Ally - Fire Preservation Program

For more than
90 years, The Link has helped youth and families on a journey to healing, hope,and better lives. The organization is dedicated to walking alongside children,youth, and families as an inclusive community, strengthening and empowering asense of being, pride, and purpose. With over 15 diverse programs, The Link hasa community of caring staff that work together to provide support through a24-hour crisis line, youth resource centers, emergency shelters, mobile crisis teams, specialized foster care, healing homes, job readiness supports, andSkills4

Life. With a strong foundation within the community and a focus on connection, unity, and compassion, the organization provides a vital link foryouth and families in the province of Manitoba.

Position Summary

The Home Ally is a front-line family-centred role within Home Fire, aFamily Preservation program designed through a First Nations lens to strengthen families and support children to remain safely at home whenever possible.

Reporting to the Family Preservation Manager, the Home Ally works as part ofthe Home Fire Family Support Team to provide practical, culturally responsive,trauma-informed, and strengths-based support to caregivers and families.

This position plays a central role in supporting families to create safe, organized, functional, and sustainable home environments that promote family wellness, stability, autonomy, and preservation. The Home Ally assists caregivers to identify household strengths and barriers, develop practical plans, establish routines, improve organization, and access supports that enhance daily family functioning.

Working collaboratively with families, community resources, and interdisciplinary team members, the Home Ally provides hands-on coaching,modelling, encouragement, and follow-up support. The role requires sound judgement, cultural humility, respectful engagement, strong boundaries,accurate documentation, and a commitment to meaningful outcomes for children,youth, caregivers, and families receiving services.

Reporting Relationships and Program Context

The Home Ally reports to the Family Preservation Manager and works collaboratively with Home Fire team members, caregivers, children, youth, and relevant community supports. The position contributes to case planning, service coordination, information sharing, and team-based decision-making while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries and confidentiality.

Home Fire is grounded in family preservation, relational practice, and culturally responsive service delivery. The program focuses on strengthening caregiving capacity, reducing risks that may contribute to family disruption,supporting safe home environments, and promoting family-led change. Services are delivered in collaboration with families and are guided by respect,dignity, self-determination, and an understanding of the historical and

ongoing impacts of colonization, intergenerational trauma, systemic barriers, and involvement with Child and Family Services.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Household Support, Family Capacity Building, and Direct Service

• Provide in-home support to caregivers and families participating in the Home Fire program.
• Conduct assessments of home environments and identify areas that may benefit from improved organization, structure, cleanliness, or functionality.
• Collaborate with families to develop practical and achievable plans to improve the flow, safety, and function of the household.
• Support caregivers in creating and maintaining household organization systems, including storage solutions, routines,schedules, and family responsibilities.
• Assist families in establishing household processes and routines that support daily functioning and…