Posted 2 months ago
Community Support Worker
@ Lac La Ronge Indian Band
Saskatchewan
Overview
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Services is hiring a full-time Community Support Worker to support health advocacy, prevention and promotion in its communities. The role assists health staff, supports elderly and disabled community members at home, interprets between Cree and English speakers, and plans cultural programming under the Cultural Program Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Assist health staff in delivering promotion, prevention and chronic care
- Support elderly and disabled clients at home
- Conduct home visits and provide teaching
- Interpret between Cree and English speakers
- Plan and organize cultural events and camps
Requirements summary:
- Minimum Grade 10 or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of First Nations culture and traditions
- Ability to speak and understand Cree
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Valid Class 5 driver's licence
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-15
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-09
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Allied health |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Client sites, Home, Outdoors |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Languages | Cree, English |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Lac La Ronge Indian Band
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Full company description
The five communities we serve work together to promote and enhance healthy lifestyles for all band members, while ensuring continuous quality improvement and sustainable health services. The LLRIB Health provides services: Prevention and recovery Community Health Services Home Care Services Dental Health Group Health Long Term Care Community Development Administration Water Quality Control Health Education Medical Transportation Prenatal/ Maternal Health Immunizations Mental Health and Youth Wellness etc. The Health Department provides health services to approximately 4017 members.. The service centers include health clinics in Kitsaki with 2412 members, Sucker River with 387 members, Grandmother’s Bay with 363 members, Hall Lake with 512 members and Little Red with 343 members. Each of the outlying health centers are staffed at a minimum of five dedicated staff to provide direct service delivery from the community in the areas of: Home Care, Community Health, Prevention & Recovery, Dental, Health Center clerk and traveling staff from the community of Kitsaki. Mission Statement The mission of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Services Department is to provide quality, equitable and accessible programs and support by ensuring the wholistic well being of each member of it’s communities. By working on community change to address underlying causes of poor health and by ,strengthening our programs to become more effective, we will take action of our top priority health challenges of addictions, violence, parenting, and chronic diseases and work to maintain good health, and better balance our efforts at all levels of prevention. Our Board consists of elected community members on two year terms. Each community, has one member, with the exception of Kitsaki which has two members. Their terms comes up for re-election May 2011.
- LinkedIn followers
- 169
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 40
- Reported office locations
- Jennie Bird Clinic, P.O. Box 1770, La Ronge, SK S0J 1L0, CA
- Business categories
- Health Care
- Communities
- Medical
- Other recorded names
- Lac La Ronge Indian Band
- Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Services
- Specialties
- Prevention and Recovery
- Mental Health
- Community Development
- Community Health Nursing Program and Services
- Immunization
- Community Health Representation
- Dental Health
- and Home and Community Care Program and Services
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
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The five communities we serve work together to promote and enhance healthy lifestyles for all band members, while ensuring continuous quality improvement and sustainable health services. The LLRIB Health provides services: Prevention and recovery Community Health Services Home Care Services Dental Health Group Health Long Term Care Community Development Administration Water Quality Control Health Education Medical…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | La Ronge, SK |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | Prevention and RecoveryMental HealthCommunity DevelopmentCommunity Health Nursing Program and ServicesImmunizationCommunity Health RepresentationDental Healthand Home and Community Care Program and Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 41 |
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(This is a re-advertisement; previous applicants need not apply)
We are looking for a compassionate, hard-working and strong person, with an upbeat attitude and strong interpersonal skills. The position will promote the Woodland Cree culture, traditional practices and values. This role requires workers to be organized, outgoing, flexible and adaptable. If you feel like this would be a good fit for your personality, we encourage you to apply!
About the Organization: LLRIBHS promotes health in our communities for the wellbeing of all members. We provide accessible, high quality health services and programs. Together with others, we work to build capacity and educate as we address both acute needs and the determinants of health.
About the position: The Community Support Worker contributes to the Health Team through health advocacy, prevention and promotion and works under Supervision of the Cultural Program Manager. This position requires living a healthy lifestyle and being familiar with the Woodland Cree Culture. The main purpose of this position is to promote healthy traditional practices and assist the Health Team in providing health programming within their communities. S/he is required to prepare annual work plans and will also be expected to facilitate or undertake the evaluation of the Cultural Program.
Duties:
Assisting health staff in the delivery of health care services including but not limited to promotion, prevention and chronic care;- Assisting the elderly and disabled to live independently at home as long as possible by providing transportation for shopping, chopping wood, shoveling snow, hunting and gathering food, and referral to other health care professionals as necessary;
- Home visiting, providing support, awareness, reinforce teaching, interpreting and advising;
- Act as an interpreter between English and Cree speaking clients, health care providers, and accompany clients when necessary to appointments;
- Assist in planning and organizing events such as culture camps, hunting & gathering, planting & harvesting community gardens, berry picking expeditions, trips and traditional outing for the elderly;
- Engages families & community members in basic life skills from a traditional perspective.
Qualifications:
- Minimum Grade 10 (combination of education & relevant experience may be considered);
- Knowledge of & experience with First Nations culture & traditions is a must;
- Ability to speak/understand Cree and knowledge of Cree Culture is required;
- Excellent verbal & written communications skills;
- Strong organizational skills and problem-solving skills a definite asset;
- Must have a valid Class 5 Driver’s license
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