Customary Care Facilitator

1 month ago

Toronto, Canada ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF CHILDRENS AID SOCIETIES Full time

**Job Posting #**

1013**Title**:
Nurturing Each Heartbeat: A Course in Customary Care Facilitator**Location**:
Ontario**Job Summary**
- Co-developed with ANCFSAO, OACAS offers _Nurturing Each Heartbeat: A Course in Customary Care_ to support child welfare staff and leaders to expand their knowledge and shift mindsets to increase the use of custom approaches with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth, and families. Comprised of 3 hours of eLearning, 2 days of in-class learning, and a series of pre-course readings, this course covers Indigenous history, worldviews and approaches, and capacity building strategies for increasing and sustaining customary care arrangements.

OACAS is seeking child welfare professionals with backgrounds in training and facilitation, knowledge of custom approaches with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth, and families, and experience working within an anti-oppressive and reconciliatory framework to deliver the two-day _Nurturing Each Heartbeat: A Course in Customary Care_ course.

Facilitators are required to have an in-depth understanding of:

- The history of colonialism and impact of residential school, child welfare legacies, and intergenerational trauma.
- The inherent rights and authority of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in customary care planning.
- Indigenous wholistic worldview, values, customs, and service principles supporting customary care.
- Facilitating customary care approaches through circle process.
- Reasonable efforts when engaging First Nations, Inuit and Métis families and communities in customary care.
- Legislation, standards, and guidelines applicable to customary care.
- Working through barriers to customary care.
- Resources that sustain customary care arrangements.
- Other related topics.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Become knowledgeable of course content through a process of completing _Nurturing Each Heartbeat: A Course in Customary Care_ eLearning modules, and reviewing Facilitation Guides and other facilitator resources.
- Independently deliver _Nurturing Each Heartbeat: A Course in Customary Care_ to staff within your agency, zone or training consortium.
- Deliver curriculum to diverse audiences while promoting reconciliation and equity, intersectional considerations and approaches, and an understanding of and respect for the Indigenous context as relates to curriculum content.
- Promote an anti-oppressive and anti-racist approach to learning enhanced by an understanding of and an ability to critically examine the power imbalance inherent in organizational structures.
- Possible travel, overnight or otherwise, to deliver training to agency child welfare staff across Ontario.
- Follow the policies, procedures, and expectations outlined in any materials provided by OACAS.
- Attend ongoing professional development opportunities for _Nurturing Each Heartbeat: A Course in Customary Care_ facilitators and participate in other activities and programs offered by OACAS to stay current with curriculum updates and changes.

**Qualifications**:
**One or more of the following**:

- Minimum of 2 years’ experience training First Nations, Inuit, and Métis-focused content or working directly with FNIM families.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience training adults.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the child welfare or related sectors (i.e. Youth Services, Mental Health, Intimate Partner Violence, Child Rights, etc.).
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in child welfare or related sectors (i.e. youth services, mental health, etc.).
- Ability to independently deliver the two-day _Nurturing Each Heartbeat: A Course in Customary Care_.
- Experience working with diverse stakeholders and working within an anti-oppressive and reconciliatory framework within an Indigenous worldview.
- Strong facilitation skills and the ability to facilitate challenging or sensitive conversations.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to varying audiences.
- Experience using technology to enhance learning (e.g. experience with learning management systems, etc.).

The following would be considered an asset:

- Experience facilitating circle process
- Bilingual English/French.
- Knowledge of AODA.
- Recent direct service experience at an Ontario child welfare agency.
- Previous experience delivering OACAS training.
- Priority given to Indigenous persons

**Facilitating OACAS Learning Curricula**:
OACAS works with agencies to onboard and qualify all facilitators delivering OACAS curricula - including agency-based as well as sessional facilitators. Agency-based facilitators are those who are qualified to deliver OACAS learning curricula at their home agency. Agency-based facilitators provide training on agency time as part of their day-to-day duties. There is no contractual relationship nor is compensation provided to agency-based facilitators from OACAS for this role.

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