Indigenous Case Manager - Halifax, Canada - North End Community Health Centre

North End Community Health Centre

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Halifax, Canada

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Description

Position:
Indigenous Case Manager | Supported Housing, Designated _(unionized position under NSGEU Local 102)_

Reports to:
Indigenous Wellness Coordinator, and Manager of Supported Housing

Location: 101 Yorkshire Avenue, Extension, Dartmouth, NS

Pay Scale:
$ $28.56

Work term:1.0 FTE

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, possibility for weekend and evening working hours, hybrid model of work.

Deadline:
May 15, 2024

This posting is designated for people of
indigenous ancestry and will be given priority.

We ask applicants to self-identify and share any marginalized experiences as they wish to share in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion commitment.

Any disclosure or declaration of belonging to any of these equity groups will remain confidential.

About NECHC

The North End Community Health Centre (NECHC) was established in 1971 in response to an absence of primary health care and other health services in Halifax's North End.

Located on Gottingen Street, we are in the heart of a unique and culturally diverse community.

Today, governed by the North End Community Health Association, the NECHC is viewed by area residents as a "beacon of hope" in the community.

Much more than a Primary Care Clinic, the NECHC has expanded in response to unmet needs of community members and is highly valued by its patients and clients and their families.

NECHC provides services to those living on the margins of society, through MOSH, Housing First and a wide range of community outreach initiatives.

The Overlook, Supported Housing Project

Our new, ground-breaking harm reduction, peer supported housing project offered in collaboration with North End Community Health Centre and Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS).

The building will host 65 tenants, offering 24/7 support by the Harm Reduction Housing Worker Team offering on-demand harm reduction support and safer supplies.

There is an on-site nurse-led clinic, on-site Dispensary, peer
- support, harm reduction counselling. There are connections to our Harm Reduction Programs offered to support such as Safe Supply, and Managed Alcohol Program support workers. The Overlook will house 65 individuals, which in Future, will host our Melanesian Wing, Palliative Care supported by our End-of-life Care Coordinator. Tenants can access The Indigenous Wellness Team with focus upon reducing harm, reviving culture in tenants offering access to holistic supports, programs and services offered at The Overlook, and in-community when appropriate.

Vision
Strong community - healthy people.

Mission

We support health and well-being in our community through quality primary health care, education and advocacy in an environment in which people are treated with respect and dignity and there is equitable access to services and programs.

Values
Respect. Community. Compassion. Excellence. Innovation

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment

The North End Community Health Centre is committed to being an inclusive organization. We are working to ensure our organization represents the diverse people and communities we serve.

Our position postings encourage members from the following communities to apply:

2SLGBTQIA++

African Nova Scotian and/or people of African Descent

Indigenous

People with disabilities

Language minorities

People of Color and/or racially visible minorities

Immigrant and refugee

Connected to the North End of Halifax

Job Purpose
The Indigenous Wellness Program within The Supported Housing Department at NECHC is seeking (1) Indigenous Case Manager.

This role will focus on supporting indigenous participants with complex needs within the various houses owned and operated by NECHC, including the Overlook.

This role will work closely with Indigenous Wellness Coordinator, and Indigenous Case Manager and within inter-disciplinary team to support Indigenous participants within multiple supported housing locations, with possibility for outreach and referrals in community.

The ICM will support indigenous participants in programs, and housing with complex needs that can impact their housing. This can include but is not limited to supporting folks with their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs.

The Indigenous Case Manager will provide holistic, harm reduction supports to our diverse urban Indigenous community honoring varying intersectional identities, in addition to the unique spiritualities, and ways of knowing.

In this role, it will offer culturally informed harm reduction related support and system navigation, linking people to wide range of services including Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT), safe supply, and/or Managed Alcohol support, and overdose response and improving access to cultural engagement.

Goals