Senior Services Coordinator

Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation (TSHC) provides subsidized rental housing in a state of good repair for approximately 15,000 low- and moderate-income seniors in 83 buildings across the city. Our mandate is to enable TSHC tenants to age at home in comfort and dignity with access to programs and services and with a voice in their community. With a focus on the unique needs of seniors, we are committed to being a leader in the delivery of quality, affordable housing for seniors.

Our commitment includes engaging and collaborating with our tenants, our staff, and our partners towards providing excellent service for the well-being of tenants.

We are a values-based organization committed to respect, inclusion, accountability, and innovation. Do you enjoy working as part of a team with a passion for providing excellent service? If so, consider this opportunity with Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation where you can make a difference.

In addition to training and career opportunities, we offer a comprehensive compensation package including:

• Health and dental benefits.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Three (3) weeks paid vacation, increasing with years of service.
• Four (4) personal days each year
• Employee & family assistance plan.
• Maternity and parental leave top-up benefit.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Fitness membership discount.

Toronto Seniors Housing is focused on ensuring access to services and integrated supports for seniors’ tenants to realize successful tenancies and allow seniors to age in place. Reporting to the Tenant Engagement and Services Supervisor in our Northwest Region. The Seniors Services Coordinator is responsible for supporting the tenant during the entry process into TSHC and through their tenancy, by identifying tenant vulnerabilities, including those at risk of losing their homes, and supporting them by providing direct support, senior-friendly tenancy management, engaging in community engagement and coordinating access to third-party services.

The Senior Services Coordinator facilitates, coordinates, and provides direct support for tenants in order to manage tenancies to ensure successful tenancies, better quality of life, and aging in place for senior tenants.

• Refers, connects and monitors tenant referrals to a broad range of health, social and tenant-related community services including:
• Case management
• Crisis intervention
• Home care
• Housing support
• Counselling
• Peer support programs
• Liaise with site staff/external agencies when follow up is required

• Organize and facilitate tenant engagement sessions and activities to engage tenants in the building
• Organize and coordinate regular internal and external integrated meetings to ensure tenants’ issues are being addressed and resolved
• Participate in forums in the broader community to support and address complex tenancy management issues

• Provides direct support on tenancy related matters, in accordance with applicable policy and procedures including:
• Supports onboarding of possible new tenants by supporting unit viewing and verifying necessary documents are collected for a successful tenancy
• Arranges and coordinates necessary steps to ensure smooth move in for tenant
• Follow up with tenants who have been identified as being in arrears, at risk of eviction
• Prepare local repayment documents as agreed to, as required and monitor throughout
• Follow up with tenants if documents are outstanding from rent review, recalculation or other processes
• Other tenancy management and housing retention related issues

• Needs assessments
• Identifying daily skills deficiencies
• Provide tenants with guidance and support related to activities of daily living (ADLs) skills
• Crisis intervention

• Identifies tenants needs through various approaches including:
• Direct tenant contact
• Internal (SHU) referrals
• Integrated team meetings (internal and external)
• Other formal and informal channels

• Prepares and provides general tenancy and tenancy management correspondence as required
• Supports the tenant transfer and tenant accommodation processes as required
• Supports…