011 - Native Inmate Liaison Officer

2 weeks ago

Thorold, Canada Métis Nation of Ontario Full time

**Closing date**: Open until filled
**Contract end date**: March 31, 2024
MNO’s culture is at our core

The MNO workplace culture is full of potential ready to be unlocked. As our Self-Governance agreement materializes, we are building a workplace culture of action, responsibility, and most importantly a desire to serve the Métis community. When defining what MNO culture is, it’s difficult, because of our diverse leadership styles, and the different programs and services offered. What that really means is there is a place for almost everyone under the MNO employer umbrella. We recognize people are different, and that is our source of strength. We bring opinions together, welcome healthy conflict, and look to always find answers, not problems.
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What We Can Offer You
- 4% Vacation pay
- Pension plan
- Annual paid two-week holiday closure in December
- 16 paid public and employer holidays
- 15 paid health & wellness days
- Challenging, multi-disciplinary work environment that fosters learning and professional development
- Substantial educational incentive to promote personal and professional growth
- An opportunity to make a direct or indirect impact on the lives of the Métis Peoples across the Province
- Other perks
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Telemedicine plan
- Goodlife corporate membership discount
- Bell Mobility's exclusive partner program
- Staple's corporate discount
- Dell member purchase program

About the role

To assist Indigenous adult male clients serving terms of imprisonment at Niagara Detention Centre in their successful reintegration into the community by providing culturally relevant programs, services and activities aimed at promoting Indigenous healing and wellness. The Native Liaison Officer (NILO) will address the unique needs of Indigenous clients within the “healing continuum” through support and services that promote healthy functioning with all aspects of their lives and their communities.
What you will be doing
- To provide support, assistance and rehabilitative care to Indigenous clients by offering cultural counselling and follow-up services and community resource information including referral and liaison services.
- To provide the necessary cultural and spiritual resources required to deliver healing and wellness activities such as e.g. sweat lodge ceremonies, healing circles, smudging, drumming which will include where necessary Elders and other resource people as well as gathering and supplying the traditional ceremonial medicines for Client use.
- To provide liaison services between Indigenous clients and the community to ensure access to resources aimed at meeting their educational, employment, housing, health or other identified needs.
- Provide Indigenous Awareness Training for staff to encourage their awareness and understanding of Indigenous Culture.
- Plan, organize and facilitate Indigenous Programs and activities on a regular basis, providing an itinerary of events as requested by the institution.
- Complete a NILO Programming Intake form on all offenders, record all Client contact information on the NILO Client Contact sheet and submit monthly statistics on the NILO Statistics form. Provide names of offenders involved in the program(s) including smudging activities to ensure staff are aware of participants.
- Attend and participate in meetings at the institution such as Staff meetings, Case Conferences, Program committee meetings, Temporary Absence Committee meetings and other meetings as requested.
- Interview all Indigenous clients upon admission to inform them of programs and services available.
- Develop, coordinate and maintain regular cultural programs and cultural, social and spiritual activities that focus on positive personal growth.
- Prepare and submit regular reports and statistics pertaining to programs, activities and clients to the Superintendent or designate and agency Executive Director as required.
- Provide offender counselling and assistance to Indigenous clients who wish to practice traditional ways (i.e. seasonal feasts, sweet grass ceremonies, sweat lodge ceremonies, spiritual guidance), and attend interfaith meetings within the institution where applicable and coordinate activities with Chaplain Services.
- Other reasonable duties as may be assigned

**Qualifications**:

- Strong desire to act in the service of all Indigenous Peoples including Métis citizens, to advance and uphold rights and culture
- Completion of education or training and/or pertinent cultural experience
- Advanced communications skills, both written and verbal
- Superior crisis intervention and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing demands and assess changing priorities
- Demonstrated ability to assess situations and problem-solve independently
- Demonstrated ability to work alone/independently with mínimal supervision
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