Job Description

The Minoayawin Mobile Outreach Program (MMOP) is a bundle of services that are provided to the unhoused residents of Thompson. It is a place where they can receive trauma informed, low to no barrier health care, that is grounded in anti-indigenous specific racism approaches that honor and give equal validity to Indigenous ways of knowing. The overall aim is to promote physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing in ways that ensure respect and dignity of unhoused community members living in Thompson Manitoba and surrounding First Nation communities.

We are seeking a Social Worker who is passionate about promoting health and wellness equity for First Nations people living in Thompson, Manitoba to join the Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin MOP team. With this program, Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin strives to offer integrated primary care and harm reduction services, Elder-led cultural care, food as Medicine, and a range of specialized programs. The successful candidate will support and will be part of a multidisciplinary team to provide both outreach-based services and clinic based physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellness and harm reduction services. These services will be delivered in a way that give equal validity to both Indigenous and Western knowledge bases and practices and these services will be strength-based, trauma-informed, person-centered, and grounded in Indigenous harm reduction. Our goal is to contribute to a health system that is accessible, free of Indigenous specific racism and truly meets the needs and desires of the unhoused community members of Thompson and surrounding communities.

Job Summary:

The Social Worker will be a key member of an integrated, multidisciplinary health and mental wellness services team, and will provide high quality, Indigenous specific racist free, assertive community treatment and care to community members accessing the MMOP. Working in conjunction with primary care providers (Physicians and Nurse Practitioners), Allied Health providers (Elders, Counsellors, Registered Nurses, Peer support workers), the Social Worker will support program participant's in accessing several health, mental wellness, social service, primary care, harm reduction services, and Knowledge Keeper/Elder services in the community of Thompson and in First Nations communities across Northern Manitoba. The Social Worker will make connections with a collection of service providers and along with the program participant will create a plan for wellness and balance in physical, emotional, mental, and physical domains and then ensure that this plan is implemented and evaluated. All work will be completed in an indigenous specific racism free care environment.

Key Responsibilities:

The Social Worker will:

Connect with MMOP participants in an Indigenous specific racism free environment to provide assessment, service planning, treatment, service coordination to support healing and wellness for the participant, their family, and community. Conduct a psycho-social assessment with community members which includes physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of overall wellness to work with the service user, their family and community and a multidisciplinary team to develop and establish a wellness plan that meets the needs of the community member, their family and community. Increase access to physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual, financial, social, and harm reduction supports. Provide service coordination services, using an anti-racist, anti-oppressive social work practice within a multidisciplinary MMOP team consisting of Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Nurse Practitioners, Peer Support Workers, Physicians and Counsellors. Provision of harm reduction services, primary care, point of care testing, health promotion and prevention services for the MMOP participant's, their families, and communities. Collaborate with the MMOP multidisciplinary team, educational resources, and other health care providers/community partners to provide participant, family and community-centered care and education. Practice in compliance with all provincial and federal health privacy legislation as well as the Child and Family Services Act of Manitoba, the Mental Health Act of Manitoba as any other legislative mandates that may guide the services provided to the MMOP participants, their families, and communities.

Qualifications: (Education, Experience and Skills):

Bachelor's degree in social work (BSW). Eligible for registration with Manitoba College of Social Workers. Ability to conduct comprehensive assessment of MMOP participants that may include mental wellness status, substance use history, education and employment, social development and functioning, family structure and relationships, activities of daily living, physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellness. Experience as a Social Worker providing clinical services to program participants on an individual, group, and family basis, in community-based settings or in a location that serves First Nations community members and/or communities with multiple barriers to health and wellness equity. Knowledge with supporting First Nation populations who struggle with intergenerational trauma, complex trauma, homelessness, mental wellness challenges, and substance use disorders and inadequate housing. Experience with OAT (Opioid agonist therapy), Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs) and other clinical harm reduction practices is desired. Comprehensive knowledge of other health care and allied health, peer support and PWLE disciplines and their role in holistic participant care. Ability to deal effectively with conflict, manage aggressive behavior, and use trauma-informed non-violent crisis intervention and behavioral management techniques. Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. Flexible, team-oriented, and committed to respectful, collaborative problem-solving with MMOP team members. Acts as a Social Work resource to the other disciplines, health care agencies/facilities and organizations that the MMOP collaborates with to support continuity of care. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and prioritize work. Demonstrated ability to utilize current critical theory research and practice approaches in within an evidence-based clinical/medical practice. Knowledge of First Nation Peoples and First Nations culture is desired.

Conditions of Employment

Must be able to physically carry out the duties of the position. (Physical ability to sit, stand, and safely lift up to 50 pounds; the ability to assist clients with mobility challenges; bending twisting, driving for short periods of time). Must be able to work with latex, and other materials in standardized safety equipment. Satisfactory criminal record/vulnerable persons/child abuse registry checks will be required. Must be able to travel on occasion, with appropriate notice, by air, land, and boat. Must be able to work some evenings and 1 weekend shift per month for outings and events based on programming needs. Must be eligible to work in Canada.
For more information or to join our growing team of experts, please submit your resume and cover letter to Trenton Schreyer at trenton.schreyer@kiminoayawin.com

Applications will be accepted by email until

Friday December 5th, 2025, at 4:30pm

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $85,000.00-$115,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Dental care Disability insurance Employee assistance program Extended health care Life insurance Paid time off Vision care Wellness program
Work Location: In person