Who We Are:

At the Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle, community is at the heart of everything we do. We are a well-established Indigenous-led and governed organization working across Simcoe County, Muskoka, and northern York Region to support the wellness of Indigenous people and communities.

We believe in working together, alongside community members, partners, and organizations, to listen, learn, and respond to what matters most. Our work is guided by values of self-determination, lifelong learning, and meaningful community participation.

We offer a variety of programs and services that reflect the strengths and needs of our communities and support anyone seeking wellness, including seniors, families, and children. Through Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin (Everyone Helps), our Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team, we bring together a wide range of supports through primary care, including traditional healing, clinical services, midwifery, counselling, therapy, community addiction services, and land-based healing programming. Our services embrace the life span with compassionate care.

In addition to the opportunity to work in a collaborative and supportive team-based environment, BANAC is a HOOPP employer and offers an excellent benefits package. This package includes enhanced days off to support employees, as well as 5 days of Indigenous cultural training and a work environment that values and supports training and lifelong learning.

About The Role:

This position is part of a team-based model of care that is accountable to the communities we serve. Work is grounded in the principle of Indigenous Health in Indigenous Hands. Support and mentorship are provided within the team, where collaboration and kindness are valued.



In alignment with Indigenous and provincial standards, the organization upholds excellence in care, accountability, and compliance centred on Indigenous self-determination in health.

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

We look for a commitment to reflexive practices as part of ongoing career development, including deepening the understanding of Indigenous histories and experiences.

As an important part of the interdisciplinary team, the Outreach Counsellor will perform assessments and treatment planning and provide direct service in collaboration with others.

The Outreach Counsellor will support clients who wish to detox in their own homes or a similar setting. Evening and weekend hours will be required to provide support.

The Outreach Counsellor will use a wholistic approach to support clients and their mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health as they progress toward their substance use goals. This role collaborates closely with other providers to ensure strong assessment and collaborative care

This role is part of the Mobile Withdrawal Management Service (MWMS). MWMS is a collaborative service that supports an individual to safely withdraw from substances in their home, the home of a family member or friend, or another community support location.



The Outreach Counsellor will also help facilitate an addictions support program on a rotating schedule. This role requires some weekend and after-hours work with advance notice.

In this role, you will:

Organizational

- Assist in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services.
- Maintain a strong commitment to quality improvement and support the continuous improvement of client care at the team level.
- Comply with agency policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
- Participate in staff and other designated meetings and work in cooperation with management and other team members in the provision of trauma-informed and coordinated services.

Mobile Withdrawal Management Services

- Provide assessment of substance use issues and negotiate appropriate treatment.
- Provide individual and group counselling to individuals wishing to address substance use.
- Monitor withdrawal symptoms and assist clients in managing them.
- Use crisis intervention strategies and support and educate clients, as appropriate, in relapse prevention, community withdrawal management, treatment referral, self-care strategies, and family support and education.
- Liaise with referring primary care providers and other agencies.
- Provide information and strategies for health promotion and prevention.
- Provide client-centred advocacy and assist clients in identifying and advocating for their civil and legal rights.
- Work in partnership with ethno-racial communities and organizations to facilitate the appropriateness of services for members of these communities.
- Assist participants and clients to identify, build, and

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