Salary Details: The salary range for this position is CAD $42.27/Hr. - CAD $52.81/Hr. Job Summary:

COME WORK AS AN INDIGENOUS CULTURAL PRACTITIONER AT VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for an Indigenous Cultural Practitioner to join the Indigenous Health Homelessness Team in Vancouver, BC. Apply today to join our team!

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree, in a related field or related experience, with demonstrated work with Indigenous communities, supplemented with a minimum of two (2) years of offering cultural supports, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in the health authority system, and in particular working with Indigenous individuals, communities or organizations on issues related to health and wellness.
• Experience coordinating and delivering traditional wellness/medicine within community.
• For this position, we also want to highlight that First Nations, Inuit, Metis ancestry is regarded as directly relevant to the skills and knowledge for excellence in the position.
• Pursuant to Section 41 of the British Columbia Human Rights Code, preference will be given to individuals of Indigenous identity (First Nations, Inuit, Metis).

KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES

• Comprehensive knowledge and demonstrated ability to provide culturally safe care, has completed Indigenous Cultural Safety Training.
• Demonstrated understanding and in-depth knowledge of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples and history.
• Demonstrated understanding of provincial and federal guiding principles and documents, for example In Plain Sight report, and calls to action to eliminate Indigenous-specific racism in the health care sector.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and recognize current health care system gaps and barriers for Indigenous individuals and communities seeking health care.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and recognize power inequities within the healthcare system associated with ongoing impacts of colonialism.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act as it applies to the rights and obligations of clients and staff.
• Demonstrated ability to identify suicidal ideation and basic intervention.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of recovery in mental health and substance use.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Trauma and Violence Informed Practice.
• Demonstrated ability to apply strengths-based trauma informed principles to practice, has completed trauma informed training.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to apply a Harm Reduction approach to care.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to conduct assessments and integrate culturally appropriate interventions and practices into care embedding principles of cultural safety.
• Comprehensive knowledge of mental illness and substance use issues including current trends, best practices, and modalities of treatment.
• Broad knowledge of mental health, primary care and substance use service delivery system, service mandates, referral guidelines, legislation, and government policies.
• Demonstrated knowledge or experience in mental health and substance use, and to provide treatment planning and case coordination.Broad knowledge of other health disciplines and their role in healthcare.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and open to a range of treatment modules for substance use from abstinence and harm reduction.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, implement, facilitate, and evaluate cultural groups, as applicable. Demonstrated ability to facilitate team building. to work both independently and collaboratively, and ability to model and foster a positive, collaborative, and respectful team working environment.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events, problem solve, and deal effectively with and/or guide others in resolution of conflict issues using restorative justice approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients and their families, colleagues, physician, and other health care staff, both one-on-one and in groups.
• Demonstrated listening and information seeking skills that promotes open and direct communication and leads to a cooperative approach to problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, organize work, and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with community partners and with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment. Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Basic computer literacy to operate a computerized client care information system and word processing, spreadsheet, Internet, and e-mail software.
  Closing Statement:
  The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes. Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check.
  As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

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