HUMAN RELATIONS OFFICER (NISHIIYUU) (1553) at CBHSSJB

Job Description

SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
Person who designs, implements, updates, analyses and assesses activities in one or more social programs.

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS
• Ensures that the Nishiiyuu Regional Council of Elder’s (NRCE) guidance and norms for Traditional Protocols and Practices, according to the terms of reference of the NRCE, are respected;
• Conducts activities that include the conception, updating, analysis and evaluation of one or more Nishiiyuu Miyupimaatisiiun programs and plans to address the needs of various categories of users.
• Refers clients to appropriate traditional healers and Elders;
• Supports the development of Nishiiyuu protocols and guidelines and make sure that these are followed and respected;
• In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, participates to the development, achievement and assessment of the intervention or rehabilitation programs and plans;
• Creates and uses the material necessary to the application of the intervention or rehabilitation plans.
• Ensures the involvement and awareness of the family members and the surrounding community in the application of the intervention or rehabilitation plans;
• Refers the user to the various resources and pathways available to meet some of his/her needs;
• Initiates, supports and carries out development or research projects necessary to meet the users’ needs;
• Provides statistics, indicators, and units of measures, and produces various types of reports;
• Ensures implementation of the policies, standards, and quality assurance programs of the professional practice and clinical activities;
• Develops and implements methods to evaluate users’ progress and to make any recommendations for modification;
• Carries out his/her role within the policy principles and guidelines of: Nishiiyuu Miyupimaatisiiun paradigms and practices, and collaborative interdisciplinary teamwork and communications, for services and programs implementation within a seamless integrated circle (continuum) of care, centred on the participants;
• Provides support, training or guidance within the framework of his/her functions to other staff members, health care providers, or to those supporting the users' quality of life.

REQUIREMENTS
Education:

• Depending on the given sphere of activities, must have the required university degree in social sciences, such as criminology, social work, sexology or psychology;
• A human relations officer who has the required university degree in social work and is a member of the Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux du Québec may use the title of professional social worker.
Experience:
• . Two (2) years of pertinent experience.

In absence of the above-mentioned criteria the following alternative profile may be considered:
College Diploma in human or social sciences or other appropriate field of study
combined with three (3) years of relevant experience.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Knowledge of Nishiiyuu Miyupimaatisiiun (Cree Helping Methods);
• Knowledge of current First Nations traditional holistic health and healing models, trends and issues, across the country and internationally;
• Ability in the identification and analysis of the Nishiiyuu Miyupimaatisiiun program needs of community residents, and knowledge of related issues;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Autonomous, discrete and empathetic;
• Teamwork capabilities.

LANGUAGE
• Fluent in English and Cree;
• Fluency in French is an asset.