Job Description

Job title

: Faith Community Reintegration Project (FCRP) Coordinator

Candidates must

currently reside

in proximity of the posted location (Winnipeg).

Candidates must have a faith understanding and experience and shares the understanding that spirituality is an integral part of reintegration. Faith based formation is an option but an attribute.

Main : Coming alongside and assistant parolees in their journey of social integration by connecting them to their faith community.

All eligible candidates can email

their cover letter and resume to Kayla.boucher@bridgesofcanada.com.

Main duties of the position:

The FCRP employee must offer an essential link between the re-integrating offender and their community of faith/spiritual practice and community at large. The FCRP employee must complete the following tasks, as a minimum:

a) Supporting the reintegration goals/correctional plan of the offender from their applied moral, religious/value-based/spiritual perspective;

b) Engaging faith communities to support the religious/spiritual development path that the offender participated in while incarcerated or has interest in post-release;

c) Supporting positive, pro-social relationships in faith communities and other faith-based organizations as appropriate;

d) Supporting the offender in their accountability (parole officer, following conditions and any other aspects of their re-integration plan), and;

e) Incorporating and facilitating restorative practices into the offenders' relationships, building on restorative justice principles including in relationships with persons/institutions having authority.

The FCRP must liaise with local parole offices, local justice organizations, local institutional chaplains and other local community stakeholders to identify the needs and trends of the reintegrating offender population and facilitate responsive services (including volunteers) that are uniquely faith/spirituality based and complementary with existing services. The FCRP must complete the following tasks, as a minimum:

a) Educate and liaise with community justice organizations about the FCRP services available to support offender religious and spiritual practice during the reintegration process;

b) Conduct offender religious/spiritual needs assessments on an ongoing basis and develop a religious/spiritual care plan that supports the religious and/or spiritual practice of the offender and connects them with the faith community of their choice. The plan draws upon and complements the teachings to strengthen the "good lives" approach of correctional programming within the community;

c) Coordinate with faith leaders to offer and support religious/spiritual transition rites and rituals that are unique to the needs of offenders returning to the community, and;

d)

Recruit, train, and oversee faith community volunteers.

The FCRP employee must support the offender's successful safe reintegration and participation in law-abiding society. The FCRP employee must complete the following tasks, as a minimum:

a) Educate the public about the strengths and challenges offenders bring when returning to the community;

b)

Accompany

offenders in their reintegration into faith communities and model confidence in offenders within the community;

c) Coach faith communities and others to safely engage with offenders, and;

d) Facilitate restorative practices where appropriate (e.g. where the faith community has been affected by the offender's actions) by fostering restoration, belonging and mutual care.

e) When accompanying offenders, the FCRP employees and/or volunteers may provide transportation to offenders, if no other forms of public transportation is available.

The FCRP employee must initiate,

accompany

and support safe integration into an offender's community of interest/preference as they:
a)

Coach/nurture offender social skills through applied spirituality/religious practices;

b) Foster healthy relationships with self, faith tradition and community at large;

c)

Introduce offenders

to like-minded, natural communities of potential social support;

d)

Facilitate faith communities to donate/offer material resources to offenders for practical living, leisure (lessons, membership sponsorships, etc.);

e)

Facilitate faith community networking for occupational opportunities for offenders;

f)

Coach the offender to manage attitudes of self as a spiritual person of value;

g)

Introduce and accompany offender in pro-social religious, spiritual, or faith-based

recreational and social activities,

and;

h) Foster the religious and spiritual growth of offenders within their faith community as it relates to their unique experience of re-integration including coping, psychological, emotional and physical self-care as well as other needs that are responsive to the offender.

i)

When accompanying offenders to pro-social religious, spiritual, or faith based

recreational and social activities, the FCRP employee/volunteers may provide

transportation to offenders, if no other forms of public transportation is available.

Deliverables:

The FCRP employee is required to use our web-based time clock, "PAYCOM" to log in and out when they are working. Appropriate breaks must be taken in accordance with Canadian labour laws. If an FCRP employee forgets to log their time worked in Paycom, they must report it to their supervisor within 24 hours of the shift time so that the hours can be properly recorded in the system. FCRP employees are expected to log their time worked accurately and timely in the

PAYCOM website.

The FCRP employee must submit monthly reports on quantitative indicators and Quarterly

Reports to the Ontario Regional Director using the provided measurement tools. Monthly and

Quarterly Reports must be submitted by the 5th day of the month for services rendered in the month previous.

Format of Deliverables

When reports are produced, the FCRP employee must submit one (1) electronic copy of all monthly indicator reports and Quarterly Reports. The monthly indicator report must be in Excel format and the narrative report must be in Word format.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $27.33 per hour

Work Location: In person