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, including supports for seniors, families, children, and those seeking wellness and healing. Through Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin (Everyone Helps), our Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team, we bring together a wide range of supports—such as primary care integrated with Indigenous healing practice, midwifery, counselling, therapy, community addiction services, and land-based healing programming. Our services embrace the life span with compassionate care.

Besides the opportunity to work in a cooperative and supportive team-based environment, we offer HOOP as an excellent benefits package with enhanced days off to support employees (i.e., Christmas), including 5 days of Indigenous cultural training and a work environment that values & supports training and life-long 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. It is located within a team-based model, where support and mentorship is provided and 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.

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

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

The Traditional Healing Navigator supports Indigenous clients accessing the HART Hub by facilitating access to traditional healing and cultural wellness supports and by providing on-site, culturally grounded care and relational support as needed.

This role is both navigational and service oriented. The Traditional Healing Navigator works directly within the HART Hub environment to support clients during appointments, visits, and periods of increased need, while also coordinating access to traditional healing, ceremony, and community-based cultural supports. The role centers relationships, cultural safety, and client choice, and supports the integration of Indigenous wellness approaches alongside clinical and harm reduction services.





This role supports Traditional Healing through navigation and only independently provides traditional healing when skills and experience enable to offering of care. This role offers site cultural presence, grounding support, accompaniment, and continuity of care in alignment with Indigenous ways of healing.

ROLE RESPONSIBLITIES:

1. Traditional Wellness Coordination

- Support the processes, policies, and staff understanding necessary for the integration of traditional medicines into clinical services and practices, as it relates to the philosophy of care.
- Liaise with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Traditional Healers to help align their guidance with clinical environments.
- Coordinate logistics such as meeting scheduling, support needs, and safe transport of medicines or ceremonial materials.
- Help with ceremonies, cultural events, and traditional wellness activities as assigned.
- Support capacity building in cultural knowledge areas such as stages of life teachings and traditional medicines.

1. Traditional Healing Navigation

- Support Indigenous clients to explore and access traditional healing, ceremony, and cultural wellness supports aligned with their needs and preferences.
- Coordinate referrals, scheduling, and logistics related to traditional healing and cultural wellness supports.
- Maintain respectful relationships with Traditional Healers, Elders, Knowledge Holders, and Indigenous cultural practitioners, as appropriate.
- Support continuity between traditional healing, HART Hub services, and community-based supports.

1. On-Site Client Support

- Provide on-site, relational support to Indigenous clients attending the HART Hub, including accompaniment, grounding, emotional support, and stabilization within role scope. <

📌 Traditional Healing Navigator (Barrie)
🏢 Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle
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