Wholistic Wellness Helper

About The Link: Youth and Family Supports

For more than 90 years The Link has helped youth and families on a journey to healing hope and better lives. The organization is dedicated to walking alongside children youth and families as an inclusive community strengthening and empowering a sense of being pride and purpose. With over 15 diverse programs The Link has a community of caring staff that work together to provide support through a 24-hour crisis line youth resource centers emergency shelters mobile crisis teams specialized foster care healing homes job readiness supports and Skills4Life. With a strong foundation within the community and a focus on connection unity and compassion the organization provides a vital link for youth and families in the province of Manitoba.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Wholistic Wellness Helper supports the cultural knowledge wellbeing of participants through grounded respectful and relational practice. The role contributes to a wholistic approach to care that reflects First Nations ways of knowing and being while aligning with contemporary inclusive and evidence-informed wellness principles.

Working under the guidance of the Knowledge Keeper and under the direction of the Supervisor the Wholistic Wellness Helper provides individual and group-based support facilitates wellness-focused activities and assists in the integration of culturally grounded practices within the organization in a way that is inclusive trauma-aware and responsive to diverse lived experiences. This role emphasizes relationship-building emotional safety accountability and balancesupporting participants to strengthen connection to self community culture and identity.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- Work collaboratively under the guidance of the Knowledge Keeper to support wellness-focused programming and activities

- Support the delivery of individual and group wellness supports that promote emotional regulation and connection

- Assist with the coordination and facilitation of group discussions and culturally grounded activities when requested

- Support ceremonies gatherings or community events as guided by the Knowledge Keeper ensuring respectful inclusive and safe practice

- Provide strengths-based encouragement coaching and guidance to participants in a manner that respects autonomy and lived experience

- Support participants both individually and in group settings maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure wellness support aligns with care plans and organizational values

- Assist with program coordination tasks such as scheduling communication resource preparation and documentation as required

- Model healthy relationships accountability emotional awareness and respectful communication Participate in ongoing learning reflection and organizational training related to wellness culture and practice development

QUALIFICATIONS

- Education

- A combination of relevant education training and lived or professional experience will be considered

Experience

- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in a related role supporting individuals in residential community or social service environments

- Experience supporting individuals impacted by trauma family disruption system involvement or social inequities

- Familiarity with culturally grounded approaches to wellness and community-based support

- Experience or understanding of harm reduction trauma-aware and strengths-based practice

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

- Experience learning from elders and knowledge keepers on protocols and practices of our healing and helping ways as First Nations people

- Ability to facilitate or support group activities in a respectful and inclusive manner

- Understanding or willingness to learn and share the culturally distinct heritage and histories of our First Nations people

- Understanding of First Nations histories contemporary realities and the impacts of colonization and intergenerational trauma

- Knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action Calls for Justice related to

- MMlWG2S and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Demonstrated ability to work within relational community-centered and participant-led frameworks

- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and maintain professional boundaries

- Ability to navigate sensitive situations with empathy discretion and accountability

- Effective verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams

- Flexibility to work evenings or weekends as required

- Fluency in a First Nations language is a definite asset