Indigenous Independent Living Care Coordinator

Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle; Midland; Hybrid; CAD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group health benefits

HOOPP

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off

Cultural leave days

Professional training opportunities

Dynamic community-based environment

Job summary

Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle (BANAC) seeks an Indigenous Independent Living Care Coordinator to assess client needs, plan homemaking services for 55+ individuals, and coordinate culturally safe care within an Indigenous governance framework.

Role requires Indigenous knowledge, trauma-informed practice, and commitment to reflexive learning. Hybrid work, travel, and community engagement are expected as BANAC serves Simcoe County and surrounding regions.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Indigenous Studies or Personal Support Work is required.
• Experience delivering services to aging populations is preferred.
• Ability to practice and share Indigenous history, culture, ceremonies and values.

Responsibilities

• Assess client needs and determine eligibility within the Homemaking Framework.
• Develop service plans with clients and coordinate home-making services for 55+ individuals.
• Deliver services in a culturally safe and appropriate manner to achieve best outcomes.
• Engage in organizational Indigenous Cultural Safety training and reflexive practice.

Skills

Facilitation experience

Trauma-informed care

Indigenous knowledge sharing

Cultural safety in care

Communication skills

Education

Post-secondary education in Indigenous Studies or Personal Support Work (diploma)

Tools

RH-CHA tool

Job description

About the Organization:

The Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle (BANAC) is an Indigenous governed, Indigenous led regional social planning and development organization. The BANAC service region now covers Simcoe County, Muskoka, and the northern York region. BANAC works in cooperation with Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous organizations to address community-identified priorities through coordinated planning, implementation and evaluation. BANAC has a mandate to support the continued promotion of Indigenous lifelong learning and community wellness through self-determination and community participation.

BANAC offers many innovative programs and services including Aging Well Senior Supports, Bebminot Family Wellness, the Biinoojinsauk Child Care Centre, Maapii Enjii Zaagi Gaazwad and the Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team. Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin offers a wholistic approach to wellness that includes traditional healing practices in primary care, community clinics, addiction and recovery services, counselling programs, midwifery, land-based healing programs, and community health promotion.

About the Role:

This position operates within an Indigenous-led and Indigenous-governed organization that is accountable to the communities it serves. Work is grounded in the principle of Indigenous Health in Indigenous Hands, ensuring that all programs and services are developed, delivered, and evaluated under Indigenous governance structures and community direction. In alignment with Indigenous and provincial standards, the organization upholds excellence in care, accountability, and compliance while centering on Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural safety, and self-determination in health and social service deliverables.

All employees are required to participate in organizational Indigenous Cultural Safety training and to engage in ongoing reflexive practices as part of their professional development. This includes a commitment to examining personal and systemic biases, deepening understanding of Indigenous histories and experiences, and ensuring that service delivery aligns with the values of respect, reciprocity, and wholism that guide the organization’s work.

Working within the Homemaking Framework, the Indigenous Independent Living Care Coordinator assesses client needs, determines client eligibility, develops plans of service with clients, and coordinates home making services for individuals 55 and up with age related health conditions, and/or disabilities and/or who require respite. These services will be delivered in a culturally safe and appropriate manner that ensures the best outcomes for clients. Non-medical homemaking services will be offered in the Midland area.

This position is being posted in response to an existing vacancy at the Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle.

What you Bring:

• Minimum post-secondary education: preference in the area of Indigenous Studies or diploma related to Personal Support Work with a minimum 5 years’ experience
• A combination of skills, education and life learning specific to cultural knowledge may be considered.
• Experience in facilitation and delivering of services for the aging populations.
• An authentic understanding, practice and ability to share Indigenous history, culture, traditions, ceremonies and values.
• Ability to work in a manner that exemplifies Indigenous core values of respect & kindness.
• Ability to deliver trauma-informed care and be willing to continue on a journey of learning.
• Experience with completing health assessments using the RH-CHA tool, an asset
• Experience working with the senior and aging population with age related and or disabilities
• Experience working with Indigenous communities

What We Offer:

Our work is accountable to Indigenous communities, guided by relationships, knowledge, and practices that shape how we serve and learn together. Joining the BANAC team means contributing to work that is community-driven, relational and grounded in Indigenous values of respect, reciprocity, and wholism. We work alongside community members, Indigenous organizations and the broader community to ensure our programs reflect the voices and strengths of those we serve.

Our full-time permanent employees enjoy a generous group health benefits package, participation in HOOPP, enrollment in our Employee Assistance Program, paid time off, cultural leave days, extended holidays, professional training opportunities and the opportunity to work in a dynamic community-based supportive work environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Hybrid: work is typically performed remotely and at all BANAC locations as required.
• Regular travel to meetings and communities is required; access to a personal vehicle is required.
• Reliable Vehicle – Regional Travel Required.
• Regular overtime work may be required from time to time.
• Low to moderate exposure to noise in the work environment.
• Regular exposure to a moderate level of tension and anxiety due to deadlines, competing political pressures, and the competing needs and demands for limited resources.
• BANAC work site locations are periodically exposed to smoke due to the burning of sacred medicines: tobacco, sweet grass, sage and / or cedar.

All pertinent employment conditions are specified within the employment agreement with BANAC and include the following:

• Ability to attend all BANAC worksite locations is required
• Remote work will require a dedicated, quiet, and ergonomic home office setup free from distractions for the entire scheduled workday.
• Valid C.P.R. and A.E.D. Certificates are required
• Valid Class G Ontario Driver’s License is required
• An up-to-date clear Vulnerable Sector Check is required
• An up-to-date clear TST result

Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please advise the Human Resources Department at: [e-mail].