Drop-In Center Support Worker

Reports to: WaWokiya Lead Support Worker and/or Program Director
Status: Full time
Wages: $25 per hour, plus benefits
Work arrangement: Due to the nature of this important work, there is no remote option available.

About Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC)
MIWRC is a non-profit social and mental health services organization committed to traditional ways of
being and support of Native women and their families. Founded in 1984, MIWRC provides a broad range of
programs designed to educate and empower Native women and their families, and to inform and assist
those who work providing services to the community.

Our Mission
To empower Native women and families to exercise their cultural values with integrity, and to achieve
sustainable lifeways, while advocating for justice and equity.

Our Values
RESPECT To show politeness, kindness, and care to others as spiritual beings. We demonstrate respect
through actions and value in interconnection and relationships.
INTEGRITY Is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. We demonstrate integrity
through transparency and honesty.
RECIPROCITY An exchange that creates balance and beauty and demonstrates respect. We demonstrate
reciprocity by striving for balance in our interactions and respect.
RESPONSIBILITY A duty to act with integrity to all living things. We demonstrate responsibility through
respectful interactions with one another. We practice our cultural and traditional values while showing
reciprocity and being a good future ancestor. We are responsible to ensure that the ceremonial teachings
are done within protocol and the road of personal healing in proactive ways.
HUMILITY The quality of putting pride aside and being self-aware of our own personal growth process. We
demonstrate humility through being teachable and dedicated to self-awareness and growth.
ACCOUNTABILITY An assurance that an individual or organization is evaluated on its performance or
behavior related to responsibilities and promises. We demonstrate accountability by doing our best for
our people while exercising truth, integrity and healthy boundaries.
KINDNESS The quality of being generous, helpful, and caring about other people, or an act showing this
quality. We demonstrate kindness through seeing our people as relatives in kinship and that everyone has
a story.
EMPATHY The ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to
be in that person’s situation. We demonstrate empathy through the ability to understand and share the
feelings of another and imagining what it is like to walk in their shoes.

JOB SUMMARY: The Drop in Center Support worker will create and maintain a safe, comfortable drop in

environment and cultivate relationships with adult Native American women and Two Spirit relatives
experiencing homelessness, with a special emphasis on relatives at risk for commercial sexual
exploitation/sex trafficking, and SUD/Opioid Use Disorder.

NOTE: In this position, you will be confronted on a daily basis with crisis situations affecting the
Native American community. These may be people that are unhoused or live in extreme
poverty, are dealing with sexual violence and/or domestic violence, may be sex trafficked,
current sex workers, or in active addiction or receiving treatment.

MIWRC encourages anyone applying for this position to have a healthy self-care plan and
support team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working with Native American women and families, including families involved in

• Knowledge and understanding of systems of violence and trauma, including inter-generational

• Lived experience or Bachelor's degree in social work or similar degree desired; community and

Other Qualifications:

• Must submit to DHS Background Study.

Demonstrated ability to:

• Maintain highly confidential and sensitive information.
• Ability to exemplify professional conduct and ethical standards.
• Provide effective communication: interpersonal and listening skills with clients and staff.
• Work in a cooperative team relationship with MIWRC agency staff, and other agencies to

situations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide a safe, comfortable drop in center setting for relatives coming in needing a shower,

• Ensuring relative client safety, maintaining upkeep/cleanliness of space throughout the day as

• Work in collaboration with MIWRC FHPAP (Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance

• Knowledge of community Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder.
• Establish partnership contacts with harm reduction entities.
• Assist in identifying available Housing support systems, including emergency shelter, short-term

planning and Housing services eligibility screening, external service referral, and demographic
data collection.

• Record and keep accurate and up-to-date client files in both paper and electronic formats.
• Assist in outreach efforts to the American Indian population.
• Assist in recruitment and training of volunteers and interns as appropriate.
• Prepare monthly reports for supervisor and maintain statistical data.
• Attend training and meetings as required by the position.
• Respond to other duties as assigned.

Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply! To apply for this position, please email a
resume and cover letter to hr@miwrc.org. In your email, please note where you saw this position. Position
open until filled. No phone calls, please.

ONLY CANDIDATES WHO FOLLOW APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE.

An Equal Opportunity Employer:
MIWRC is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds. The

MIWRC provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without
regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability status, public

assistance status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any
other status protected by law.