CPO R - Community Integration Specialist

Job Summary

As a Community Integration Specialist, you will be working from the Culturally Supportive Housing sites and the office of the Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society (ACEH), delivering 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.

• Support the Indigenous Street Family and individuals in Culturally Supportive Housing and those housed independently in the private rental market.
• Provide services across ACEH's four Culturally Supportive Housing sites:
  Kwum Kwum Lelum (House of Courage), SpeqƏȠéutxʷ (SPAKEN), XEXE PAHLATSIS LELUM (Sacred Cradle House), and the Youth House.
• Deliver services and support for the four programs based out of the Douglas Street office:
  Outreach, CAIS, Land-Based Healing and YEK’AUTW (Justice).

• Secondary school graduation and 3 years related experience; or Evergreen Certificate and 4 years related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 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 or supporting Indigenous people.

• First Nations, Métis, or Inuit ancestry, with preference for members of the Esquimalt, Songhees, and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations.
• Experience working in a community-based role (e.g., outreach worker, shelter worker, health care worker, social worker, etc.).
• 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.
• Experience of Urban Indigenous Resources.

For questions regarding this position, please contact

The ACEH is a non-profit and registered charitable organization whose sole focus is to support Indigenous peoples experiencing homelessness. The work of the ACEH is centered on the voices of Indigenous peoples who have shared their immediate needs, lived experiences, and perspectives on solutions. Through building partnerships locally and island-wide, the ACEH works to identify and address systemic and structural barriers, share information, resources, and lessons learned, while also providing cultural supports, connections, and housing stability.

The role of the ACEH is critical because there is not another Indigenous‑led organization on Vancouver Island that has ending Indigenous homelessness as its sole focus. The ACEH has a vision to lead long-term systemic change to better meet the needs of our people living away from home and experiencing homelessness.

• Full‑time in‑office work in Victoria, BC. Physical work in Victoria only.
• Hybrid work options available.
• Enhanced Security Screening required.
• Employees of the BC Public Service must be located in BC at the time of employment.