Employer Name: Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigaming (WNHAC)
Location/Address: Kenora, ON
Application Deadline: April 28, 2026
Hours of Work: Full-Time
Work Remotely: No
Wage: $56,886 – $74,224 with excellent benefits, including HOOPP pension plan. Salary is based on education and experience.
Duties:
We provide wholistic primary health care through a range of options including prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Our teams include health professionals, educators and support workers representing both traditional Indigenous and contemporary models of care and use wholistic health and community development concepts.
The Wellness Worker delivers primary health care by promoting mino-bimaadiziwin in the provision of proactive wholistic health promotion aimed at achieving healthy families and healthy communities. This position works as part of a team to support clients’ healing journeys by providing case management and health promotion. This position will work closely with our Outreach Program and HIV/Hep C Programs.
NOTE: Indigenous traditional practices involve burning sacred medicines including tobacco, sweetgrass, sage and cedar within the work setting.
Qualifications:
- Diploma in a social services field or appropriate combination of relevant education, life and work experience;
- Demonstrated understanding of wholistic health and well-being; personal experience or strong knowledge of the healing journey and abstinence from mind altering chemicals;
- Good knowledge of available resources, and experience working with at risk individuals and families an asset;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (including computer skills); demonstrated interpersonal skills to deal effectively with a wide variety of people;
- Deep understanding and experience of indigenous culture, values, and perspectives as well as traditional and contemporary health care practices, and wholistic health and wellbeing; ability to speak and understand anishinaabemowin a definite asset;
- Experience working in an indigenous organization; understanding and/or willingness to learn of Indigenous culture and values;
- Proof of immunization in compliance with policy requirements is mandatory;
- Valid drivers’ license, own vehicle and willingness and ability to travel required;
- Criminal records check and current drivers’ abstract required;
- Commitment to ongoing training and professional development relevant to job requirements;
- And positive attitude and capacity to act as a healthy lifestyle role model.
How to Apply:
Please apply via our careers page at: https://www.wnhac.org
Wellness Worker Position
Email: hrteam@wnhac.org
Website: WNHAC.org
Fax: (807) 467-8341
Phone: (888) MYWNHAC
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, please note only those selected for an interview will be contacted. As an Indigenous employer we encourage First Nations, Inuit, and Metis applicants to apply.