Braiding Sweetgrass – Part Time Facilitator

Braiding the Sweetgrass – Part Time Facilitator

Hull Services has an organizational commitment to pursuing truth and reconciliation, decolonization and anti-oppression.

Hull Services has had a long reputation for providing leading edge child, youth, and family mental health services. We work with children, youth and families who have experienced mental health struggles, behavioural problems, developmental delay, neglect, abuse and trauma. Hull offers them an opportunity to seek well-being and happiness, with a focus on mental health. Hull’s vision is for resilient young people and families to thrive within communities that support their mental health and well-being.

Hull’s programs and services include prevention and early intervention, family-based treatment, school-based services, community group care, campus-based care, adult services and education and training. Located in Calgary, we have been serving Alberta’s young people and families for 60 years, and support over 8,000 young people and families each year.

Hull’s vision is for resilient young people and families to thrive within communities that support their mental health and well-being. Hull’s programs and services include prevention and early intervention, family-based treatment, school-based services, community group care, campus-based care, adult services and education and training. Located in Calgary, we have been serving Alberta’s young people and families for 60 years, and support over 8,000 young people and families each year.

Braiding the Sweetgrass is a program offered to Indigenous families in Calgary by Hull Services. This program guides Indigenous families through the effects of intergenerational trauma (IGT) to a place of well-being. In Braiding the Sweetgrass (BTS), families experience culture, community and reconnection on their journey of healing. The primary goal of BTS is to create a foundation upon which we can build a future for healthy Indigenous families, free from the trauma cycle.

Hull has developed this unique approach blending Traditional healing practices and Western understanding of brain development and the effects of trauma. Elders are important wisdom keepers of Traditional knowledge and a team of selected Elders from a variety of tribes have been integral contributors to the development and delivery of the program. Dr. Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) has provided the lens for understanding trauma and working with culture to heal the effects of IGT.

Braiding the Sweetgrass is looking for a part-time Facilitator for a one year contract. This position will work in an unstructured 20 hour work week, including evenings and weekends in order to accommodate family visits, group and community gatherings
. BTS Facilitators work in collaboration with the Program Coordinator, Program Director, Hull Services Elder and other program facilitators to effectively develop and deliver programming.

Preference will be given to individuals who have lived experience with Indigenous Canadian cultures.

• Facilitate programming as set out in the Braiding the Sweetgrass program design and objectives, with consideration for unique needs of the people we serve
• Work with Elders and clinical specialists to integrate Traditional and Western approaches to programming and well-being
• Ensure effective administration of the program by actively participating in team meetings and preparing for all program related activities (i.e. marketing, recruiting, intake, data collection, etc.)
• Plan and/or support extended opportunities for past participants that may include monthly gatherings, access to Elders, ceremony, mentorship programs, workshops and community engagement
• Pl…