Indigenous Wellness Coordinator

4 weeks ago

Campbell River, Canada AVI Health & Community Services Full time

**JOB SUMMARY**:
The Indigenous Wellness Coordinator will provide culturally informed harm reduction related support and system navigation, linking people to a range of services including Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT), safe supply along with treatment, providing overdose response and training and improving access to cultural activities. The program will meet people where they are at and provide participant led services to build capacity and resilience. The program will work to meaningfully engage indigenous PWLE (people with lived experience) in both the ongoing development and evaluation of the project.

The role will work from an Indigenous worldview that recognizes and respects the values, beliefs and customs of individuals, families and communities as well as adhering to best practices current to the field. They will practice indigenized harm reduction in their relationships to build trust and provide peer support. The Indigenous Wellness Worker will be integral to helping to establish and maintain a positive, respectful, environment program space and act as an ambassador within the community and the organization.

**KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Be a liaison and support person for First Nation, on and off reserve, Metis and Inuit people and offer support through active listening skills and non-judgmental attitude in a variety of settings including on-site program space, parks, encampments, shelters, supported housing and drop-in centres
- Develop and maintain relationships with the First Nations Health Authority and ensure services delivered are aligned with their opioid response and community wellness plans.
- Provide indigenized harm reduction strategies to a wide variety of locations to connect with indigenous people who are homeless/unstably housed and actively using substances
- Facilitation of increased access to cultural supports and activities including land based healing practices
- Provide comprehensive system navigation through a cultural lens to access and continue engagement in OAT (opioid agonist therapy) and Safe supply (pharmaceutical alternatives)
- Provide comprehensive system navigation to increase access to a range of indigenous substance use treatment and wellness services
- Assist in conversations and event planning for inclusion of Indigenous people, to promote peer involvement as an Indigenous person. I.e. For Indigenous, by Indigenous.
- Work with the local nations and other service providers to connect indigenous people to services that work for them
- Work with indigenous people who are returning to community from correctional or treatment facilities to ensure they are connected to appropriate services
- Visit people in hospital to provide support and liaise with hospital staff regarding meeting the needs of people who are using substances in an acute care setting to assist with navigating the realities of the systematic racism that persists with the health care settings
- Monitor and support people who are using substances. Assess for overdose symptoms and respond with rescue breathing and naloxone when necessary.
- Maintain the safety of all program spaces by following protocols related to violence prevention and critical incidents.
- Work to indigenize harm reduction services that fit the cultural, holistic and sensitivity around substance use.
- Identify issues within the AVI programs and bring them up with management and necessary parties for resolution and advocates for cultural awareness and competencies
- Attend regularly scheduled team meetings and individual supervision meetings.
- Keep records and participate in ‘team charting’ to assure comprehensive documentation.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Identify as Indigenous
- Relevant education and/or experience
- 3-5 years direct service delivery experience in the community social services sector with a demonstrated working knowledge of community-based programs and related provincial and community support services systems.
- Experience working within harm reduction settings
- Experience responding to critical incidents and overdose, including administration of naloxone. Support to obtain first aid certificate is available if necessary.
- Able to respectfully engage and support Indigenous relationships, with a trauma informed and decolonial lens
- Have a current knowledge of the local drug trends.
- Interest in learning and eager to share information with a non-judgmental attitude.
- Demonstrated understanding of the importance and role of people who use drugs in the
development, delivery, and evaluation of services intended to benefit them
- Working understanding of the importance of confidentiality and boundaries.

**SKILLS AND ABILITIES**:

- Commitment to honor Indigenous communities and ways of knowing, and approach learning about the ongoing impacts of colonial violence with humility.
- Demonstrate understanding and commitment to harm reduction principles and practices.
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