Program Facilitator

Family Centre Society of Southern Alberta

Program Facilitator

Family Centre invites applications for a permanent full time position (35 hours/week) to fill the role of Program Facilitator at The Interfaith Chinook Country Kitchen.

Family Centre is a community-based, not-for-profit organization that provides families in Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta with caring and professional family support. Family Centre offers a comprehensive range of prevention and early intervention services for children, youth, adults, parents and other family members. Family Centre hosts Hub services to the Family Resource Network (FRN) in Lethbridge.

This position will be located at The Interfaith Chinook Country Kitchen at Interfaith Food Bank and will assist the Kitchen Coordinator by providing care and supervision of young children while parents cook; facilitate cooking programs for children and youth; and assisting in all aspects of the community kitchen including maintaining a clean and welcoming space. Programs offered at the kitchen address the cycle of poverty by working with participants to provide hands on cooking classes to improve food skills, food literacy and confidence in a kitchen.

Qualifications/Requirements:

· A Diploma in a Human Services related field (Early Childhood, Child and Youth Care, Social Work, Psychology) or an equivalent combination of education and experience

· Experience working with children, youth and parents an asset

· Ability to network and build working relationships with other colleagues, program participants, and community agencies

· Computer skills and literacy

· Ability to build respectful, compassionate, and non-judgmental relationships with colleagues, program participants, and community partners, while upholding professional boundaries, confidentiality, and ethical conduct aligned with Family Centre’s RESIL’ience! core values.

· Current First Aid Certificate (with minimum 6 months remaining)

· Current Alberta Children’s Services Intervention Record Check and Police Record Check incl. vulnerable sector (within 6 months)

The salary for this position is $40,000/year or $21.98/hour. Family Centre provides employees with an attractive benefits package.

Pay: $40,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person