Volunteer, Safer Spaces, Hoarding Support

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada VHA Home HealthCare Full time

**Volunteer, Safer Spaces **Hoarding Support (Toronto)**

**Mental Health, Coaching, Motivational Interviewing**

Founded in 1925, VHA is a not-for-profit, charitable organization made up of over 3,000 diverse professionals - nurses, personal support workers, rehab therapists, home support workers, extreme cleaners, and office support staff. Together, we provide high quality care, with great heart, to vulnerable populations in the communities we serve. This includes seniors, families, new parents, newborn babies, people with physical and mental disabilities, children with medically complex needs, and the terminally ill. We provide service 24 hours a day, seven days a week to clients in their homes, in schools, in retirement homes and other locations in the community. In every role and at every level, we lead with purpose, build bonds that matter, and we’re passionate about providing spectacular care. VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) believes that quality care begins with quality people. Our volunteers work directly with our clients and make a difference in people’s lives every day. We’re looking for volunteers who share and enhance VHA’s values.

**Role Description**: Improve quality of life of clients in the Safer Spaces, Hoarding Support Volunteer program. The program is designed to help vulnerable, isolated individuals with hoarding tendencies de-clutter, sort and organize their homes. Developed from a harm reduction approach, we provide clients with opportunities that help improve their social, physical, mental and emotional health.

**AREA SERVED**: Toronto, York, North York, East York, Etobicoke, Scarborough, Midtown, Downtown

**PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS**
- Assist clients to de-clutter and organize their living space
- Assist clients to let go and discard items
- Assist clients to establish realistic and client-driven goals for organization, maintenance, and safe living

**Other responsibilities**
- Work with clients at their own pace, while maintaining clear goals
- Foster and establish appropriate use of cleared living spaces
- Be attentive to client's emotional state
- Volunteers will be matched with 1 client and provide weekly support.
- Submit Volunteer Log to the Supervisor after each visit
- Report concerns immediately to the Program Supervisor
- Maintain confidentiality of client information
- Notify the Supervisor if unable to volunteer as per schedule
- Attend supplemental meetings

**TIME COMMITTMENT**
- 3 hours/week plus travel time
- 12 weekly visits make one volunteer assignment
- Visits happen on weekdays between 9am-4pm only

**QUALIFICATION**
- Strong active listening and oral communication skills to work one on one with client in client's home
- Motivated and patient
- Some experience in mental health and an interest in hoarding
- Comfortable working with a client in their home; small, tight spaces
- Friendly, reliable, responsible, non-judgmental
- Able to act independently within the boundaries of the position description and client needs and goals
- Creativity in planning and implementing activities
- Knowledgeable of available community resources (For example: local dumpsters, community health centres, donation drop-off facilities etc.)
- Coaching, tutoring, teaching, mentoring experience, an asset

**BENEFITS**
- Receive excellent training provided by VHA's professionals
- Further develop skill sets in working in mental health
- Personal growth and professional development
- Resume building
- Make an impact
- Reference Letter after 100 hours of successful service

**ORIENTATION, TRAINING, SUPERVISION**
- Role Orientation/Training provided
- Volunteer Meeting with training component
- Supervisor will be available for feedback and support
- Report to supervisor on a weekly basis and submit weekly log

**SCREENING**
- Resume
- Application form with 2 supervisory references
- Interview
- Signed Volunteer and Confidentiality Agreements
- Clear Vulnerable Sector Screening

**Ask us about our 'Pathway to Employment'**

**For more information and how to apply, contact Volunteer Services**:

- Roxana Condo, Supervisor._
- 416-489-2500 (follow prompts #2, #6, #2)_

If you require accommodation to participate in the screening process, please let us know.

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