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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">At S.U.C.C.E.S.S., you will be able to grow and develop alongside a diverse team of professionals and enjoy great benefits and perks. Experience what it is like to join a purpose-driven organization and make meaningful contributions to our community. Explore our amazing new opportunities.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Division: </span>Integrated Services for Newcomers </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Program: </span>Employment &amp; Entrepreneurship Services - WorkBC Employment Services</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Employment Type: </span>Permanent Full-Time (35 hours/week)</span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Number of Positions:</span> 1<br><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Compensation:</span> $29.39 – $31.00 per hour </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">About the Position:</span></p>\n<p>The Employment Counsellor works with a diverse range of individuals (including inclusion group’s members) to assist them in securing and maintaining employment or community attachment. </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Reports to:</span> Manager</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Key Duties and Responsibilities:</span><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Performs active client recruitment  </li>\n<li>Conducts formal needs assessments through structured interview processes to identify and prioritize issues that are preventing clients from achieving employment </li>\n<li>Develops personalized plans that addresses clients’ needs and making use of services available within WorkBC </li>\n<li>Makes referrals to community resources as needed </li>\n<li>Monitors client progress by reviewing activities and learning outcomes on a communication medium </li>\n<li>Reviews, revises and updates action plans to enhance self-sufficiency and sustainable labour market attachment </li>\n<li>Ensures clients achieve employment (or community attachment) in a timely manner </li>\n<li>Determines client needs and eligibility and administering financial supports where appropriate </li>\n<li>Completes documentation and preparing financial reports as required </li>\n<li>Ensures client activities fall within the scope of the budget parameters </li>\n<li>Ensures billing milestones and employment sustainment targets for the program are met on an individual basis each month </li>\n<li>Captures client data to evidence qualitative and quantitative outcomes </li>\n<li>Writes client progress notes, follow-up reports and success stories </li>\n<li>Works at different WorkBC Centres during term of employment  </li>\n<li>Other related duties as assigned by the manager  </li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Education, Training and Experience:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor’s Degree in Social Services and/or Education; or a combination of training and professional experience in supporting individuals with disabilities and complex barriers </li>\n<li>CCDP an asset </li>\n<li>Motivational Interviewing training or similar training will be considered as an asset </li>\n<li>Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training an asset </li>\n<li>Mental Health First Aid training an asset </li>\n<li>Trauma-Informed Practice training an asset </li>\n<li>Experience in career development </li>\n<li>Experience in employment counselling and work placement </li>\n<li>Experience in WorkBC programs an asset </li>\n<li>Experience conducting need assessments and developing action plans </li>\n<li>Experience in managing client data and documenting the counselling process </li>\n<li>Knowledge of career counselling, cross-cultural counselling and job development </li>\n<li>Knowledge of the local labour market </li>\n</ul>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Job Skills and Abilities:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent written and oral communication skills </li>\n<li>Excellent interpersonal skills </li>\n<li>Excellent outreach skills </li>\n<li>Ability to quickly adapt to new working environment and site manager </li>\n<li>Ability to establish and maintain counselling relationship with clients </li>\n<li>Ability to communicate effectively with service providers and stakeholders </li>\n<li>Ability to work independently and as a part of a team </li>\n<li>Excellent time management and organizational skills </li>\n<li>Excellent technical skills in MS Office and web-based research tools </li>\n<li>Excellent attention to detail and commitment to excellence in service delivery </li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Additional Information:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Criminal Record Check required </li>\n<li>Working in evenings and weekends as required </li>\n<li>Working at multiple locations within the Greater Vancouver Area required </li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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