Friday, October 5, 2012

WorkSafeBC Family and Critical Response Specialist


NOW HIRING FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION:
Family and Critical Response Specialist

At WorkSafeBC, we’re an award-winning employer working to make a difference in the lives of British Columbians by promoting safe and healthy workplaces. If you're looking for a fulfilling and sustained career, join our team and be part of a dynamic organization. Our people are our number one asset, so we support our staff with generous benefits, contributions toward a secure future, and a healthy work-life balance.

The family and critical response specialist works within a dynamic and fast-paced environment that includes the delivery of five programs: the Critical Incident Response Program, the Family and Seriously Injured Worker Program, and the Officer and Family Peer Support Program. As a key member of the Investigations team, the family and critical response specialist works with diverse internal and external stakeholders to coordinate and deliver services to traumatized/distressed, grieving, and/or injured workers, employers, and family members from the onset of an accident.

The position provides expertise by initiating, researching, recommending, evaluating, and monitoring related programs and projects and providing guidance and developing partnerships with internal WorkSafeBC staff and external stakeholders.

As a qualified candidate, you are able to:
§  Initiate and administer the provision of support, guidance and information to families, external parties, staff and other stakeholders who have suffered a loss through a serious injury or fatality, or who have experienced a critical incident
§  Develop and promote family, occupational stress and critical incident response initiatives and create and deliver promotional and educational material to aid in the support of those who have experienced a critical workplace incident or loss of a family member
§  Develop and provide education for prevention strategies that will help reduce injury and disease in the workplace
§  Provide on call crisis prevention in order to triage and assess the needs of clients

You possess the following experience and educational background:
§  A university degree in a related discipline (social sciences, psychology, and/or within the health field)
§  A minimum of six years of experience that demonstrates a broad knowledge of health and safety issues as it relates to family dynamics, the grieving process, and critical or traumatic incidents
  
More information on this position and information on how to apply are available at www.worksafebc.com/careers.
                                                                                                                                                                                               

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