Atlohsa Family Healing Services
Job Title: Community care Worker
Location: London, Ontario
Employment Term: Casual; Contract (to December 31, 2026 with potential for renewal)
Salary: $25.00 to $32.00 per hour
No. of Positions: 1
Closing Date: June 2, 2026

About Atlohsa

Atlohsa Family Healing Services is an Indigenous led non-profit organization in Southwestern Ontario dedicated to empowering Indigenous communities through traditional and land-based healing practices. Since 1986, we have provided low-barrier, wraparound services to individuals and families facing complex challenges such as mental wellness, substance use, homelessness, and domestic violence. Our holistic wellness approach is rooted in the Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings and the Medicine Wheel Teachings, utilizing a Two-Eyed Seeing approach that emphasizes collaboration, mutual respect, and the recognition that both Indigenous and Western knowledge systems contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the world.

About the Program

Wiiigwaminaan Lodge is an emergency shelter and Indigenous-focused Hub with a commitment to addressing Indigenous homelessness. The name Wiigiwaaminaan, which means "Our lodge we collectively look after" in Anishinaabemowin, reflects the ethos of shared responsibility and community care. Wiigiwaaminaan supports Indigenous people ages 16+ through land-based service delivery, designed to provide wrap-around care and a host of services through lenses of Indigenous Harm Reduction and Housing First principles. Located beside Parkwood Institute and aligned with the Giwetashkad Indigenous Homelessness Strategic Plan, Wiigiwaaminaan offers twelve outdoor lodges, six indoor long-term spaces and ten respite-in-the-moment spaces.

Role and Responsibility

Using a holistic, Indigenous-led approach to the principles of Housing First and Indigenous Harm Reduction, the successful candidate will offer a range of personalized, outcome-focused supports to participants accessing the winter response site. The Community Care Worker will be responsible for supporting frontline staff in team approaches regarding participants, using their experience to help assess the needs of participants and leading by example in crisis situations. This may include providing lay counselling and proactively intervening in crises or conflicts that may arise due to aggressive or disruptive behavior stemming from substance use or mental health challenges. The Community Care Worker will ensure that frontline staff fulfill their outlined job duties and abide by the Giwetashkad Program Guidelines and the policies and procedures of Atlohsa Family Healing Services. They will work to ensure that Atlohsa Family Healing Services remains a safe space for all community members accessing services and programming by referring community members to more appropriate locations when necessary.

Suitability

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the languages, traditional ways, history, and cultures of the Indigenous population in the London region.
• Strong analysis of colonialism and the ways in which historical and ongoing colonization impacts Indigenous people intergenerationally.
• Current knowledge of Indigenous community services and resources.
• Understanding of Indigenous homelessness.
• Experience working with marginalized individuals.
• Demonstrated ability to receive training support, supervision, and direction.
• Demonstrated strengths in interpersonal relations, problem-solving, crisis intervention, group dynamics, community development, and other innovative approaches.
• Understanding of cultural safety and an awareness of its impact on practice.
• Skills in conflict resolution, mediation, and negotiation (to build trust and resolve disagreements).
• Excellent organizational and coordination skills with the ability to prioritize multiple competing tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with others in a respectful manner as defined in the Atlohsa Code of Conduct.
• Current Vulnerable Sector check required.
• Current Driver’s license and clean driving abstract.

While applicants are under no obligation to do so, Atlohsa welcomes applicants to indicate their own lived experiences of homelessness, substance use, and/or Indigenous community teachings within their application. Professional experiences, academic experiences, traditional teachings, and personal lived experiences are all valuable forms of knowledge.

How to Apply

If interested to apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter to jobs@atlohsa.com with Community Care Worker in your subject line.

At Atlohsa, we value diversity in our workforce and encourage all qualified candidates to apply, however, due to the nature of our organization, preferences will be given to qualified Indigenous applicants.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources to make arrangements.

Our organization does not use artificial intelligence (AI), automated screening tools, or algorithm-based systems to screen, assess, or rank job applicants. All applications are reviewed by human members of our hiring team.

We thank all those who apply however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Pre-Screening Questions

• Please briefly outline where your experience with or understanding of First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis communities comes from. You may note professional, academic, or your own personal lived/community experience.
• Are you a First Nations, Inuk, or Métis applicant? If yes, please indicate which community you are from. If you are not connected to your community, just write what you know.