July 8th, 2021
​@  recrutement@caavd.ca

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ACCESS TO JUSTICE SERVICES NAVIGATOR
Full time - permanent position (35 hours/week)

RESPONSIBILITY
The incumbent raises awareness among community members of their situation, their rights and the various forms of ressources available. He identifies the different options and procedures to be followed in the field of justice in order to make it possible to move towards the recognition of their rights. He assists the members of the community towards an action aimed at asserting them and a realization of their approaches and other alternative measures in terms of defense of rights. He coordinates the Anwatan-PAJIC program.
 
YOUR BIG CHALLENGES 

• Establish a relationship of trust with community members in order to encourage dialogue and exchange;
• Welcoming community members who wish to assert their rights;
• Prepare and assist community members leaving the institution;
• Study the member's legal situation, propose various options such as alternative measures and evaluate the member's interest and eligibility for these options;
• Convene with the member on the measures to be taken to assert his rights and/or regularize his situation and to assist him in a concrete manner in the justice services of the community;
• Promote the Anwatan-PAJIC program and its services;
• Apply the protocol of the Anwatan-PAJIC program in partnership with the City of Val-d'Or.

 
REQUIREMENTS
 
Your profile 
 

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in social work, criminology or equivalent, combined with 2 to 5 years of work experience in a similar field.
• Have work experience and-or knowledge related to the reality and issues of First Nations communities.
• Great knowledge of Office suite software.
• Hold accurate knowledge of the workings of the justice system and ressources.
• Good knowledge of French and English.
• Be a member of a professional association, an asset.

 
Your skills

•  Excellent adaptability skills.
•  Interpersonal relationship and listening skills.
•  Ability for teamwork.
•  Analysis and synthesis mindset.
•  Critical judgment and discernment.
•  Autonomy.
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OUR BENEFITS

•  Hourly rate from $30.51 to $39.47, depending on experience.
•  Summer schedule.
•  Work-family balance valued.
•  Group Insurance.
•  Voluntary retirement savings plan.
•  Paid sick leave and personal leave.

 
OTHERS
 
Workplace: Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre and outreach.
Start date: to discuss.
 
You are interested in this challenge? Interested candidates are invited to submit their application before July 8th, 2021, at the following address: 
 
Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre
Human Resources Services 
Email address: recrutement@caavd.ca
Website: www.caavd.ca
 
We encourage First Nations applications. We thank you for your interest in our organization.  Please note than only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. 
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The Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre is a hub of urban services, a living environment and a cultural anchor for the First Peoples, fostering harmonious cohabitation in its community. Rooted in human values of inclusion, solidarity, equity and justice, the Centre shares this vision of a fairer society, which makes way for diversity, without discrimination. 
 
If you are looking for a motivating place that showcase First nations culture and a cause to mobilize around, you are going to love working with our teams. The Centre's great quest is the Mino Pimatisi8in, which refers to the state of overall, harmonious, and balanced well-being and, more broadly, the quality of life of its community. 
 
Anwatan is a space for members of the Indigenous community in a context of vulnerability that offers physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual security, through a culturally and socially secure approach.
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