DABC is seeking an Administrative Assistant!

DABC is seeking a permanent, part-time Administrative Assistant to join our Advocacy Access Team at our reception. Our volunteer receptionist staff are often the first face or voice that a client interacts with when connecting with DABC. The successful candidate will exhibit an empathetic and professional attitude and will respond to inquiries about our services as well as offer referrals to other community-based resources. DABC provides a variety of services that assist clients with applying for provincial and federal disability benefits, registered disability savings plan, tax filings and tax credits, legal aid, and accessible housing. The successful candidate will be working with, and partly supervising the volunteer reception staff in-person at the front desk of DABC’s office in downtown Vancouver. All of our reception volunteers are people living with disabilities.
Under the supervision of the Advocacy Access and Access RDSP Program Managers, the Receptionist will carry out the following responsibilities and tasks:
  • Respond to client inquiries over the phone, email and in-person
  • Screen clients for eligibility of our services and conduct intake of client contact information for our waitlists
  • Work in collaboration with program staff to maintain a regularly updated collection of community resources and contacts
  • Keep detailed and accurate records of visitor requests and of calls/emails received
  • Assist the Advocacy Access team by communicating with clients on follow up questions and issues as they arise.
  • Assist the Advocacy Access team by supporting program evaluation activities
  • Maintain an organized desk reception space and filing system
Find more information about the job posting and how to apply: here.

Notice To All Tax Clients!

The CRA E-file service will be conducting its annual shutdown and maintenance period. 

Starting on:  Friday, January 28, 2022 – Monday February 21st 2022

At this time the DABC TaxAID program will be able to assist clients on a limited capacity with tax filings for previous years (paper filings) as well as tax consultations. The current standard processing time for the CRA to process a paper filing is 8-12 weeks.

Please note that during this time we will only be able to assist clients that have the slips needed to complete their filing as our Autofill service will be down during this period as well.

We appreciate our client’s patience and understanding during this time and look forward to assisting you with your upcoming 2021 tax filings!

Download the Fall/Winter 2021 Edition of Transition Magazine!

Transition magazine cover. An image of a group of people standing, one is in the forefront holding a sign  that says 'Why does disability have to mean poverty." Additional text:  "Transition: The magazine of Disability Alliance BC. Ending Legislated Poverty' Top of page text: We Need a National Disability Benefit. Advocating for more humane benefits in BC.  Disability Without Poverty Movement."

Download the Fall/Winter 2021 edition of Transition magazine here: https://disabilityalliancebc.therightfitbc.org/transitionfallwinter21web/!

The focus of this edition is Ending Legislated Poverty.

Our Transition team is always glad to receive feedback and to consider articles or creative work from our community partners and from people living with a disability. If you’d like to send along your ideas, we’d love to hear from you at transition@disabilityalliancebc.therightfitbc.org.