Victoria Women's Transition House·Victoria, British Columbia
The Family Activity Worker plans, organizes, and facilitates recreational, social, and educational activities for shelter clients. They also provide skill-building support, ensure client safety, and maintain household records and statistics.
Job Posting #2509 Job Title: Family Activity Worker Permanent, Full Time
The Family Activity Worker plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates recreational, social and/or educational activities for shelter clients. Encourages and facilitates clients’ participation in activities.
Certificate in Child and Youth Care, Early Childhood Education or Recreation and six months of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Bona fide occupational requirement for self-identified women and non-binary candidates.
Integrated Activity Worker and Child and Youth Transition House Worker, grid 8 - JJEP Wage Grid
$26.49 per hour
Benefits: As specified in the Collective Agreement Start Date: To be determined Supervisor: Transition House Manager
This position is required to work in an environment often dealing with clients in crisis situations or interpersonal situations. Staff are often working on their own, on site. Requires union membership, satisfactory completion of a criminal records search, and Standard First Aid Certificate.
Date Posted: July 28, 2026 Deadline for Submitting Applications: August 12, 2026 at 5pm
Duties: and Responsibilities:
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Plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates recreational, social and/or educational activities to meet clients’ needs.
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Encourages and facilitates clients’ participation in activities; provides guidance and instructions.
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Provides skill-building to clients such as life skills and social skills, and models appropriate behaviour.
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Ensures the safety of clients.
Responds to emergencies in accordance with established policies.
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Provides age- appropriate activities for children residing in Transition House including suitable craft projects, outdoor games, and quiet inside activities for children in residence.
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Organize outings for small groups of children and their caregivers staying at Transition House.
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Provides limited childcare for parents attending appointments or taking care of commitments in-house e.g., Meal preparation, support group attendance, etc.
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Attend weekly staff meetings to provide information regarding the needs of the children in the house.
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Maintains related records and statistics and produces reports as required.
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Participates in the overall management of the household by reporting to the appropriate staff person and documenting all safety, supply, and equipment issues (and when necessary, personally assisting in maintaining order in the house).
• Certificate in Child and Youth Care, Early Childhood Education or Recreation and six months of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Excellent communication skills; experience in working within a team approach; flexibility, creativity, initiative.
This position is required to work in an environment with clients experiencing crisis or interpersonal situations. Support is often related to long-term impacts of physical, financial, verbal, sexual and emotional abuse from intimate partner violence.
Candidates must hold a certificate in Child and Youth Care, Early Childhood Education, or Recreation, along with six months of recent related experience. A Standard First Aid Certificate and a satisfactory criminal records search are also required.
Market context
Demand for family activity workers in British Columbia is often tied to community, child, and family support services, where employers look for candidates with direct experience and relevant credentials. This role is competitive because the posting requires a Child and Youth Care, Early Childhood Education, or Recreation certificate, recent related experience, Standard First Aid, and a satisfactory criminal records search. Before applying, confirm your certificate and first aid documents are current; this platform AI-summarizes requirements and benefits from the original job description, saving you research time.
