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  • Assertive Outreach Clinical Counselling

    Assertive Outreach Clinical Counselling

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    UNYA’s Assertive Outreach Clinical Counselling program offers support for Indigenous youth up to 19 years old. Counselling is available both in-office and out in the community, making it easier to connect in the way that feels right for you. Our clinician provides culturally relevant, trauma-informed wellness counselling through a relational, outreach approach — always focused…

  • Aboriginal Youth Safehouse Youth Care Counsellor – Permanent

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    Full TimeAwake OvernightTuesday – Saturday, 12am-8am This position requires working a schedule from Tuesday-Saturday, 12am-8am, and maintains a 40 hour per week schedule. Highlights of this opportunity: As members of the Aboriginal Youth Safehouse program, Youth Care Counsellors provide a safe space and temporary housing for youth without a secure place to stay, with stays…

  • Youth Care Counsellor – Transitions to Adulthood Program

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    This position maintains a schedule of 5 eight hour shifts Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm. Highlights of this opportunity: As a member of the Transitions to Adulthood program the Youth Care Counsellor is responsible for supporting youth on their case load in identifying individual needs and setting positive goals for their transition out of…

  • Full Time Youth Outreach Worker

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     Full-time Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 7 pm (10-hour shifts). Work schedule, including days and hours, is subject to change. Highlights of this opportunity: As a member of the Indigenous Youth Outreach Team, you will provide street outreach services, harm reduction services, advocacy, and 1-to-1 support to youth in the East Vancouver and…

  • How We Work

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    Odette Hidalgo

    Philosophy of Care Guiding every step of our work with youth. Every Indigenous youth carries unique gifts. At UNYA, we honour those gifts through a wide circle of supports—cultural teachings, mentorship, education, housing, wellness, and recreation. Our Philosophy of Care is at the heart of this work. Grounded in two-eyed seeing, culture as therapy, trauma-informed…

  • Young Bears Lodge -Full-time Youth Care Counsellor

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     Awake Overnight Tuesday – Saturday 12am-8am Highlights of this opportunity: Are you passionate about empowering Indigenous youth? Do you have a knack for building positive relationships? Are you strategic, creative, and dynamic in your approach to youth work? Does working within a fast-paced environment energize you? If you said yes, then this is the opportunity…

  • André Bessette

    André Bessette

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    Treasurer André Bessette is a grateful visitor to the ancestral lands of the Tsawwassen, Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations since his birth. His roots are mixed settler of French and Croatian as well as Métis from the Red River Settlement on the ancestral territories of Anishinaabe and Néhiyaw Nations where Treaty 1 and 2 lay.…

  • Director of Youth Engagement

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    Highlights of this opportunity:As a member of the Senior Leadership team at UNYA the Director of Youth Engagement is responsible for the overall planning and delivery of a portfolio of programs, services, and support that UNYA offers to Indigenous youth. The position provides effective leadership, and strategic direction, and support to a team of staff that are…

  • Aboriginal Youth First (AYF) Sports & Rec Program Manager

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    Highlights of this opportunity: AYF provides a wide variety of sports and recreation opportunities for Indigenous youth ages 11-24 years, particularly those who are not currently active or involved in sports and recreation. Through a broad range of activities and workshops, AYF’s goal is to promote healthy lifestyles and foster leadership, life skills, and strong…

  • Family Mediation Counsellor

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    Highlights of this opportunity: As a Family Mediation Counsellor, you will walk alongside Indigenous youth aged 12–18 and their families, providing trauma-informed, culturally grounded, and strengths-based support. The Mediation Program empowers youth and their kin to strengthen relationships, navigate challenges, and build on their gifts through holistic and relational approaches to wellness. Guided by Indigenous values…