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About the Role
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. The team supports women with essential needs, from meals and hygiene facilities to harm reduction kits and connections with community supports.
Responsibilities
- Provide a welcoming, safe, and trusting environment
- Engage with women who experience barriers to access and develop relationships of trust
- Provide triage, initial screening and assessment, information and referrals
- Provide mental health, trauma, addictions and harm reduction supports
- Provide safety planning to reduce risk and harm
- Provide crisis intervention, conflict resolution and negotiation skills as necessary
- Assist women to link and liaise with all programs and resources within MSP
- Employ a community development and strengths-based approach
- Foster growth of capacities and community leadership amongst the women
- Connect and liaise with appropriate community partners and resources
- Protect and promote the welfare, dignity, and individual rights of women at all times
- Provide basic needs, as required, following My Sisters’ Place procedures
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation and statistical gathering as required
- Other duties as assigned
- Support clients to secure housing of their choice
- Champion each client’s individual capacity for independent community living
- Advocate, refer and connect clients with appropriate housing services, supports, and resources (formal and informal) based on their needs
- Support landlords as necessary in conjunction with the participant, provision of landlord mediation where appropriate
- Motivate and support client to work towards achievement of their needs/goals
- Assist clients to successfully remain in their housing, providing prevention and diversion strategies to avoid homelessness
- Develop and maintain positive linkages and clear, timely communications between the women, all organization programs and staff, and with the broader community
- Liaise with partner agencies to develop continuous improvement in quality of service to women
- Participate as part of a dynamic team of support and advocacy providers
- Engage with donors, supporters and the public in a professional manner
- Maintain a professional manner at all times
- Identify areas or trends of concern as they emerge with this population
- Practice and maintain a philosophy of continuing education
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
- Must identify as a woman, two-spirited, non-binary, transgender, or otherwise gender-diverse
Skills
- First Aid & CPR
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention and Prevention (CPI)
- Applied Suicide Interventions Skills and Training (ASIST)
- Demonstrated ability to work with women who live with multiple challenges related to marginalization, mental illness, substance use, complex health challenges, street-level sex work, poverty, homelessness, woman abuse and trauma
- Experience using harm reduction, feminist, relational/cultural and recovery theories
- Knowledge of, and excellent relationships with community resources and community partners
- Bilingual in both official languages (preferred)
Location
- London, Ontario (London Zone)
Work Type
- Part-Time
- Contract (Approximately 7 months)
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: $27.14 per hour (Level 1 – Direct Service)
- Wage differential for regulated professionals: $30.01 per hour
- Grid progression up to Level 8 ($34.41 per hour for non-regulated, and $37.26 per hour for regulated)
- Premiums of $2.00 per hour for eligible Evening/Night (8:00pm – 7:00am) 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
- Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services is a supportive environment for women and gender-diverse individuals who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness.
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