Social Worker, Community Health

Position

Description:

Reporting to the Program Supervisor, as the Registered Social Worker, you will be 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.

You will be supporting these individuals who have experienced long term housing instability and/or long stays in hospitals or in other institutional settings.

The focus will be on specificallyassistingthem in times of transition to/from hospital, incarceration,treatment and intake into Indwell’sprogram to help them achieve health and housing stability.

This position will requirea high levelof resilience and a willingness to work near challenging situations.

Being passionate about innovation in the field of social work to help further develop practice paradigms within a forward-thinking and rapidly growing organization. Joining a work culture thatoperatesout 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 thatTRANSFORMlives.

Founded in 1974, our Christian charity continues to thrive and grow exponentially as we serve peopleimpactedby poverty and homelessness through our vision of
HOPE
and
HOMES
for
All
.We are the fastest growing developer in Ontario creating affordablehigh qualityefficient housing communities coupled with supportive programs to over 1,400 tenants to meet their needs of health, wellness, and belonging.

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Full time
40 hours per week, 8 hours a day. Schedule based on the support needs of individuals in the program, includingsomeevenings,weekends and public holidays.

Positionmayrequire on call hours.

• Skilled in building therapeutic relationships with residents
• Trauma-informed approach promoting hope and trust whilemaintainingappropriate professional relationships
• Program screening, intake, assessments, and referrals
• Work individually withresidentstoidentifyand achieve substance related goals as it relates to their individual support needs and recovery
• Work collaboratively with internal and external partners
• Supportresidentsin issues related tomaintainingtheir health and housing
• Assess complex situations and make appropriate decisionsindependently and as part of a team
• Confident inutilizingcrisis management and intervention skills
• Develop andfacilitaterelevant group programming to meet the needs of the community
• Knowledge of community resources and provincial addiction treatment service

• Partner with other program staff from multiple disciplines in a participatory, collaborative, and coordinated approach to shared decision-making around case management and referrals
• Medication administration, apartment checks, community events, and other supports as necessary
• Work within a team in on-site, in-home assessments and interventions to support long-term stable housing through effective holistic supports
• Utilizing various asset-based and person-centered frameworks to create and manage care plans with tenants
• Enablingresidentsto build capacity to self-manage their health and related concerns, connectresidentsto appropriate community and social service supportsfor health promotion and maintenance, and educateresidentson system navigation and self-advocacy skills and resources within healthcare and community and social services
• Compiling up-to-date resources on community and social servicesfacilitatinginformation sessions and workshops for tenants on various public health and community and social service topics
• Familiarity and comfort advocating and educating within the mental health system.

• Participate inthe
  
  Intake process and assessments
• Lead the development of coordinated care planning with internal and external supports
• Complete required documentation in a thorough andtimelymanner with a focus onmaintainingand protectingresidenthealth records
• Perform administrative tasks as assigned, such as rent collections and financial records
• Intake
• Collect initial information todetermineeligibility and ensure applicants are appropriately matched to services.
• Assessment
• Gather holistic information about the resident’shealth, wellness, social belonging, strengths, risks, barriers,metand unmet needs.
• Planning
• Collaboratively developing an individualized, written service plan or coordinated care plan that outlines specific goals, planned interventions, responsible parties, timelines, and required resources/services.
• Implementation & Coordination
• Connectresidentsto needed services, coordinate care across internal and external supports, and advocate on behalf of the client when necessary.
• Evaluation
• Regularly review progress, reassess theresidentsstatus, and adjust the…