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Anti Violence Coordinator (VAW Program)

Employer: Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre
Job term: Part-time
Job region: Greater Toronto Area

Riverdale Immigrant Women’s Centre VAW Program requires an Anti-Violence Coordinator.

Riverdale Immigrant Women’s Centre (RIWC) is a charitable organization with a mandate to serve South Asian and Chinese speaking immigrant 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.

RIWC is seeking a part-time, South Asian Violence Against Women (VAW) Anti Violence Coordinator who will be responsible for the coordination of the VAW program and providing various counselling and support services to our wife assault clients. This is a part time position and RIWC encourages applications from diverse cultural backgrounds, visible minorities and people with disabilities and women.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide individual and group counselling
  • Advocacy and referral services for our clients
  • Provide community education
  • Network with major stakeholders and related agencies within the community
  • Participate in program development
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

  • Master in Social Sciences, MSW or BSW degree and 2 years 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
  • Computer literate (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Windows applications)
  • Understanding and knowledge of barriers to access encountered by immigrant women within a feminist and anti-oppression analysis model as well as relevant policy
  • Excellent administrative, organizational and analytic skills
  • Strong verbal and research skills
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Oral and written fluency in English and a South Asian language is required

This is a part-time position

Thank you to all applicants for their interest in the position. However, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Application deadline: July 6, 2007

For more information contact:

Hiring Committee
Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre
Fax: 416-465-3224
Email: vivianli@bellnet.ca