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East York, Canada LOFT Community Services Full time

**DATE**:March 13th, 2024
**LOCATION**:East York, ON - MHJI ALC
**COMPENSATION**:$23.44/hour

LOFT Community Services is a unique and dynamic charitable organization that supports people living with complicated issues such as mental and physical health challenges, substance use challenges, poverty and homelessness. Serving approximately 19,633 annually and providing 1,861 units of supportive housing last year, LOFT is one of Ontario’s largest mental health service providers of its kind. LOFT is also recognized as a Nonprofit Employer of Choice Award (NEOC) recipient.

To help fulfill its mission, LOFT is hiring a Relief **Personal Support Worker**.
**Job Summary**

The Personal Support Worker, will provide assistance and support on a full time basis to clients who are living with mental health and addiction issues and who have also been involved with the justice system, living in supportive housing. This includes assisting with personal care and homemaking, including meal preparation, unit cleaning. The Personal Support Worker is responsible for assisting with the social/recreational program for the residents, accompanying the residents to medical appointments and working with community services associated with the personal support program or with partners, family members and friends. This person will also attend meetings in collaboration with the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) team. This person will also be required to monitor the activities of the residents, assess potential crisis situations, provide basic maintenance and cleaning of common areas, preparing/serving meals, supervise the property and keep an up-to-date inventory of supplies. In addition, the staff member will maintain the established routines of the program including all security, fire, infection control, and general health and safety practices..

LOFT’s **Mental Health and Justice Initiative (MHJI)** provides safe and dignified supportive housing for men and women, aged 16 to 64 who have a serious mental health issue, are homeless or at risk of becoming so, are currently involved in the criminal justice system and who can live safely and independently in the community with mínimal assistance. **O’Connor provides 24/7 ALC** support to male identified clients recently discharged from CAMH and provides a safe, supportive environment where the individuals can reintegrate into the community and develop life skills. The site is comprised of a lead PSW and 6 PSWs working in partnership with CAMH.

**What You Will Do**
- Support of the physical and mental health requirements of clients.
- Establish a working rapport with clients that supports their dignity, encourages personal empowerment and facilitates addressing their psychosocial, behaviour management and medical needs.
- Support clients with reminders related to taking their medications at the scheduled time(s) and in accordance with their physicians' instructions.
- Adhere to residence/program established medication system procedures, including ordering, recording and reminding clients about the administration of their medication as well as the self
- medication program.
- Monitor and support clients with medical problems and illnesses, including cleaning areas which require immediate attention, i.e. linens, floor coverings, etc. for the comfort and support of the clients. Further, to record illnesses, the circumstances and arrange for medical/emergency invention in liaison with the Senior PSW and Program Director.
- Encourage and assist clients in the following activities of daily living:

- laundering and ironing of personal clothing
- dressing/undressing, and ensure clients are dressed appropriately
- personal hygiene including grooming, shaving, oral hygiene, nails and bathing
- ambulation, toileting and transferring
- at meal times, meal preparation, serving, feeding, cutting food, etc.,
- care for incontinent clients, make client's bed
- shopping
- As a means of promoting a normalized lifestyle, support clients with daily living chores such as bed making, dusting, sweeping and generally keeping their living space in a clean and orderly fashion.
- Provide support with managing behaviours and problems arising from cognitive issues.
- Provide social support in areas such as conversation, making phone calls, writing letters, facilitating interest in hobbies and other recreational activities.
- Escort to medical appointments, visiting friends and other identified needs for social interaction in the community.
- Maintain current and accurate records of the provision of care services and document behaviours for individual clients in accordance with established procedures.
- Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with clients and/or other members of the staff team for the purpose of developing goals of support for individual clients. Adhere to the goals and tasks developed.
- Maintenance and security, fire and general health and safety
- In emergency situations, cont