Position: Legal Support Worker/Family Court Support Worker – Women’s Direct
Services
Organization: Luke’s Place
Type: Full-Time (35 hours/week)
Classification: Hybrid - 4 Days in the office minimum
Location: 707 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa; 150 Bond St, Oshawa; 250 Bayly St W, Ajax
About the organization
Luke’s Place is an award-winning centre of excellence in family law support for women who have been subjected to intimate partner violence. We provide legal support services and summary legal services to hundreds of women and their children across Ontario every year and share our expertise with thousands of service providers.
Luke’s Place conducts research to understand the impact of legal and related systems and processes on women’s lives. We engage in advocacy to share these findings and improve these systems and processes. Luke’s Place envisions a family law system that promotes healthy safe families, living free from abuse, and the threat of abuse.
We value our staff
Working at Luke’s Place means that you will enjoy a collaborative and dynamic work environment. We provide you with work that is engaging and impactful while promoting the health and wellness of our team. We also provide:
Position Overview
Luke’s Place is seeking a Full-Time Legal/Family Court Support Worker to deliver professional case management support services to clients, co-facilitate in-house and community workshops and information sessions, and to develop and conduct professional training activities. This position requires delivery of in-person services at our Oshawa office and Durham Region satellite offices.
You will succeed at Luke’s Place if you are:
Responsibilities Overview
Qualifications and Requirements
Our Guiding Principles
These are the core values that we operate under and the base expectations we all hold each other accountable to. They give some context to how we work independently as well as together.
Application
Luke's Place, in accordance with its gender responsive anti-oppressive framework, welcomes and encourages applications from women, especially within equity-seeking groups. We use the term women to include all self-identified women including two-spirited, non-binary, cisgender, or transgender women.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, so we strongly encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification outlined but read this posting with excitement.
Priority will be given to candidates with 3 or more years experience related to Violence Against Women.
At Luke’s Place we are committed to fostering a healthy and positive work environment. In accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Right Code, we encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs throughout all stages of the selection process. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform the representative from Luke’s Place of any accommodations you may require to ensure your equal participation.
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