Senior Consultant, Indigenous Cultural Safety Shkaabe Makwa

Job Description

Through its core values of Courage Respect and Excellence CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan : Connected CAMH to transform lives ignite innovation and discovery revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system a world where Mental Health is Health.

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Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH is the first Indigenous-led hospital-based Centre in Canada established to improve the health and wellbeing of First Nations Inuit and Métis across Ontario by advancing wholistic models of mental health and wellness care that are rooted in traditional healing practices. We deliver care co-design research and mobilize knowledge and tools to transform health systems. We action community-identified solutions to foster health justice.

Position Description and responsibilities :

Shkaabe Makwa is seeking a full-time permanent Senior Consultant Indigenous Cultural Safety to support the advancement of organizational transformation and systems initiatives in policies programs and services for First Nations Inuit and Métis patients at CAMH. This role will work directly with the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) program at CAMH to lead engagement and provide leadership and support for the development and implementation of the OSP Indigenous Approach a regional approach to the OSP Program that facilitates access to culturally safe services that considers the experiences and expectations of all Indigenous Peoples in Ontario.

In addition to advancing the OSP Indigenous Approach this position will operate within a collaborative matrix model to facilitate strategic change build capacity and enable culturally safe systems and care across all areas of the hospital. The Senior Consultant Indigenous Cultural Safety supports the active involvement of First Nations Inuit and Métis patients and Indigenous service providers in all stages of strategic change and provides tailored and contextualized expertise on integrating cultural safety health justice anti-racism and anti-oppressive principles into the hospitals systems and processes. This position will report into the Senior Manager OSP for OSP-related initiatives and the Director Strategy and Planning at Shkaabe Makwa for all other projects.

Primary Responsibilities Include :

• Lead strategic implementation of CAMHs Truth and Reconciliation Plan and Indigenous Cultural Safety initiatives across CAMH using systems thinking human-centered design and equity-focused approaches.
• Working with the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy program at CAMH to lead engagement and provide leadership and support with the development and implementation of the OSP Indigenous Approach
• Support strategic planning through stakeholder engagement environmental scanning facilitation work plan development and evaluation.
• Build organizational capacity for strategic change and partnership development that advances Indigenous Cultural Safety and Reconciliation by creating and disseminating tools resources and coaching models.
• Apply foresight and innovation practices to anticipate future challenges and position Shkaabe Makwa and the OSP Indigenous Approach for long-term success.
• Contribute to Shkaabe Makwas partnership strategy including supporting the development maintenance and evaluation of key partnerships
• Collaborate across portfolios building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and facilitate meaningful engagement processes.

Minimum Requirements

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1