Requisition ID: 385678
Posting End Date: August 4, 2025
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Klinic Community Health
Site: Klinic Community Health -
Department / Unit: Hummingbird
Posting Category: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start : 09/01/2025
Term Ending: September 1, 2026 (with possibility of extension)
Reason for Term: Educational Leave
FTE: 0.5
Anticipated Shift: Days; Evenings; Weekends
Annual Base Hours: 2080
Klinic Community Heath is a pro-choice community health centre that provides primary care, education and counselling services to our local community and throughout Manitoba. Driven by our vision of creating healthy and engaged communities, we promote health and quality of life for people of every age, background, ethnicity, gender identity and socio-economic circumstances. Rooted in social justice values, we believe that everyone deserves quality care, support and respect.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The System Navigator for the Hummingbird program aids and supports individuals who have experienced sexual violence and/or intimate partner violence as well as their families and loved ones by: providing/supporting them with internal and external referral processes, resources and advocacy, and participation in individual case counselling and coordination as appropriate. The System Navigator works as a member of an interdisciplinary team identifying key partnership contacts to effectively and efficiently support people, and practice innovative approaches to service delivery within the broad determinants of health framework. Resources, supports and programming are person-centred and person led. The System Navigator within the Hummingbird program will support, participate and connect individuals to community based cultural programming and healing opportunities. Collaborating with community partners, the System Navigator will build relationships with partners in community to extend the circle of care available to people in their healing processes. The Systems Navigator will facilitate and support the Ogijiita Advisory Council within the Hummingbird team.
This position is meant for individuals who identify as First Nations, Metis and/or Inuit.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Undergraduate degree in the social sciences, graduate degree preferred
Minimum two years supervised in person counselling experience
Lived experience as a First Nations, Metis or Inuit health professional
Thorough knowledge of sexual violence, domestic violence and intimate partner violence theories, frameworks and dynamics
Demonstrated familiarity with a broad range of social services agencies and resources
Thorough understanding of the therapeutic/counselling process
Thorough knowledge and understanding of crisis intervention and suicide prevention
Thorough knowledge of posttraumatic stress, the recovery process and experience counselling people affected by trauma
Thorough understanding of issues related to addictions
Thorough understanding of mental health issues and the mental health system
Demonstrated competence in risk and clinical assessment
Proven ability to work from an empowerment and trauma informed model
Established relationships and connections with First Nations, Inuit and/or Metis communities
Previous work experience in First Nations, Inuit and/or Metis communities
Ability to work independently and demonstrated decision making abilities
Proven ability to promote team and program functioning
Demonstrated effective communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings
Awareness of and sensitive to issues of cultural diversity
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Link clients with appropriate community resources
Provide clinical assessments
Liaise with community resources and service organizations
Work as part of an interdisciplinary team
Participate in program development
Assist in the development of resource material including facilitating training and public education events
Maintain awareness of community led initiatives, programming, and cultural supports available for clients and their families and facilitate the connection to same
Co-facilitate the Ogijiita Advisory Council
Participate in program planning, evaluation and quality monitoring including completing daily statistics
Chart appropriately according to Klinic Policies
Participate in training courses and in services offered elsewhere and by Klinic in order to maintain and improve quality of service
Attend staff meetings as required
Participate in formal self-evaluations by identifying strengths and limitations
Seek appropriate supervision/consultation of own actions
Adhere to all agency policies, protocols and promote best practice
Perform other duties and functions related to their job description not exceeding the above stated.
Additional Requirements:
Satisfactory Criminal Record, Child Abuse and Adult Abuse Registry checks
SALARY RANGE $40.536 per hour - $52.900 per hour
APPLICATION PROCESS
Klinic is committed to working towards having a more equitable and diverse work force at all levels of our organization. We welcome and encourage persons who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve to apply, including Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour, 2SLGBTQ+ and /or persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process. Applicants are asked to please self-declare in their cover letter.
Thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.