Theraputic Homefire Worker

**COWESSESS FIRST NATIONS #73**
**CHIEF RED BEAR CHILDREN’S LODGE**

**Career Opportunity**

**Therapeutic Homefire Worker (BSW)**

**Details**
**Annual Salary Range**:$30.32-$38.00 per hour (to commensurate with education and experience)
**Type**:Permanent Full-Time
**Details**:Standard of 40 working hours per week (shiftwork, including evenings and weekends)
**Location**:Regina, SK

**Who is Chief Red Bear Children’s Lodge?**
Cowessess First Nation is the first Indigenous rights holder Nation to sign a coordination agreement in Canada. Cowessess First Nation asserted jurisdiction when it comes to child welfare and family services through the implementation of the _**Miyo Pimatisowin Act**_ and respected by Canada through their Bill C-92 legislation. Chief Red Bear Children’s Lodge (CRBCL), which has jurisdiction from the Miyo Pimatisowin Act, changes the approach of child and family services by providing support in a way that is rooted in traditional Indigenous values and cultural practices. Rather than the common intervention approach, CRBCL provides empowerment through a prevention approach with healing and prevention as the preferred method for ensuring children and their families are safe and growing together in a healthy way.

**Position Summary**

We are seeking high energy, compassionate and experienced professionals within the human services field to join our fast-paced team as Therapeutic Homefire staff to work within our Good Life and Growing Up Well (Protection) team. These individuals will work primarily in a therapeutic homefire setting that supports the needs of our clients' and their overall wellbeing with a prominent inclusion of indigenous cultural practices. Therapeutic Homefire staff aid in the design of relevant customized treatment protocols and then execute the strategies identified therein, as needed.
- line worker, and often in high stress situations, workers must be skilled communicators and able to effectively deescalate when necessary.

Therapeutic Support Staff Responsibilities:

- Developing trusting connections with homefire residents that foreground respect and zero judgment.
- Working with a designated team to develop custom, evidence-based intervention strategies.
- Tailoring these custom-made regimens if required.
- Creating structured and emotionally supportive environments in accordance with treatment plans.
- Facilitating the adaptive modification of unsuitable behaviors.
- Collaborating with our homefire residents' families, instructors, and consulting Clinicians, where needed.
- Crafting individualized progress reports to share pertinent data with stakeholders.

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**COWESSESS FIRST NATIONS #73**
**CHIEF RED BEAR CHILDREN’S LODGE**

**Career Opportunity**
- Promoting individual and familial self-sufficiency.
- Preserving and empowering our homefire residents' safety and independence.

**Qualifications**
- Degree in social work, psychology or a suitable equivalent.
- 2 years of experience working within Family & Child services is an asset
- Psychotherapeutic training is an asset.
- Knowledge of Bill C-92 and the Miyo Pimatisowin Act preferred

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- First Aid certification is preferred.

**Essential Skills & Abilities**
- Ability to work shift work, including evenings and weekends, within a 24/7 home.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to read, interpret and speak on formal legislation
- Kind and empathetic with the ability to bring people together for the best interests of children.
- Highly skilled in time management with excellent organization skills to effectively manage competing deadlines and communicate with key contacts in a timely manner.
- Ability to provide emotional, physical, and psychological support for families.
- Ability to facilitate meetings/circles and lead conversations guiding families in goal setting and establishing milestones.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and create trusting relationships with children, parents, and co-workers.
- Able to analyze and assess information quickly and effectively.
- Able to work closely with both adults and children in a respectful and effective manner.
- Knowledgeable in the culture and spirituality of Indigenous people relating to family practices and community, and aware of the importance of observing these elements in professional approach.
- Patient, compassionate, and emotionally intelligent with the ability to identify and examine social cues.
- Strong sense of self-awareness to cope with high stress levels as well as unpredictable and/or difficult situations.
- Willing and able to travel with a valid Class 5 Drivers License and reliable vehicle.

To protect the health and safety of our people, clients, and communities, we require all employees to be COVID-19 fully vaccinated. Individuals that cannot be fully vaccinated with a Health Canada approved vaccine due to medical reasons or another protected g