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JOB POSTINGS

Kw’umut Lelum is a Delegated Aboriginal Agency serving 9 Nations on Vancouver Island. We offer a Four Day Work Week, match Government wages and pension plan, and have an excellent benefits package

We currently have the following open positions:

  • Working from a trauma-informed, family-centered, and prevention-focused approach, the Ts'ets'uw'ut Family Support Worker partners with families to strengthen parenting capacity, improve child safety and well-being, and enhance family stability while honouring Indigenous values, traditions, and ways of knowing.

    Application deadline: Open until Closed

    Job posting available here

    Contact Maria Kerman to submit your resume and cover letter

  • The Early Years Outreach Worker is responsible for supporting parents with individual outreach and facilitates pre- and post-natal groups. The Outreach Worker promotes and facilitates healthy pregnancies and enhance parenting capacity and early learning opportunities for supporting infants and toddlers, through an Indigenous lens.

    Application deadline: Open until Closed

    Job posting available here

    Contact Maria Kerman to submit your resume and cover letter

  • Kw’umut Lelum’s Sni’nuw program provides a continuum of culturally sensitive, child-centred early childhood development services to children 0 – 6 and their parents. The services are intended to increase parental knowledge of early childhood development, increase parental capacity, link families to other community services and to enhance opportunities to develop social, educational and emotional potential of parents and families.

    Application deadline: Open until filled

    Job posting available here

    Contact Maria Kerman to submit your resume and cover letter

  • Seeking a contract worker for 2 to 5 days per week (up to 35 hours) to transport parents/children to/from supervised access visits and to supervise the visit.

    The successful Applicant will:

    • Apply with a completed Criminal Record Check.

    • Have excellent interpersonal and self-management skills.

    • Possess knowledge of and are willing to work and learn about Coast Salish and Nuu-chah-Nulth cultural values, teachings and protocols.

    • Have previous experience providing services to children and families.

    • Must have and maintain a valid BC Class 5 driver’s license with no restrictions.

    • Availability for some evening and weekend work.

    Application deadline: Open until Closed

    Job posting available here

    Contact Maria Kerman to submit your resume and cover letter

  • Reporting to the Program Manager, the Women’s Support Worker is responsible for the day-to-day work of supporting women and maintaining the transition house. The Women’s Support Worker must be passionate about the work of ending violence against women and children, she needs to lead her work in a trauma-informed manner, always striving to hold clients in unconditional positive regard. The ideal candidate understands the impacts of colonization on Indigenous peoples and how it continues to harm Indigenous women and children at alarming rates. The Women’s Support Worker must be able to contribute to an environment that centers around physical and emotional safety and nurtures personal growth and self-empowerment. She must be accepting of diversity and supportive of all self-identifying women, including members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. She needs to be responsible, reliable, and respectful in all her interactions with clients and team members. The ideal candidate will embrace and align with Cedar Woman House’s mission, vision, and values.

    Application deadline: Open until filled

    Job posting available here

    ContactMeagan Anderson to submit your resume and cover letter

  • Orca Lelum is seeking expressions of interest from a qualified Medical Doctor (MD) specializing in Addiction Medicine to serve as the Medical Director and provide medical oversight, prescribing authority, and clinical leadership for BC’s first Indigenous youth withdrawal management and wellness centre.

    Application deadline: Open until filled

    Job posting available here

    Contact Nikita D’Souza to submit your resume and cover letter

  • Orca Lelum Wellness Society is inviting Expressions of Interest from qualified and compassionate Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCCs) who are committed to supporting Indigenous youth through culturally grounded healing and trauma-informed care.

    This opportunity is open to clinicians who are currently registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) and in good standing as an RCC.

    Application deadline: Open until filled

    Job posting available here

    Contact Nikita D’Souza to submit your resume and cover letter

  • The Medical Doctor will report to the Wellness Program Director and serves as the primary medical authority for Orca Lelum, ensuring safe, effective, and culturally responsive medical care for youth.

    Application deadline: Open until filled

    Job posting available here

    Contact Nikita D’Souza to submit your resume and cover letter

Career Opportunities

Kw'umut Lelum is a great place to start or grow your career.  

We are always interested in receiving new resumes and letters from interested applicants.  Kw'umut Lelum employs delegated social workers, family support workers, cultural support workers, and program and administrative staff. 

 We have offices in Nanaimo and Duncan, and many positions involve traveling to our Member Nations - which range from Qualicum down to Malahat.

Please feel free to send a letter expressing interest along with a resume to Maria Kerman, Human Resources.