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Walking with Our Relatives – Counsellor


Full Time (40 hours/week)

Ka Ni Kanichihk is looking for a warm, knowledgeable, and community-rooted Counsellor to join our Indigenous-led Walking with Our Relatives team working alongside Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) and community partners. This role supports relatives who have experienced sexualized violence or intimate partner violence by creating safe, culturally grounded pathways of care.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Walking alongside relatives with compassion, empathy, and cultural safety.
  • Providing one-on-one and group counselling (up to 12 sessions) focused on healing, stabilization, and trauma integration.
  • Creating welcoming therapeutic spaces rooted in Indigenous knowledge, sex positivity, harm reduction, and consent-based care.
  • Working with relatives to build care plans that honour their goals, strengths, and preferred healing pathways.
  • Supporting relatives through referrals, transportation, advocacy, and navigating community, cultural, and clinical services.
  • Collaborating with the WWOR team, Klinic, HSC, anti-violence partners, and Traditional Healers/Knowledge Keepers.
  • Keeping clear, confidential documentation and providing follow-up after care is accessed.
  • Maintaining strong and consistent communication with relatives, community partners, and colleagues.

Who You Are

You are someone who leads with heart, integrity, and cultural humility. You understand that relationships are medicine and that safety and trust are essential to healing.

You bring:

  • Education in Social Services, Community Health, Counselling, or 2+ years of relevant experience.
  • Experience providing counselling or therapeutic support to individuals or groups.
  • Strong knowledge of Indigenous culture, ceremony, teachings, and ways of being.
  • Understanding of sex positivity, harm reduction, decolonized practice, and trauma-informed approaches.
  • Ability to navigate community and clinical resources and support relatives through complex systems.
  • Comfort transporting relatives within Winnipeg.
  • Strengths in communication, organization, and file management.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and databases.
  • A valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle.
  • Clear Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Check, and Child Abuse Registry Check.
  • Ability to work some evenings and weekends as needed.

We are Proud to Offer:

  • Comprehensive and Immediate Benefits including Health and Dental
    Long-Term Disability & Life Insurance
  • Employer Contributed RRSP; up to 5% match
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program with Consult + and Telus Health
  • Cultural Ways of Being; Mino Pimatisiwin Lodge, Knowledge Keepers, Skaabes, Kookums, medicine picking, sweats, ceremony, smudging on-site
  • 12 Wellness Days per year, in addition to Vacation Days for full-time employees
  • Work-life balance and casual dress
  • Training and Development opportunities
  • Free on-site parking
  • Social Planning Committee that facilitates employee appreciation and wellness events


To Apply:

Ka Ni Kanichihk is committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment that supports healing and growth. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, as well as individuals with relevant lived experience.

Candidates must be able to provide a recent Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector, and Child Abuse Registry Check prior to starting in the position.  You must be able to provide a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, and a driver’s abstract.

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter and resume, detailing how you meet the requirements of this position (with salary expectations).

Please forward your cover letter and resume to:

Human Resources

Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.

455 McDermot

Winnipeg, MB R3A 0B5

Email: careers@kanikanichihk.ca

Ka Ni Kanichihk thanks all applicants; however, we will only contact those selected for an interview.