Land Based Addictions Navigator

4 weeks ago

Thunder Bay, Canada Ontario Native Women's Association Full time

**_**Indigenous Women are encouraged to apply. First preference will be given to all qualified Indigenous applicants.**_**

**Why make ONWA your career choice?**

**_
Make a difference in the lives of Indigenous peoples by supporting and advocating for positive change. ONWA prides itself on providing all employees with a total rewards package that is generous and supports our workforce and their family members:_**
- Competitive salaries
- Generous paid vacation time
- Paid time off at Christmas above paid vacation time
- Additional paid stat and civic holidays
- 35-hour work week
- Comprehensive benefits program including health, paramedical, dental, vision, and EAP. All premiums are covered by the employer.
- Healthcare Spending Account and Lifestyle Spending Account
- Competitive Retirement Savings Plan up to 16% with organization match the pending position
- Paid sick days
- Paid cultural/personal wellness days
- Flexible scheduling to support work-life balance
- Ongoing professional development.
- Possible reimbursement on a portion of cell phone and internet expenses
- Remote/hybrid work offered for various positions

**VISION**:
At the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA), we celebrate and honor the safety and healing of Indigenous Women and Girls as they take up their leadership roles in the family, community, provincially, nationally, and internationally for generations to come.

**SCOPE**:
The **Land Based **Addictions Navigator **will provide holistic services that meet the needs of Indigenous women and their families through a range of services focusing on mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being through a cultural, trauma-informed, gender-based, and family-centered approach.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- A Bachelor’s degree is preferred but a minimum two-year Social Work Diploma with a combination of 3 years of experience advocating and supporting Indigenous women and/or Indigenous families.
- Experience working with Indigenous populations in, substance abuse issues, mental health, and chronic or episodic homelessness.
- Knowledge of Indigenous culture, traditions, ceremonies, and connecting Community Members to cultural practices that can be used as support.
- Thorough knowledge and experience working in and with a gender-based lens/perspective.
- Strong understanding of major behavioral, emotional, and mental health problems and disorders of Indigenous women and their families (Including children and youth).
- In-depth understanding of psychological, social, and cognitive development.
- Ability to provide evidence-based counseling support services.
- Awareness of the recent, historical, and intergenerational trauma that Indigenous women and their families may have experienced, including the psychological, neurological, physiological, social, and spiritual impact of trauma.
- Understanding of the principles of cultural trauma-informed care and wise practices in providing trauma-informed care.
- Must be dependable, able to follow instructions, respond to management direction, and be able to improve performance through management feedback.
- Capacity to solve problems and to see different perspectives.
- Ability to plan, organize and manage time effectively.
- Highly motivated individual with the ability to work with mínimal supervision.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills and an ability to follow through on assigned duties independently with strict deadlines.
- Knowledge of Not-For-Profit Organizations
- Proficient working knowledge of MS Office Software, the internet, and general office equipment.
- Ability to travel.
- Reliable vehicle, appropriate vehicle insurance coverage, and valid Ontario “G” class driver’s license.
- Current, valid vulnerable sector criminal records check. Valid 1st Aid/CPR.
- A cellular phone and internet access are required for this position.
- Must be willing and able to work a flexible working-from-home arrangement if required. This may include a combination of virtual remote work in your home and in-office arrangements. This will be based on operational needs and will be determined by the ONWA.
- The ability to speak an Indigenous Language is considered an asset.
- _ONWA is committed to implementing measures to protect its community members, staff, and other stakeholders from COVID-19. As a result, ONWA has implemented a mandatory vaccination policy. Exemptions will be made for those with a valid medical exemption; proof of the exemption will be required_

**KEY CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED**:

- **Inter-cultural Competency Informed** - Understands to incorporate a personal responsibility to increase sensitivity, awareness, and implementation of ONWA’s cultural teachings and organizational practices in both professional conduct and work-related deliverables.
- **Indigenous Gender-Based Analysis Informed** - Understands to incorporate an intersectional approach to gender, race, and discrimination and subsequent intergenerational

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