Circle Keeper

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada Boyle Street Community Services Full time

**HOURS**: 37.5 Hours per week, Monday through Friday.

**REPORTS TO**:Program Manager

“Despite great challenges we believe unhealthy cycles can be broken, new opportunities created and, through healing, health restored.”

In this role, the Circle Keeper facilitates and fosters a safe and comfortable safe for Ubuntu Members. The Circle Keeper creates workshops, forums, and conferences through an indigenous lens by incorporating traditions such as the talking piece, smudge and prayer, and storytelling. The overarching goal is to provide children and families with support and bring about positive outcomes.

“We stand with our clients, side by side, patiently and for as long as they want - a constant and consistent caring force”

**Position Responsibilities**
- Foster an environment where children and families feel comfortable confronting and addressing harm and trauma; guide the group through practices that encourages participation and conversation towards positive outcomes
- Take on the role of a facilitator, liaison, mediator, and mentor
- Facilitate, plan and coordinate family group conference, sharing circles, healing circles & ceremonies
- Acknowledge members’ experience and background
- Raise awareness and educate staff, volunteers and Ubuntu members
- Perform other sundry duties as necessary
- BSCS is more than a workplace. It is a community where everyone helps and contributes to the whole, and there is an expectation that all employees will take part in events (during the work week and occasionally during weekends and evenings). This includes fundraising campaigns, running community meals, medicine picking etc.

**Qualifications**
- High School Diploma and/or relevant work experience (lived experience is also an asset)
- Experience with family group conferencing and circle keeping preferred
- Police Check with the Vulnerable Sector and Child and Youth Intervention Check completed within the past six months
- Valid Class 5 Drivers license, and ability to provide a clear abstract and insurance with 2 million liability
- Valid First Aid certificate or enrolled in a future course

**Why Work for Boyle?**
- All work done positively impacts the community and its members
- Access to Lumino Health, including Stress & Wellness support
- Employee activities and events throughout the year
- Various training initiatives, and development opportunities

Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) is a values-driven organization that believes our clients are the experts in their own life. Your job will be to foster innovation with your team alongside our clients.

Clients, staff, and partners are vital members of the Boyle Street team, so we place emphasis on making sure that we address each other correctly by using preferred pronouns. We invite you to let us know how to properly refer to you and your pronouns as you explore finding a professional home with us.

The health and safety of our clients and staff is of the utmost importance to our organization. Per Boyle Street's COVID-19 policy, all new hires are required to be fully vaccinated with the third booster dose. Proof of full vaccination by means of immunization records from AHS, letter from a physician, or other health care provider is required prior to starting with BSCS.

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