to support a smooth transition into Canada for our newcomers. In consultation and with guidance from the Settlement Counsellors, you will provide interpretation services to clients in their own language. You will interpret for them in orientation sessions and at various appointments. You will also teach life skills and provide hands-on learning with the aim of assisting newcomers to master the skills necessary to live successfully in Canada.What This Job Requires:

• In addition to English, you are required to be fluent in the Swahili, Somali or Rohingya languages
• Minimum Grade 12 education
• Minimum 6 months to 1 year experience working with newcomers and providing interpretation and translation services
• A vehicle and valid class 5 driver’s license – requirement to transport clients in your personal vehicle
• Clear and Current Drivers Abstract
• Proof of Vehicle Insurance showing $2 million liability coverage
• Proof of Vehicle Registration for insured vehicle
• Vulnerable Sector Check from local RCMP or City Police
• Child Intervention Record Check

What We Offer:

• The compensation for this position begins at $20.92 per hour and is based on qualifications and experience.
• Flexible benefit options when eligible.
• Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
• Growth Opportunities: apply and grow your skills within a dynamic, innovative and expanding Agency that is taking a leadership role in our industry.

About Catholic Social Services:CSS is an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 60 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1900 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta.“As a Catholic social services agency, we are guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect.”Our values are at the core of everything we do!

• Humility: We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
• Compassion: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
• Respect: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

We thank all applicants. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, and people of faith or no faith

Expected salary: $20.92 per hour

Location: Red Deer, AB

Job date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:09:33 GMT

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