Salary Details

The salary range for this position is CAD $44.85/Hr. - CAD $56.02/Hr.

Job Summary

Come work as an Indigenous Cultural Practitioner with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) on the South Vancouver Withdrawal Management in Vancouver. BC.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree, in a related field or related experience, with demonstrated work with Indigenous communities, supplemented with a minimum of two (2) years of offering cultural supports, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in the health authority system, and in particular working with Indigenous individuals, communities or organizations on issues related to health and wellness.
- Experience coordinating and delivering traditional wellness/medicine within community.
- For this position, we also want to highlight that First Nations, Inuit, Metis ancestry is regarded as directly relevant to the skills and knowledge for excellence in the position.
- Pursuant to Section 41 of the British Columbia Human Rights Code, preference will be given to individuals of Indigenous identity (First Nations, Inuit, Metis).

Knowledge & Abilities

- Comprehensive knowledge and demonstrated ability to provide culturally safe care, has completed Indigenous Cultural Safety Training.
- Demonstrated understanding and in-depth knowledge of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples and history.
- Demonstrated understanding of provincial and federal guiding principles and documents, for example In Plain Sight report, and calls to action to eliminate Indigenous-specific racism in the health care sector.




- Demonstrated ability to identify and recognize current health care system gaps and barriers for Indigenous individuals and communities seeking health care.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and recognize power inequities within the healthcare system associated with ongoing impacts of colonialism.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act as it applies to the rights and obligations of clients and staff.
- Demonstrated ability to identify suicidal ideation and basic intervention.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of recovery in mental health and substance use.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Trauma and Violence Informed Practice.
- Demonstrated ability to apply strengths-based trauma informed principles to practice, has completed trauma informed training.
- Demonstrated knowledge and ability to apply a Harm Reduction approach to care.
- Demonstrated knowledge and ability to conduct assessments and integrate culturally appropriate interventions and practices into care embedding principles of cultural safety.
- Comprehensive knowledge of mental illness and substance use issues including current trends, best practices, and modalities of treatment.
- Broad knowledge of mental health, primary care and substance use service delivery system, service mandates, referral guidelines, legislation, and government policies.




- Demonstrated knowledge or experience in mental health and substance use, and to provide treatment planning and case coordination.
- Broad knowledge of other health disciplines and their role in healthcare.
- Demonstrated ability to be versatile and open to a range of treatment modules for substance use from abstinence and harm reduction.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, implement, facilitate, and evaluate cultural groups, as applicable. Demonstrated ability to facilitate team building. to work both independently and collaboratively, and ability to model and foster a positive, collaborative, and respectful team working environment.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events, problem solve, and deal effectively with and/or guide others in resolution of conflict issues using restorative justice approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients and their families, colleagues, physician, and other health care staff, both one-on-one and in groups.
- Demonstrated listening and information seeking skills that promotes open and direct communication and leads to a cooperative approach to problem solving.
- Demonstrated ability to set priorities, organize work, and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with community partners and with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment. Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Basic computer literacy to operate a computerized client care information system and word processing,

📌 Indigenous Cultural Practitioner (Canada)
🏢 Vancouver Coastal Health
📍 Canada