What are community social services?

What do community social services workers do?

• work in residences and day programs for people with developmental disabilities
• support families and youth in need
• provide quality child care
• support victims of violence
• assist those with substance abuse issues
• provide services for children with special needs
• counsel and support immigrant families
• provide services to aboriginal people
• offer a range of services for women
• support people dealing with physical and emotional abuse
• work with those who are facing job loss, life skill and decision-making problems
• support people with emotional and mental health challenges

...and more.

Here are some feature profiles of community social service workers from across the province. All these workers are also CSSBA union members.

Annika Lund - day program coordinator

Cameron Gerard - residence worker

Gale Engstrom - residence worker

Demian Young - social worker

Pamela Pye - life skills worker

Pam Schneider - moving forward project coordinator

Ted Francis - shelter worker

Dorothy Bartsoff - community support worker

Loanne Pickard - residential care aide

Karen Wickham - crisis line support worker

Share your own story about the community social services work you do! Contact us!

All told, there are about 15,000 unionized workers in the community social services sector in British Columbia.

To learn more about bargaining in the sector, please visit www.cssfairdeal.ca