Indigenous Independent Living Coordinator

Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle; Midland; Hybrid; CAD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

HOOPP

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off

Cultural leave

Training opportunities

Job summary

BARRIE AREA NATIVE ADVISORY CIRCLE seeks an Indigenous Independent Living Care Coordinator to assess, plan, and coordinate non-medical homemaking for seniors in a culturally safe framework. The role operates within an Indigenous-led organization, emphasizing self-determination, cultural safety, and community-driven care in Midland and surrounding regions.

Hybrid work arrangement with travel to BANAC sites; requires CPR/AED, driver’s license, and vulnerable sector check.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Indigenous studies or PSW diploma with 5+ years experience.
• Experience facilitating aging services.
• Strong understanding of Indigenous histories and cultures.
• Trauma-informed care delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess client needs and eligibility.
• Develop service plans with clients.
• Coordinate homemaking services for 55+ with health conditions or disabilities.
• Deliver services in a culturally safe manner.
• Support aging population with non-medical homemaking.

Skills

Facilitation

Aging care

Trauma-informed care

Cultural safety

Indigenous knowledge

Communication

Education

Indigenous studies education

PSW diploma

Tools

RH-CHA tool

Job description

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 organisational 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 organisation’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.

This is a temporary full-time position - 12 month contract.

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 organisations and the broader community to ensure our programmes reflect the voices and strengths of those we serve.

Our full-time permanent employees enjoy a generous group health benefits package, participation in HOOPP, enrolment 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 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 set up 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.

Applying to this Job:

To further promote our accountability to the Indigenous communities we serve and to ensure services align with the values of respect, reciprocity, and wholism that guide the organisation’s work, preference will be given to candidates of Indigenous ancestry. BANAC strongly encourages applicants to self-identify within the application process.

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. Please note that the Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle (BANAC) uses BambooHR as part of its recruitment and selection process. While BANAC incorporates select AI features to enhance process efficiency, BANAC remains committed to human-led decision making. BANAC recognizes that AI is not perfect, as a result all AI-generated outputs are subject to human review to ensure accuracy, inclusiveness and equitable hiring practices. At BANAC, our goal is to use technology to support, not replace, thoughtful human decision making in recruitment and hiring.

DISCLAIMER:

This job posting indicates the general scope and level of work expected. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties and / or responsibilities that will be required by the incumbent. The selected incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required to support business needs.