Supportive Housing Worker

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Cota Full time

**EXTERNAL JOB POSTING #009**

**Posted: 16 January, 2023 - 30 January, 2023**

**SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WORKER**

**Modular Housing - 321 Dovercourt Road and 11 Macey Avenue**
- **Three (3) Bargaining Unit, Casual Positions**_

**About Cota**

Cota is an accredited, not-for-profit, community-based organization that has been supporting adults with mental health and cognitive challenges to live well within their communities for over 45 years. We provide person-centred support to help individuals find inspiration and hope in themselves, so they are better able to pursue meaningful change in their lives. We also work collaboratively with our funders, our partners and other stakeholders, across the provincial health and social service systems, to inspire positive change in the way services are delivered to individuals living with mental health and cognitive challenges.

**Role Overview**

We are seeking dynamic and innovative individuals who will work enthusiastically to deliver recovery oriented, client and family centered and comprehensive services that meet client needs, ensure client safety and work within a quality improvement framework to identify opportunities for enhancing quality and quantitative outcomes of the services. Client and family centered care is guiding principle at Cota that helps improve decision making processes, health outcome and client experiences. The successful individuals will embed this guiding principle into their work.

**About the Team**:
These sites are a part of the City’s Phase 1 Modular Housing Initiative. These sites provide permanent affordable housing with supports to people who are exiting chronic homelessness.

Each tenant has his/her own bachelor apartment within the building, access to a meal program offered by the building operator (The Neighborhood Group), and access to onsite supports provided by Cota’s supportive housing team.

**Role Description**:
Supportive Housing Workers support tenants to maintain their housing, develop independent living skills, and pursue personal recovery and wellness.

**Summary of Duties**:

- Assist tenants with the development of support/goal plans
- Share responsibility with the team for implementing appropriate housing supports that assist tenants in pursuing/achieving their goals
- Assist tenants with tenancy related matters such as rent payment, reducing high risk behaviors, engagement within the life of the tenant community
- Support tenants with;
- Reminders relating to appointments, accompaniment to appointments
- Establishing and/or maintaining personal wellness routines
- Managing and supporting clients with behavioral needs
- Support the maintenance of safe/clean environment
- Directly assists with maintaining the apartment
- Continually assessing the environment for safety and security issues
- Plan and facilitates group activities/events which foster tenant engagement/participation, the development of social networks and skill acquisition
- Documentation and data entry, document all tenant contact/interactions in the appropriate client chart according to Cota documentation policies
- Participate in team meetings, provide input and ideas for improving services and efficiencies and ongoing program planning.

**Summary of Qualifications**
- A minimum of a Community College Diploma in a field relevant to the target population. Higher level post-secondary education will be considered an asset
- A minimum of 2 years direct or transferable experience suitable to working effectively with the relevant target population
- Knowledge of community resources relevant to the target population being served and/or demonstrated ability to search for applicable resources/information
- Ability to design and implement group activities and facilitate group meetings
- Good crisis management and dispute resolution skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
- Basic computer literacy (Word, E-mail, Internet)
- Experience in community mental health and/or in supportive housing settings
- Basic understanding of different psychiatric conditions
- Experience with the development of tenant recovery plans
- Experience working with developmentally delayed or addictions is preferable

**Other requirements**:

- Adhere to Cota’s COVID-19 Vaccination Status Disclosure policy
- Proof of Full COVID-19 Vaccination status is required as a pre-condition of employment

**Application Details**:
**Cota’s Values & Commitment**

Cota’s core values of Hope, Respect, Dedication, Collaboration and Innovation are at centre of who we are and what we do.

As an equal opportunity employer, we remain dedicated to sustaining an experienced workforce that reflects Cota’s commitment to recognising everyone’s contributions, respect of everyone’s dignity, unique experience and potentials.

Cota will not condone or tolerate any acts of discrimination or harassment under any of the grounds protected under human rights legislation. This comm

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