Alderbridge - Indigenous Cultural Liaison Support Worker (Tues-Sat Days)

Position Summary

The Indigenous Cultural Liaison Support Worker (ICL) provides the Indigenous lens and consults with Indigenous clients to provide/connect them with a range of Indigenous specific supports in the community, while advocating for access and rights as needed. These can include but are not limited to liaising with and/or supporting cultural activities/programming; Indigenous-led and informed case planning for Indigenous clients; connecting clients with outside organizational supports/connecting to agencies that assist; and accompanying clients in navigating the health and/or court systems. In addition to these Indigenous specific supports, the ICL provides daily supports to all program participants, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, including medication administration, building security, crisis intervention, building maintenance, and front-line overdose response.

Using a culturally informed model that is rooted in harm reduction, the ICL walks alongside clients in their self‑identified and self‑determined goals for culture, connection/reconnection, and community integration; while navigating colonial systems of oppression, advocating for access, rights, and Cultural Safety as needed.

Job Competition # job2026.367

Closing Date: Midnight, October 15, 2026

Job: Indigenous Cultural Liaison Support Worker, Alderbridge, Temporary until March 6, 2027, or return of incumbent, Full‑Time, 1.0 FTE

Hourly Range: $33.49 - $35.31 (BCGEU, Grid 34)

Hours: 75 bi‑weekly

Schedule: Tuesday – Saturday: 7:00AM – 3:00PM. At present, includes a 30‑minute unpaid meal break.

Work Site: Richmond, BC

Start Date: As soon as possible

A clear British Columbia Vulnerable Sector Criminal Record Check for working with vulnerable adults and/or children is a condition of employment with RainCity Housing. Applicants must be willing and able to receive a clearance under the Criminal Record Review Act.

Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Native American) ancestry/identity is a bona fide occupational requirement for this position.

Program Summary

Opened in April 2019, Richmond Modular housing provides 40 units of single room occupancy (SRO) housing to low‑income individuals 19 years of age or older who live in the community, have a history of homelessness and who need additional support services to maintain housing. This supported housing program will be staffed by a combination of support workers, including an Indigenous Cultural Liaison Support Worker and a Peer Services Support Worker.

Each unit will contain a private bathroom with toilet, shower, and sink, as well as a kitchenette. The building will have 24/7 staffing, with a minimum of two staff working on site to maintain the building, deliver programs, support tenants and ensure a safe environment within the building. The program supports also include an onsite kitchen facility and a cook to prepare at least one hot meal per day. The building will also have custodial, home support and facilities management staff.

QUALIFICATIONS

Our mission is to advance social equity by building upon the strengths of our community and of each individual. We are looking for employees who will be dedicated to helping fulfill our mission. Many forms of education and experience are valued, including volunteering, and lived experience of mental health/substance use/homelessness; Minimum education and experience include:

• A Diploma in community social services or other relevant training.

• Two (2) years of related experience with emphasis on mental health, addictions, homelessness and/or social services.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Current Standard First Aid and CPR certification.
• Food‑safe certification for sites that have food‑handling requirements.

List Of Duties

Cultural Liaison Duties

• Researches and connects individual and group supports for indigenous tenants regarding indigenous ways of understanding holism and recovery, indigenous services and resources, and indigenous culture. Actively plans, arranges, and seeks out these relationships while on shift in coordination the program team and manager.
• Walks beside indigenous tenants as they connect with community and cultural events and build supports with the tenant such as Elders. Connects with supports available through the Cultural Safety Working Group and Indigenous Cultural Liaison Manager and ICL Community Building Groups at RainCity.
• Collaborates with additional ICL supports in the site around planning and running the programming.
• Assists with creating an effective and supportive connection between the Indigenous/non‑Indigenous service providers and community suppor