Senior Indigenous Cultural Advisor

2 days ago

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Fraser Health Full time
Job Title: Senior Indigenous Cultural Advisor

About the Role:

The Senior Indigenous Cultural Advisor will provide leadership and guidance to the Indigenous Cultural Advisor team, ensuring Indigenous perspectives, knowledge, and approaches to wellness are honoured within acute and community settings across Fraser Health.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with program/service leadership, Indigenous communities, and agencies to support defining Nation-based or Indigenous approaches to care and coordinate capacity building as requested.
  • Work with and mentor various members of the health care team to increase cultural awareness and provide traditional wellness support and care for clients and their families.
  • Develop and implement performance and knowledge standards specific to Nation-based or Indigenous approaches to care.
  • Provide training and orientation to Indigenous Cultural Advisors to build their knowledge in protocol around ceremony and traditional wellness care practices.
  • Lead and/or facilitate ceremony and traditional wellness practices.
  • Attend meetings within designated program/service to enhance the experience of attendees by sharing cultural awareness, experiences, and wisdom.
  • Inform and influence policy development efforts to embed cultural safety within existing practice, processes, and policies.
  • Provide guidance, consultation, and information to clients and their families regarding decisions about their health and wellness care plan.
  • Support clients and/or families during their stay at facilities across Fraser Health.
  • Share teachings to clients and their families about traditional knowledge in relation to health and wellness.
  • Support the rights of clients and their families to receive services that honour the customs and traditions of First Nations, Métis, and other Aboriginal peoples.

Qualifications:

  • A level of lived experience and knowledge, education, and/or training equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
  • Three years' recent related experience working for Indigenous organizations/programs, including interacting with and developing relationships with Indigenous people and Indigenous communities.
  • Valid BC Driver's licence and possession of a personal vehicle for business-related purposes.

Competencies:

  • Demonstrates the leadership Practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring, and Courageous.
  • Professional/Technical Capabilities: Demonstrated significant wisdom in areas of traditional health and wellness, recognized by their National and/or Aboriginal Family, including demonstrated knowledge and ability to promote Indigenous protocols and ceremonies.
  • In-depth understanding and knowledge of Aboriginal culture, specifically the diverse Aboriginal cultures within the Fraser Salish area.
  • Demonstrated capacity to share wisdom and knowledge with clients, families, and employees of Fraser Health.
  • Demonstrated positive working relationships with community partners.
  • Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Canadian and Indigenous history, an understanding of the roots of harm (colonization and racism) and the ongoing harm related to historic and current colonial policies.
  • Understanding of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action related to health and the United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
  • Demonstrated lived and work experience with understanding and knowledge of Indigenous health and wellness, including but not limited to: knowledge of local Indigenous peoples, including differences in respect to access to health services, health benefits, and advocacy.
  • Ability to promote, educate, and learn with others.
  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to listen and the desire to foster the well-being of others.

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