OCCFY2425 - OIB-S (Indigenous Spirituality Counselling)
Solicitation number 190293
Publication date
Closing date and time 2024/03/22 03:00 EDT
Description
Notice is hereby given that the Ministry of PUBLIC SAFETY & SOLICITOR GENERAL is contemplating making a direct award of a contract to OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND DEVELOPMENT LLP. (the “Supplier”).
The Elder will provide (in-group or individual) counselling, teachings, and ceremonial services to indigenous offenders. This includes the following:
Indigenous Cultural Liaison
The Elder will provide (in-group or individual) counselling, teachings, and ceremonial services to indigenous offenders. This includes the following:
Indigenous Cultural Liaison
- Providing guidance and teachings through group sessions (circles) and individual discussions to offenders in the centre.
- Conducting spiritual services and various traditional ceremonies based on Elder’s teachings.
- Provision and coordination of indigenous cultural and spirituality services.
- Creating and maintaining appropriate documentation to measure the outcomes of the program.
- Provide advice/information to staff and management, on issues of indigenous spirituality and cultural practices.
- Introduce staff to various elements of traditional spirituality as deemed appropriate based on their teachings.
- Provide advice regarding ceremonies, ceremonial objects, traditional practices and protocols, traditional medicines, or sacred ground within the centre including the collection and storage of ceremonial objects and traditional and ceremonial medicines; and
- Aboriginal Liaison Worker services as provided by contractors to incarcerated offenders to promote and provide indigenous/cultural awareness, provide spiritual development to reinforce cultural ties and reduce offending.
- Active participant on the Indigenous living unit encompassing traditional cultural and spiritual teachings with the Right Living concepts involved.
Contract duration
The estimated contract period will be 12 month(s).
Trade agreements
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Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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Okanagan Correctional Centre
- Address
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200 Enterprise WayOliver, British Columbia, V0H 1T2Canada
- Contracting authority
- Ronald Benson
- Email
- Ronald.Benson@gov.bc.ca
- Address
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200 Enterprise WayOliver, British Columbia,Canada
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