Disability Support Worker jobs in London, ON

Location: London & Fingal Ontario
Closing Date: October 16, 2026
Employment Term: Permanent; Full-time
Salary: $25.00 per hour
Number of Openings: 1

About Atlohsa

Atlohsa Family Healing Services is an Indigenous led non-profit organization in Southwestern Ontario dedicated to empowering Indigenous communities through traditional and land-based healing practices. Since 1986, we have provided low-barrier, wraparound services to individuals and families facing complex challenges such as mental wellness, substance use, homelessness, and domestic violence. Our holistic wellness approach is rooted in the Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings and the Medicine Wheel Teachings, utilizing a Two-Eyed Seeing approach that emphasizes collaboration, mutual respect, and the recognition that both Indigenous and Western knowledge systems contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the world.

About the Program

Ndakiimnaan (an Anishinaabe word, meaning on the land) Healing Lodge is a land-based program intended to support First Nations, Inuit, and Metis individuals recover from addictions. This is achieved through land-based traditional Indigenous methods to heal from addictions and its effects and promote wholistic health and wellbeing. Ndakiimnaan has a special focus on empowering families and a secondary focus on the prevention and healing from gender-based violence. Programming is designed to offer both day and residential addictions treatment for Indigenous peoples, fostering a nurturing environment where participants can engage with Indigenous cultural teachings and practices, access support from experienced staff, and develop skills that promote personal and communal wellness. By focusing on strategies that see and honour whole people in their spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical selves, Ndakiimnaan seeks to build and enhance the overall wellbeing of its participants, their families, communities, and nations.

About the Role

• Responsible for delivering Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) land-based programs to the residential program participants. The program aims to support Indigenous peoples’ healing from the effects of intergenerational trauma.
• Delivers approved Indigenous program activities to the Healing Lodge participants, while following legislative requirements, regulations, policies, procedures, and the mission of the organization.
• Using a trauma-informed approach, the Lodge Support Worker will utilize traditional Indigenous wholistic practices, including ceremony, use of the four medicines, and in alignment with the Seven Grandfather Teachings (Wisdom, Love, Respect, Bravery, Honesty, Humility, and Truth).
• The Lodge Support Worker will be a dynamic role, navigating the challenges of facilitating an on-the-land program overnight, bed-based program while supporting the program participants on their healing journey.
• The candidate will have strong outdoors and camping skills that include safety awareness, and the ability to lead and facilitate ceremonies such as healing circles and smudging.
• Provide professional cultural understanding and intervention in response to the dynamic needs of the participants.
• Complete necessary documentation, reports, case notes, and checklists.
• Collaborate with the intake worker and other Healing Lodge workers.
• Maintain security and safety of the participants and adhere to Atlohsa Family Healing Services policies and procedures.
• Facilitate the chef with mealtime
• Perform belonging searches when necessary
• Dispense medication in compliance with Atlohsa’s policies and procedures
• Coordinate third-party health and paramedical care as required for the participants
• Delegate chores to the program participants
• Maintain confidentiality
• Exercise good judgment
• Travel is required

Suitability

• Social service worker, addictions worker, or other related degree
• Certification with ICBOC or CCPC is an asset
• Minimum3 years experience in mental health counseling, group ceremony facilitation, oraddictions treatment
• Experienceworking with Indigenous peoples who have been exposed to violence/abuse, homelessness, mental health challenges
• Consistent and reliable access to a vehicle in order to drive to the Lodge in Fingal
• Available to work mornings, afternoons and overnight
• Knowledge of the Indian Residential School system and the intergenerational trauma of Indigenous people of Canada.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of traditional holistic healing practices, languages, and cultures of the Indigenous population of the Southwestern Ontario region.
• Moderate to strong knowledge of colonialism, and the historical and ongoing impacts on Indigenous peoples
• Demonstrated strengths in interpersonal relations, problem-solving, crisis intervention, group dynamics, and trauma-informed approach
• Effective communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with others in a respectful manner as defined in the Atlohsa Code of Conduct
• Knowledge of the First Nation Mental Wellness Continuum Framework and the Native Wellness Assessment are assets
• Valid Ontario G-Class Driver’s License, First Aid and CPR certificate and Current Vulnerable Sector Check
• ICBOC certifications require three years of sobriety from substance misuse and abuse.

Why Work for Atlohsa?

We offer competitive pay and benefits:

• $25.00 per hour
• 100% employer provided benefits
• Employer-Employee contributory
• Pension plan

We are committed to ensuring YOUR work-life balance and offer extensive paid time off:

• Three (3) weeks vacation, accessible in your first year of employment and increased entitlement based on years of service.
• Up to 12 paid sick days per year.
• Up to 12 paid self-development days per year.
• We recognize 14 statutory holidays every year.

We have a strong commitment to our cultural teachings and traditional knowledge practices, which encompass not just our programs but our daily interactions in the workplace, including:

• Regular opportunities for staff to engage in ceremonies and cultural gatherings.
• Access for staff to connect with Elders and Knowledge Keepers to foster active participation in cultural traditions.

We strive to inspire, empower, and instill a profound sense of pride and belonging within the community while promoting Mino Bimaadiziwin, The Good Way of Life.

How to Apply

If interested to apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter to jobs@atlohsa.com with Healing Lodge Support Worker in your subject line.

Within the body of your email, please provide answers to the following questions:

• Please briefly outline where your experience with or understanding of First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis communities comes from. You may note professional, academic, or your own personal lived/community experience.
• Are you a First Nations, Inuk, or Métis applicant? If yes, please indicate which community you are from. If you are not connected to your community, just write what you know.

At Atlohsa, we value diversity in our workforce and encourage all qualified candidates to apply, however, due to the nature of our organization, preferences will be given to qualified Indigenous applicants.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources to make arrangements.

We thank all those who apply however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Pay: $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Dental care
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Application question(s):

• Please briefly outline where your experience with or understanding of First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis communities comes from. You may note professional, academic, or your own personal lived/community experience.
• Are you a First Nations, Inuk, or Métis applicant? If yes, please indicate which community you are from. If you are not connected to your community, just write what you know.

Work Location: In person