Cultural Program Facilitator

• Plan, organize, and facilitate cultural workshops, ceremonies, healing circles, and gatherings for staff, families, caregivers, and the community.
• Ensure that children, youth, and families have access to appropriate cultural programming based on their needs and requests.
• Coordinate and support Agency ceremonies and events, ensuring that cultural protocols are honored and respected.
• Support the integration of traditional knowledge and teachings into service delivery within a holistic child well-being framework.
• Apply trauma-informed and culturally grounded approaches, such as Talking Circles and Ceremony, when providing crisis intervention and support.

• Establish and maintain relationships with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and other cultural mentors to support the needs of Indigenous children, youth, families, and the broader NCFST community.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive resource list of Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and other cultural supports.
• Serve as a cultural resource by providing information, guidance, and education to ensure the sharing, understanding, and preservation of Indigenous knowledge, practices, and protocols.

• Prepare and maintain accurate reports and statistical records as required for funding purposes. 
• Supporting with creating and maintaining booking forms, program registration forms, and feedback forms.
• Other related duties and responsibilities as required.

• Lived experience as an Indigenous person with the ability to share and transfer traditional knowledge, and facilitate cultural programming while respecting the unique cultural distinctions across Indigenous communities.
• Extensive knowledge of the history, cultures, and traditions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples.
• Strong ability to engage and collaborate respectfully with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, children, youth, families, community members, students, caregivers, allies, and partners.
• Deep understanding of the complexities and uniqueness of service delivery to Indigenous Peoples within a holistic child well-being agency.
• Familiarity with NCFST programs and services.
• Experience working with Indigenous people, organizations, and communities is required.
• Experience in a social services organization developing and delivering cultural programs and services is considered an asset.
• Access to a vehicle and a valid Class 'G' Ontario Driver's License is considered an asset, but not required. 

• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected ground. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals. 
• In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Native Child will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required. If you require accommodation during the interview process, please contact Human Resources at .
• We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
  
  

Native Child and Family Services of Toronto strives to provide a life of quality, well-being, caring and healing for our children and families in the Toronto Indigenous Community. We do this by creating a service model that is culture-based and respects the values of Native people, the extended family, and the right to self-determination and through the integration of holistic, culturally based prevention services that are child centred, family focused, and community driven.