Youth Housing Client Relations Liaison (Weekend Overnights)

Employment Opportunity : Youth Housing Client Relations Liaison

Location : Dartmouth NS NS

Salary Range : $22.00 / hour

Employment Term : Part time (24 hours per week) (Saturday and Sunday nights) (Starting January / Feb 2026)

Reports To : Youth Housing Coordinator

General Description :

The Mikmaw Native Friendship Centres newest building is a newly developed housing facility and we are looking to hire a part time overnights Youth Housing Client Relations Liaisons . This new facility is a newly renovated Youth Housing complex located in Dartmouth NS. It will offer culturally appropriate programming and residence to urban Indigenous youth experiencing and who are transitioning from foster care to supportive temporary housing. The purpose of The new facility is to provide clients with a safe and culturally rich living environment. Safety is of the utmost importance in offering supports at This new location.

This role will require strict confidentiality strong boundaries and crisis management skills. The Youth Housing Client Relations Liaisons will work with residents to establish plans for long-term housing and stability using a client-centred model of practice that is anti-oppressive decolonized and trauma-informed. Indigenous clients with complex needs may experience a variety of barriers when trying to access and maintain housing and other services including physical health mental health and substance use challenges and varying levels of abilities and life skills.

The facility will connect its clients with the wrap around supports and community involvement that is necessary for them to progress through their healing journey. Individual needs and situations will be assessed to determine what referrals resources and teachings are required to regain housing stability. The Youth Housing Client Relations Liaisons will provide 24 / 7 in-person support to the Facilities clients and assist with programming reporting and the daily operations of the facility.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure the program delivery is congruent with the Mikmaw Native Friendship Centres mission vision and philosophy.
• Ensure a positive healthy safe and culturally vibrant work environment is maintained in accordance with all applicable policies legislature and regulations.
• Carry out the daily operations and assist clients in following the daily schedule (mealtimes laundry access quiet hours etc)
• Assist the Team Lead and Youth Housing Coordinator in helping clients work towards and accomplish personal goals.
• Maintain accurate comprehensive documentation regarding all interactions with clients.
• Utilize maintain and input client information into the MNFC Database and HIFIS.
• Ensure that clients are fully informed of all programs of MNFC and the appropriate referral processes.
• Advocate for clients rights at an individual and broader systemic level when required.
• Practice and maintain a positive leadership role; lead by example with non-judgemental client-centred and trauma-informed support.
• Develop and implement cultural and communal activities for clients and take initiative in making the facility a comfortable participatory environment for the clients.
• Assist in program facilitation and encourage client participation and collaboration.
• Aid and support to clients during difficult and crisis situations.
• Perform regular rounds during the evening shifts to ensure client and facility safety.
• Ensure that all interactions with clients are carried out in a safe dignified and unobtrusive manner.
• Help clients to navigate and access social services health care financial assistance cultural resources Elder services etc.
• Maintain confidentiality privacy and clear boundaries.
• Attend and participate in professional development opportunities as required.
• Work collaboratively with staff to achieve desired excellent service and outcomes.
• Identify and evaluate potential safety cultural and health-related risks to clients staff property finances and the image of the program; implement measures to control these risks.
• May perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience Required for the Position :

Application Deadline : Open Until Filled

Submit Cover letter & Resume to : The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel working within this job title.

The Mikmaw Native Friendship Centre is an equal opportunity employer; and complies with all fair employment practices laws. We are committed to providing a workplace free form unlawful discrimination and harassment and prohibit the same against employees applicants or other covered persons by co-workers supervisors managers or third parties based on a persons race color religion creed sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin ancestry age veterans status disability unrelated to job requirements ethnicity genetic information military service political affiliation marital status and pregnancy or other protected status.

Qualified Indigenous applicants will be given priority in accordance with the Aboriginal Employment Preference Policy of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The Mikmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) reserves the right to refuse all applications for employment. The MNFC will not assume any expenses related to this or any job application process included and not limited to travel relocation and application development.

Key Skills

Presentation Skills,Time Management,Clinical Research,Communication skills,GCP,Infusion Experience,Managed Care,Hospice Care,Conflict Management,Clinical Trials,Research Experience,Home Care

Employment Type : Part-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1