Community Development Worker

3 weeks ago

London, Canada London and Middlesex Community Housing Full time

**SALARY RANGE**:$30.32 - $34.50 per hour

**STARTING SALARY**: $30.32 per hour

**POSTING DATE**:Tuesday June 4, 2024

**CLOSING DATE**:Tuesday June 18, 2024

**LOCATION**:1299 Oxford Street E., UNIT 5C5, LONDON, ON

**COMPETITION NUMBER**: 2024-12

**HOURS OF WORK**: 8:30AM - 4:30PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

**THIS POSTING IS FOR ONE (1) PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION.**

Community Development Workers support and coordinate processes, leading to strong communities where citizens are empowered to seek out opportunities to enhance their lives and impact their LMCH community.

**Who We Are**:London & Middlesex Community Housing (LMCH) provides 3,282 housing units across 32 properties to more than 5,000 people. Those who call LMCH home are a diverse cross-section of individuals including families, seniors, adults, and new Canadians, all of whom are living with limited income. At LMCH, we believe that housing is the foundation of a better tomorrow.

**Mission**: To provide clean, safe and well-maintained homes, to meet the needs of the people we serve in our communities.

**Vision**:To build inclusive communities where safe, affordable, and accessible housing is the foundation for positive change.
- Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) Pension
- Group benefits, including health and dental, for full-time employees
- Employee, Dependent and Optional Life Insurance
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Wellness, & Wellbeing Program

**LMCH Values**:
To **C**ollaborate

To be **A**ccountable

To be **R**esponsive

To promote **E**quity

**1. PURPOSE OF THE JOB**:
Reporting to the Manger of Community Engagement, the Community Development Worker will utilize an asset-based community development approach to empower, engage, and support tenants to effect change within their communities.

Community Development Workers understand the importance of taking on a new role, being changemakers and investing in people through community, connection, and collaboration. Utilizing an asset community-based approach, Community Development Workers incorporate a realistic understanding of tenants’ complex and diverse needs, and meeting them where they are, in a non-judgmental, inclusive, open minded, authentic approach.

**2. KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Participate as an active member of a multi-disciplinary team with demonstrated flexibility in adapting to job demands and a dynamic work environment
- Tenant engagement, outreach, and support
- Conduct community mapping of tenant assets and needs. Document, analyze, and interpret data gathered to inform community development initiatives.
- Create and co-create community development initiatives
- Community partner liaison
- Complete reports and stats as required
- Participate in meetings, working groups, committees
- Prepare and submit funding proposals
- Act as the field instructor for BSW students as required
- Provide support for LMCH led initiatives, projects, and events as required
- Other duties as assigned

**3. EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & QUALIFICATIONS**:

- College diploma or university degree in a relevant social services field
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience working in a social services field
- Demonstrated experience with community development initiatives
- Demonstrated experience in organizing, promoting, and facilitating special events.
- Experience working with marginalized individuals
- Working knowledge of asset-based community development values and principals
- Working knowledge of harm reduction and low-barrier services
- Working knowledge of community support agencies and resources
- Training in non-violent crisis intervention, de-escalation, trauma informed care and mental health first aid considered an asset.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to successfully navigate a dynamic working environment
- Demonstrated initiative and positive working relationships
- Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
- Ability to prioritize and manage conflicting demands
- Ability to work individually as well as part of a team
- Proven computer skills, including MS Word, Excel & Outlook
- Ability to work a flexible schedule when required on occasion
- Must possess a valid driver’s license, have access to a reliable vehicle and carry adequate insurance

**4. WE CARE PHILOSOPHY**:
**The incumbent contributes and supports the overall culture and working environment of the agency by**:

- Having a working knowledge of cultural, social, and demographic patterns relating to vulnerable priority populations.
- Knowledge of and committing to harm reduction and low barrier service, as well as non-violent crisis intervention, de-escalation, and supporting citizens.
- Committing to work in an interdisciplinary, diverse setting.
- Understanding of and sensitivity towards the belief systems of other groups, the complexity of those facing poverty, and their individual unique strengths and needs.
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