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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH PREFERENCE TO TH CITIZENS
Competition #: 2024-12-006

Home & Community Care Coordinator - Term
Department:  Wellness
Location: Tr’ondek Hwech’in Offices – Dawson, YT
Posting Date:  December 18, 2024
Standard Hours Bi-Weekly:  75
Start Date:  Immediately
End Date:  March 31, 2026
Salary:  Level 7 Step 1 ($3,316.50 bi-weekly) 

Closing Date 4:00pm (YST):  January 6, 2025

Reporting to the Health Programs and Services Manager, the Home and Community Care Coordinator is responsible for the implementation, coordination, and administration of an effective and efficient home care support program for citizens / clients in need of assistance. This position ensures citizens / clients have the best possible quality of life while facing medical, physical, or mental health challenges limiting their ability to perform necessary home and self-care functions. The incumbent meets these objectives through effective program and service delivery, using a collaborative case management approach to providing services and supports, and by ensuring that TH culture and traditions are included in program design and delivery. 

An Eligibility List may be established from this competition – the duration of the eligibility list may be up to 12 months. The eligibility list may be used to fill future permanent full-time, permanent part-time, temporary full-time, temporary part-time, term, or auxiliary on-call vacancies within the same department and classification based on the organizational needs by going the next highest ranked candidate until the eligibility list expires.  

If this opportunity interests you, please submit a cover letter & resume clearly demonstrating the qualifications below, as selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide. Applications will not be accepted without a cover letter and resume. 

Essential Qualifications:  

• Post-Secondary Diploma / Certificate in Home Support Care, Home Care Services, Home Health Aid, Long Term Care Aid, Nurse Assistant or a related field of study. An equivalent combination of education, training, skills and experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated work experience in community home care or health support care and in implementing case management planning and practices.
• Demonstrated experience in program / event / workshop administration including planning, facilitation, presentation, and budget management.
• Experience in scheduling, training and supervising staff members.
• Knowledge in NIHB processes and procedures and ability to assist with medical claims / reimbursements.
• Knowledge of, or willing to learn, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government structure, culture, traditions, history, demographics, family structures, socio-economic dynamics, challenges and aspirations, basic phrases of the Hän language, as well as the intergenerational impacts of residential schools on individuals, families and communities.
• Ability to advise and guide community / staff on home care services.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with the community, citizens / families, co-workers and other departments and outside agencies.

Assets:  

• Tact, judgment and respect.
• Positive influence and role model with an ability to demonstrate wellness, maturity & integrity. 

Conditions of Employment: 

• Criminal Record Check with vulnerable sector screening.
• Class 5 driver’s license with clear driver’s abstract.
• Standard First Aid certification.
• Foodsafe Level 1 certification.
• TH101 cultural awareness.

A detailed job description is available upon request.