Job Type: Full-Time Opportunity; Working on-Premises.
Location: 191 Gerrard St E. Toronto, ON. M5A 3E5
Start Date: Immediate
Wage Rate: $27.54 Hourly
Hours of Work: Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto (NWRCT) is a community-based organization funded by government programs and public and private donations, dedicated to providing resources and support to Urban Indigenous Women and their families. Every year, the NWRCT delivers culturally relevant programs and services to empower and build the collective capacity and self-sufficiency of Indigenous Women. Through our employment, education, housing, advocacy services, basic needs support, and healing from trauma care, we are offering an opportunity for reconnection to ceremony, culture, and traditions. At NWRCT, you will be working in a unionized environment with a variety of clients, community members, and staff committed to providing a welcoming and safe place to build women’s confidence and strengthen the family unit guided by our Sacred Teachings in all that we do:
Wisdom • Bravery • Love • True • Respect • Humility • Honesty
The Trauma Support Case Manager at NWRCT in partnership with the Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS) and the “Indigenous Initiatives Fund-Human Trafficking” will work on innovative approaches to support survivors of sexual violence, harassment, and human trafficking, while building a body of evidence about what works to improve service delivery outcomes. Under the guidance and support of the Program Manager, The Trauma Support Case Manager will provide support and assistance to the program and its clients.
What You Will Bring Along:
- Degree or Certificate in social work, counseling, trauma therapy OR related degree/certificate with a minimum of four (4) years of relevant work experience
- Strong experience in client advocacy with demonstrated experience providing services to Indigenous women, families, and/or communities.
- Proven ability in case management and supportive counseling skills
- Proven experience in and knowledge of victims’ issues surrounding violence against women, sexual violence, human trafficking, transitional support, crisis management, and stabilization.
- Strong client assessment skills, with the ability to work from a client-centered, trauma-informed approach with an Indigenous lens.
- Ability to work with in-house traditional healers for intervention, crisis, and program creation.
- Experience working with Indigenous Peoples and communities who have faced trauma.
- Experience working with Traditional Healers, Elders, and Knowledge Keepers in a professional setting.
- Strong organizational/time management skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and documentation
- Strong case management/crisis response/intervention skills/needs/risk assessment skills
- Demonstrated experience in crisis support, intervention, and ability to mediate conflict.
- Program facilitation skills are an asset.
- Current Police Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening are required.
- First Aid and CPR certifications are an asset.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Actively take part in, implementing, and promoting the Trauma Support program while attending critical committee and advisory tables on GBV AND HT
- Provide case management services which include assessment, short-term intensive case management, supportive counseling, long-term planning, and follow-up services to victims of sexual violence, human trafficking, and traumatic situations.
- Assess client needs and develop and implement a plan of care with short and long-term objectives, with ongoing monitoring until clients can be referred to the necessary service providers.
- Provide crisis intervention support and short-term counseling services for clients.
- Collaborate closely and make referrals to the programs Trauma Counsellors & Traditional Healers and Trauma Support Coordinator to support clients with wrap-around care while also offering programs and services that meet the program mandate.
- Refer and link clients to a range of community resources to provide blanket, wrap-around support.
- Co Facilitate and support circles and groups for survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking.
We Take Care of Our People
As part of the NWRCT’s team, you will have:
- Competitive wages and complete benefits package
- Ten (10) Vacation days,
- Paid holidays,
- Four (4) cultural days,
- Two (2) personal days.
- Fifteen (15) paid sick days.
- Paid time off on June 25th to celebrate Indigenous Day.
- Paid time off during the Last Week of the year when the Centre is closed.
- In-house professional growth and development
- Healthy meals every day for $20.00 per month
- Access to snacks.
- Team gatherings.
TO APPLY:
Please fill and submit the form below or provide a cover letter and resume to NWRCT HR.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Monday, June 16th, 2025
NWRCT’s opportunity for employment is nondiscriminatory and in compliance with the provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code and the City of Toronto’s Anti-Discrimination Clause.
Due to the nature of the organization’s culturally based social services, NWRCT encourages applications from Indigenous women (Section 24 (1) (a), Special Employment, Ontario Human Rights Code).
We welcome all self-identifying Indigenous women (cisgender, transgender, an
