Join us in culturally safe practices, holding space for collaboration and healing in child and family decision-making. Discover what it means to Practice Differently with Carrier Sekani Family Services as a Traditional Decision-Making Facilitator. As a Traditional Decision-Making Facilitator (TDMF), you will hold space for parents, grandparents, a social worker, aunties and uncles, and loving families to gather around a table. There’s coffee on the table, toys in the corner for the little ones. Emotions are running high, but the room is calm. Everyone is here because something must change, and we all want a good decision for the family to occur.

At the center of this gathering is the family, your role is holding this space.

The TDMF will manage logistics and guide conversations. You will guide families through some of the challenging decisions about their families, they may ever face. Holding this space with compassion, clarity, and a deep belief that when people are given space to speak and to listen, healing and good decision-making is possible. Rooted in Carrier and Sekani traditional principles, as TDMFs, you ensure decisions are carried out through culturally guided, consensus-based processes to create child welfare decision.

Who You Are You are often the one people turn to when things feel overwhelming. You can carry a conversation through the highly emotional and complex discussions. You carry strength and calm and the ability to influence this on others. You can know how to hold highly respectful and dignity-based spaces without being pulled into them. You understand that family resolution is about creating a path where the child is held in the center, and family healing can occur with full support. You carry skills as you are:

• A natural facilitator, skilled at building trust with families, communities, and professionals.
• A Guide in a trauma-informed approach, understanding the impact of past experiences on current behaviors.
• A grounded presence cultural safety and awareness, especially when working with Indigenous communities, honoring the histories, values, and ways of knowing that shape each family.
• A constant neutral role making space for all perspectives.
• A steady in unpredictable conversations and spaces, managing flexibility and comfort in varied meeting settings.
• An adaptive and flexible lead in your work, your environment, and your methods, including shifting between different decision-making and dispute resolution models as needed.
• As a skilled at navigating in emotionally charged conversations with kindness, respect and humility.

You are passionate about ensuring that every voice is heard. What You’ll Do Your days will be diverse, as are the families and stories you will hold space for. Some days, you’re coordinating childcare and print intake forms. Others, you’ll be navigating tense, emotional discussions that could be shift the trajectory of a child’s life. Always, you will:

• Connect with participants to determine their fit for the program, gathering background information with care, dignity and respect.
• Work alongside and prepare participants by confirming involvement, identifying additional participants, gathering background information, and ensuring readiness to engage meaningfully in consensus-based decision-making.
• Facilitate respectful and clear communication, guiding challenging conversations while ensuring all parties feel heard, respected and understood.
• Clarify expectations, ensuring everyone is in understanding of voluntary and intervention involvement, along with the shared responsibility of consensus decision‑making.
• Arrange culturally respectful logistics such as venues, ceremonies, transport, childcare, and refreshments, guided by traditional practices, making it as easy as possible for participants to show up and feel supported.
• Facilitate decision‑making processes rooted in Carrier and Sekani traditional laws and principles, where Elders, matriarchs, and knowledge holders guide participants to fully engage in consensus‑based decisions on child welfare matters, making space for every voice to be heard with dignity and heart.
• Support integration working alongside families, Elders, matriarchs, hereditary leadership, CSFS staff, and external service providers to bring wrap around support in a coordinated and culturally grounded way.
• Build awareness offering training and orientation to staff, families, Elders, community members, and partner agencies to the Traditional Decision-Making process, encouraging the use of this vital service.
• Bring a trauma-informed approach to your work, creating emotionally and physically safe spaces for families to heal and grow.
• Practice with cultural humility and cultural safety, ensuring services respect the identity, traditions, and lived experiences of each family

What You Believe You believe that families are best equipped to make decisions for themselves when empowered with a strong voice, autonomy, and meaningful involvement in the planning process. You trust that, with the right support, families can navigate their path forward. You value second chances, practice deep listening, and create space for hope even in difficult times. Above all, you believe that children’s rights are upheld and they deserve to provide safe environments of care to meet their fullest potential, they deserve safety, love, and the opportunity to heal and thrive.

What You Bring You’re not just clinically skilled, you’re relentlessly clear in your belief that families can grow stronger. While having a Bachelors of Social Work, or related field is preferred,at CSFS, we understand that knowledge and experience may come from a variety of sources and encourage applications from individuals whose backgrounds may not align perfectly. Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Diploma in Social Services related field
• Experience working in child welfare work is an asset
• Experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes
• Experience or certification in Mediation or Conflict Coaching is an asset

Where You’ll Work Prince George sits on the traditional lands of the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation and is the largest city in northern B.C. It is a community that includes the renowned University of Northern B.C. and the College of New Caledonia, with affordable housing, complemented by an international airport. Prince George offers unparalleled access to outdoor recreation that contributes to the city's high quality of life and standards of living. The Fraser and Nechako rivers are focal points of an extensive park and trail system of more than 100 parks. Enjoy opportunities for year-round outdoor activities from camping to snowshoeing. Learn more about Prince George at https://tourismpg.com/ .

This Work Matters This is challenging work. If you’re looking for a role that’s rooted in Indigenous rights, human connection, community empowerment, and the chance to truly change lives—this is it.

Apply now at www.practicedifferently.ca and discover what it means to Practice Differently as you become part of a team that prioritizes healing over conflict, connection over division, and provides dignity for every family we serve.

Who We Are As leaders in Indigenous health and family services, we prioritize creating wellness together and practice differently by placing culture at the center of everything we do. Since our beginnings in the late 1980s, CSFS has grown to over 525 incredible employees working together to provide services to our 11 member Nations throughout Northern BC. Discover what it means to practice differently, as you enjoy unique experiences, close connections with communities, as well as the natural wonders of northern BC while you work . What We Offer The target hiring range for this position is $38.58 to $49.97 per hour. Candidates will typically be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the wage range. Placement within the wage range is dependent on the applicants’ role specific knowledge, skills, abilities, related experience and in consideration of factors such as market conditions and internal equity.

Total Rewards : In addition to base salary, CSFS offers an excellent compensation package. It features unique, generous, flexible time off options promoting work-life-family balance, Municipal Pension Plan (defined

benefit with an employer contribution of 9.31% after eligibility period), as well as extended health and dental benefits. At CSFS, we believe in investing in our employees through meaningful educational and professional development opportunities.

The Technical Details Deadline to Apply: January 2, 2025 . Along with your resume, please submit a cover letter outlining why you are interested in this opportunity, what skills and experience you will bring, and how your qualifications will make you successful in this role.

In accordance with Section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code and Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, preference will be given to qualified candidates with Aboriginal Ancestry.

CSFS is committed to ensuring accessible and accommodating processes during the application and selection phases. If you need accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please contact our Human Resources team by email at recruitment@csfs.org and we’ll collaborate with you to address your requirements.

Hurry and Apply Now! Go to www.practicedifferently.ca and click on ‘View Opportunities’ to apply. Applications will only be received and accepted through our online recruitment system.