EMERGENCY SHELTER WORKER
- Nain, NL, Canada
Full-time
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- English
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Original job description
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- Welcome all clients with kindness, respect and without judgement.
- Develop supportive relationships with residents while maintaining professional boundaries so that they can realize their future housing, employment and lifestyle goals with the aim of achieving independence.
- Offer clients support based on a harm reduction, recovery-based approach.
- De-escalating potentially volatile situations using conflict resolution and crisis intervention techniques.
- Record client notes, daily logs and incident reports following appropriate policies for recording, sharing information appropriately and confidentially.
- Other related duties as required
- A certificate or diploma in Community Studies, Criminology, Mental Health/Addictions, Psychology or related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Training in the following areas: Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, ASIST, Intergenerational Trauma and Addictions, Recovery Model, Housing First Approach, 1st Aid/CPR.
- Good Code of Conduct.
- Ability to work shift work and flexible hours, including nights and weekends
- Bilingual in Inuktitut and English
- 4% vacation pay
Location: Nain
Term: Casual
Closing Date: November 16, 2026
How To Apply
Please submit your resume to careers@nunatsiavut.com.
Applications should be submitted before 4:30 pm on closing day.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Welcome and support shelter residents respectfully, build professional supportive relationships, and help clients work toward housing, employment, lifestyle goals, and independence. Use harm reduction and recovery-based approaches, de-escalate crises, and maintain confidential client notes, daily logs, and incident reports.
Requirements
Requires a certificate or diploma in Community Studies, Criminology, Mental Health/Addictions, Psychology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Candidates should have relevant crisis intervention, recovery, trauma, Housing First, and first aid/CPR training, a good code of conduct, and availability for flexible shifts including nights and weekends.
Skills
- Client Support
- Relationship Building
- Professional Boundaries
- Harm Reduction
- Recovery-Based Support
- Conflict Resolution
- Crisis Intervention
- De-escalation
- Confidential Recordkeeping
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
- ASIST
- Intergenerational Trauma and Addictions
- Recovery Model
- Housing First Approach
- First Aid
- CPR
Benefits
- 4% Vacation Pay
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Categories
- Social Services
- Healthcare
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Emergency Shelter
- Community Studies
- Criminology
- Mental Health
- Addictions
- Psychology
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
- ASIST
- Intergenerational Trauma
- Recovery Model
- Housing First Approach
- First Aid
- CPR
- Harm Reduction
- Crisis Intervention
- Conflict Resolution
- De-escalation
- Client Support
- Confidential Recordkeeping
- Shift Work
- Inuktitut
- English