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Family Preservation Worker (until May 31, 2026)- open until filled
Reporting to Family Preservation Team Lead, the Family Preservation Worker will provide home support services to at-risk families, adolescents, and children. The focus of this service has been on strengthening the family through planned intervention strategies, with emphasis placed on ensuring children’s safety and enhance overall family capabilities and assisting band members addressing various social, mental, and emotional struggles, including but not limited to, addictions, children and family matters, and family violence. The position is required to participate in rotating on-call service. Caseload must be referred by Penticton Indian Band Social Development Manager. This position is funded through the wellbeing initiative dollars.