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Position
Resolution Health Support Worker
Employment Terms: Full/Part Time
Employment Length: 1 yr with renewal dependant on funding
Education: Completed at least some post-secondary
Job Description
To provide emotional support, information, referrals, and advocacy to assist former students of the Indian Residential School System and their immediate family members, support individuals and community. This position also requires presentation planning, creating awareness,cultural diversity and understanding and the effects of Inter generational Impacts. Must be able to facilitate groups such as anger management, healing circles, domestic violence, addictions
To provide emotional support, information, referrals, and advocacy to assist former students of the Indian Residential School System and their immediate family members, support individuals and community. This position also requires presentation planning, creating awareness,cultural diversity and understanding and the effects of Inter generational Impacts. Must be able to facilitate groups such as anger management, healing circles, domestic violence, addictions and others as needed. Be able to plan cultural related events and activities. MUST have knowledge of the Impacts of Indian Residential Schools, knowledge and awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Sixties Scoop. Please include references with resume
How to Apply: Drop off resume and references at 104 Burrows
Avenue West, Melfort or apply by email
Skills and Abilities
- Essential Skills
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
- Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Human Services Diploma
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Cultural Awareness Training
- Specific Skills
- Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories
- Implement life skills workshops
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
- Provide suicide and crisis intervention
- Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Work Setting
- Community or neighbourhood centre
- Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Driver's validity licence check
- Target Groups or Clients
- Families
- Aboriginal groups
- Culturally diverse groups
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