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About the Role
As part of the My Sisters’ Place Resting Spaces program, you will focus on offering overnight accommodations for women in need, ensuring safety while encouraging empowerment and crisis resolution and maintaining a calm and respectful environment for all.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with referral sources, document and coordinate referrals through the CRMS database.
- Apply mental health knowledge and experience to determine participant’s needs, level of risk, discuss and determine recommended services and supports.
- Establish a therapeutic relationship to maximize the benefits of engagement between the staff person and the participant using a strengths-based approach.
- Provide support for up to 10 Women accessing the MSP Resting Spaces.
- Coordinate and facilitate, with the participant, linkages to recommended services and supports in the community.
- Advocate as necessary in order to facilitate access to services and supports with the objective of remediating immediate crisis situation.
- Provide information regarding resources found within both the broader mental health system and the community in general.
- Engage Emergency Services when it is determined that additional intervention is required.
- When appropriate, act as liaison with caregivers and/or support providers who are involved with the participant to facilitate a coordinated approach to service provision.
- Provide referrals to the Transitional Case Management Team as necessary.
- Provide health teaching and information regarding a variety of coping techniques and strategies, e.g. grounding, breathing techniques, self-care, nutrition, sleep hygiene, techniques to enhance overall well-being, the completion of crisis plans.
- Actively engage in learning opportunities, events, meetings, and team building activities scheduled by the organization for staff members.
- Act as a resource to other staff and community partners; seek out and listen to input from other staff and community partners.
- Provide support and encouragement to other staff as needed (e.g. assistance with challenging participants/clients, coverage for vacation, sick time, share responsibility for workloads).
- Be supportive of, and an active participant in, the constant evolution and growth of the organization.
- Other duties as required.
- Complete required documentation related to client as per organization standards, discipline-specific guidelines and standards and PHIPA legislation; for staff members working within community partnerships (e.g. police partnerships, other community organizations, etc.), any additional program-specific standards must also be applied.
- Ensure that confidential program/caseload information and material is handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws and organization policy.
- Adhere to CMHA TVAMHS privacy and confidentiality policies and standards as well applicable legislation.
- Complete other required documentation (e.g., monthly time sheets, vacation requests, education requests, travel claims, expense claims, etc.) as per the required time frames.
Requirements
- College Diploma or University Degree in Social Services, or a related field.
- Current, satisfactory Police Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC).
- Demonstrated ability to attend work regularly.
- Valid Driver's Licence and access to a vehicle for personal transportation.
- First Aid and CPR.
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention and Prevention (CPI).
- Applied Suicide Interventions Skills and Training (ASIST).
- Minimum 1 year experience in the Mental Health and Addictions field.
- Experience in crisis intervention.
- Experience with, and detailed knowledge of, mild, moderate & serious mental illnesses, usually gained by several years of working with this population.
- Experience working in a community-based setting; preferably with an established network of service & support resources.
- Strong understanding of Harm Reduction strategies.
- Extensive knowledge of community resources, service & support programs, and barriers participants face in accessing same.
- Working knowledge of a variety of treatment, intervention, and support strategies.
- Ability to assess level of risk in regards to participants.
Skills
- Mental Health
- Addictions
- Crisis Intervention
- Harm Reduction
- Strengths-based approach
- Community Resources
- Service & Support Programs
- Treatment Strategies
- Intervention Strategies
- Support Strategies
- Risk Assessment
Location
- London, Ontario (London Zone)
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Contract (Up to 5 months)
- Nights including weekends
Experience Level
- Minimum 1 year experience in the Mental Health and Addictions field
Education Level
- College Diploma or University Degree in Social Services, or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- Starting rate is $27.14 per hour (Level 1 – Direct Service)
- Wage differential of $30.01 per hour for Level 1 – Direct Service, Regulated
- Grid progression up to Level 8 ($34.41 per hour for non-regulated, and $37.26 per hour for regulated)
- Premiums of $2.00 will be applied for eligible Evening/Night and Weekend Shifts
Benefits
- 9% in lieu of benefits
- Immediately eligible for optional enrolment in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
About the Company
- We believe that everyone has the right to access low barrier supports that will foster growth and allow them to live with dignity, and independence in our community.
- The My Sisters’ Place drop-in program fosters a vibrant community of women who are experiencing, or at risk of homelessness, promoting a welcoming and non-judgmental culture and providing a reprieve from the stigma women so often feel in other community settings.
- Our team supports women with anything they might need - from a hot meal to tampons, from access to showers and laundry facilities to harm reduction kits and from on-site mental health and addictions groups to connections with broader community supports.
- Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome and encourage applications from all members of our community including persons of any gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, persons with disabilities, Indigenous persons, and members of visible minorities.
- If you require accommodations related to a disability at any point during the recruitment process, please contact Human.Resources@cmhatv.ca.