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Community Social Services

Community Social Services financially assists those individuals who meet the criteria for income assistance under the service’s policy guidelines.

We also advocate for families and children to preserve cultural and community relationships.

Employment Assessments and Training

This service helps community members gain employability skills to enter or enhance their career.

This may include:
• Employability and life skills related workshops in group settings or one on one
• Supported employment search
• Personalized goal setting and action plans
• Resume development, targeted resumes, developing cover letters, on line application support
• Employment Readiness Assessment
• Opportunity for short term Training Certificates
• Choices personal growth workshops

Please contact Community Social Services at 250-740-2300 for more information.

Family Preservation

This service works on behalf of children and families inside and outside of the Snuneymuxw territory to preserve cultural heritage and community relationships by attending and providing connections with family and extended family.

Please contact Community Social Services at 250-740-2300 for more information.

Family Advocacy

This service provides family legal services that may include:

• locating Snuneymuxw community support for families in need.
• accessing legal aid.
• attending meetings with Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) social workers.
• attending family court and court case conferences.

Please contact Community Social Services at 250-740-2300 for more information.

Social Assistance

This service helps to financially assist those individuals who meet the criteria for income assistance under the social development policy guidelines.

Annual file reviews take place that includes updating of all files:
• BC Hydro bills,
• bank statements,
• new applications,
• consents,
• taxes,
• phone bills,
• gas bills and
• housing rental agreements and/or tenancy agreements.

Please contact Community Social Services at 250-740-2300 for more information.

Roots Program

The Roots program assists with those children in Ministry of Children and Family Development care to reconnect with their Aboriginal Community, family and extended families. This will help the formation of cultural identity as it relates to ensuring that Aboriginal children are conscious of their histories, their families, and their roles amongst their people.

A Cultural Safety Agreement is developed collaboratively between the child’s prospective adoptive parents, Aboriginal community, family, extended family, and significant others.

This may include:
• Adoptive parents take the child to visit their aboriginal community within the first two years of the adoption. Or photos of the child will be sent to the child’s mother four times per year; Beginning of school, Christmas, birthday and summer.
• The child needs to integrate with their cultural heritage into their family home and way of life.
• The child needs to be involved with family and aboriginal community.
• The child needs to maintain a relationship with birth parents, siblings or extended family.

Please contact Community Social Services at 250-740-2300 for more information.

Kwumut Lelum

Snuneymuxw First Nation works very closely with Kwùmut Lelum Child and Family Services. It is an aboriginal based agency located in the Snuneymuxw territory that provides caregiving services and community programs and services to nine First Nations on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

For more information: https://www.kwumut.org/