PT Housing Support Worker (King William)

Come Build Hope and Homes with Us!

Housing Support Worker- Part Time

King William Program- 253 King William St., Hamilton, ON

24 units of Specialized Supportive Housing

Compensation: $20.86- $25.05

 
Position Description:  Working as part of the interdisciplinary team, as a Housing Support Worker, you will work alongside tenants who have experienced mental health concerns and/or substance use to maintain housing stability. You will support individuals in developing and working through their personal service plans striving towards health, wellness and belonging. Promoting and demonstrating the vision, mission, and values of Indwell within the workplace and community. Also, working within the context of a collaborative interdisciplinary team reflecting the principles of person-centered and evidence-based care by assisting with coordinating and delivering mental health and addiction services to tenants. This program serves individuals who have experienced long term housing instability and/or long stay hospitalizations. This position will require a high level of resilience and willingness to work in close proximity to challenging situations. 

 

As this program will be supporting tenants from Black and racialized communities, we are seeking a Housing Support Worker who self-identifies as a visible minority or Black, understanding the challenges faced by the BIPOC community (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). 

 

What matters to you? Being in a work culture that operates out of their core values of DIGNITY, LOVE and HOPE- embracing diversity, promoting equality and inclusion. A place that sees you as a LEADER contributing your individuality to champion the vision of creating communities that TRANSFORM lives.   

About Indwell:  Founded in 1974, our Christian charity continues to thrive and grow exponentially as we serve people impacted by poverty and homelessness through our vision of HOPE and HOMES for All.   We are the fastest growing developer in Ontario creating affordable high quality efficient housing communities coupled with supportive programs to over 1200 tenants to meet their needs of health, wellness, and belonging.   To learn more, go to: indwell.ca/our-model

Hours of Work: 16-24 hours per week. The program operates 7 days a week, including public holidays. Flexibility is required to meet program needs, which will include evening and weekend hours.  

  

What you will be doing: 

  

• Skilled in building therapeutic relationships with residents with a recovery-oriented, trauma-informed approach, promoting hope and trust. 

• Comfort and familiarity with a harm reduction approach.  

• Come alongside residents to develop, contribute to, and carry out individual resident support plans, including any relevant assessment tools. 

• Work individually with residents to identify and achieve goals as it relates to their individual support needs and recovery. 

• Connect residents with supportive community resources, including both clinical and informal supports, facilitating case coordination and case management. 

• Strong familiarity with local resources. 

• Confident in utilizing crisis management and intervention skills. 

• Respond to resident complaints/concerns with care, compassion, and efficiency.   

• Reinforcing residents’ life skills, including spiritual, social, and coping skills. 

• Assist with intake and orientation of new residents. 

• Develop and facilitate relevant group programming. 

• Complete required documentation in a thorough and timely manner with a focus on maintaining and protecting tenant health records.  

 Leadership    

  

• Consistently show initiative and engage in creative problem solving. 

• Experience leading and/or guiding internal teams to accomplish shared goals. 

• Ability to take the lead on internal program development and projects. 

• Established relationships with community partners within the local social service sector 

• Reinforce a positive workplace culture and tone through your skilled verbal and written communication. 

• Keep interdisciplinary team informed of community opportunities and emerging trends related to best practices in housing stability. 

• Play a coordinating role on the team around duties such as apartment checks and pest management. 

• Comfort and familiarity with landlord responsibilities such as pest management, rent collection, and eviction prevention.  

  

Support, Direction, and Commitment to Interdisciplinary Team 

  

• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide direct and indirect support to residents, encouraging housing stability. These supports may include: medication administration, apartment checks, pest management protocols, community events, meal delivery, and other supports as necessary. 

• Support unit vacancies and turnover. 

• Support and welcome volunteers.  

• Assist in the orientation and support of staff, students and volunteers. 

• Keep apprised of new research and developments relevant to your role, through workshops, journals, websites, and literature. Transfer knowledge back to the team and residents in the most effective manner available. 

• Follow applicable regulations, policies and procedures. 

• Work collaboratively with Facilities, supporting and reporting maintenance needs to ensure upkeep of buildings and tenant units. 

  

Health, Welfare and Safety Practices 

 

• Maintaining a safe and healthy working environment 

• Upholding organizational policy and procedures 

• Using appropriate procedures when responding to emergency situations 

• Complete required safety checks and inspections as assigned. 

• Attending and participating in all required training to maintain and develop new skills 

• Other duties as required 

 

What you will bring:   

 

• Degree or diploma in a related field, or equivalent and related experience. 

• Experience working in mental health and/or addictions is beneficial with harm reduction approaches to substance use 

• Demonstrated ongoing learning and experience around supporting diverse individuals and communities (i.e. cultural safety, anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice, etc.) 

• Experience working within a case management framework with individuals with serious mental illness, substance use, or other special needs. 

• A client centered approach, using trauma-informed strategies to support residents 

• A warm, sensitive and caring approach with a genuine interest in supporting a diverse population of people living with mental illness 

• Strong communication, listening, interview and assessment skills, as well as critical thinking and problem-solving abilities 

• Effective crisis intervention and conflict management skills 

• Ability to work effectively in a high stress environment, work independently, be flexible, organized, responsible and take initiative 

• Excellent written, verbal, time management and organizational skills 

• A commitment to interpersonal collaborative teamwork and care and continuous professional development 

• Familiarity with SPDAT/ the Ontario Common Assessment of Need is an asset 

• Committed to upholding and modeling the standards set out in the organization’s Mission Statement, Statement of Faith, Code of Conduct and other operating standards and policies   

 

We want you to thrive:    

 

• Vacation: 4% with 2% for HEAL time (sick and personal appointments) accumulated on each pay period  
• Employee Assistance Program- primary care and professional consulting services
• New Staff Orientation Days  
• Professional and Personal Development- annual Leadership Conference (themed with guest speaker) + Spiritual Ranch Retreat (reflection and recharge with various outdoor activities).  Cliffs Strengths Finder Assessment facilitated by People Developer for mentoring opportunities, Lunch and Learn Webinars, Indigenous Cultural Competency and 2SLGBTQ Awareness. Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI), First Aid/CPR/Naloxone, Therapeutic Relationships and Applied Suicide Intervention (ASIST) 
• Social Events:  Indwell’s Hope and Homes Banquet yearly to celebrate the important work we do + team gatherings 

 

As Indwell works to support diverse tenant populations, we are seeking to create a diverse work culture that closely matches the diversity of our communities with qualified individuals who share our commitment to equity and inclusion, who will contribute to the diversification of ideas and perspectives.  Our supports, services and employment are open to people from every creed, race, ethnicity, sex, ability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.  And we especially invite applications from Black, Indigenous peoples, members of racialized communities and intersectionalities.  Indwell’s leadership are motivated by the example of Jesus Christ as reflected in Indwell’s statement of faith.  

 

Inspired to JOIN OUR TEAM, we invite you… 

 

To APPLY:  Please forward your cover letter and resume to our website: www.indwell.ca/careers. We thank all for your interest; however, only those applicants that are being considered will be notified.  

 

Personal information submitted will be used only for employment opportunities within Indwell in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act.    

 

Accommodation will be provided to applicants who make their needs known in advance for the duration of the hiring process as required under Indwell’s Employment policy.