Community Care Worker

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  • CompanyAtlohsa Family Healing Services
  • Job TypeHuman/Social Services
  • Required ExperienceEntry Level
  • Job TypeFull Time
  • Education / CredentialsCurrent Vulnerable Sector check and valid G Driver’s License
  • ResumeRequired
  • Cover LetterRequired
  • Application Deadline12/05/2025

Job Description

Location: London, Ontario
Closing Date: December 5, 2025
Employment Term: Both casual/relief and full-time options available
Salary: $25.00 per hour

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
Launched in December 2021, Wiigiwaaminaan Lodge is a collaborative initiative between Atlohsa Family Healing Services, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, and the City of London, aimed at addressing Indigenous homelessness. The name “Wiigiwaaminaan,” meaning “Our lodge we collectively look after” in Anishinaabemowin, emphasizes community care and shared responsibility. The lodge supports Indigenous individuals aged 16 and older through land-based services, offering a culturally resonant space alongside essential amenities like meals, showers, and laundry for the wider community.

About the Role
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.

Why Work for Atlohsa?
We have a strong commitment to our cultural teachings and traditional knowledge practices, which encompass not just our programs but our daily interactions in the workplace, including:

  • Regular opportunities for staff to engage in ceremonies and cultural gatherings.
  • Access for staff to connect with Elders and Knowledge Keepers to foster active participation in cultural traditions.

We strive to inspire, empower, and instill a profound sense of pride and belonging within the community while promoting Mino Bimaadiziwin, The Good Way of Life.

Experience and Qualifications

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

How to Apply
If interested to apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with Community Care Worker in your subject line.

Within the body of your email, please provide answers to the following 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.

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.