Crisis Specialist

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada WoodGreen Community Services Full time

Competition: (2024-215-CC)_

**_ Crisis Specialist_**

**Employment Type**:

- Permanent full-time, Bargaining Unit (1 Vacancy)

**Work Hours**:

- 37.5 hours/week, Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm and up to 3 weekend/holiday shifts per month (earning lieu days)

**Work Setting**:
**Salary**:

- Onsite - Limited opportunities to work remotely
- Internal Rate J8 - $68,054.19
- External Rate J7 - $66,693.11

**Application Deadline**:

- May 28th, 2024, by 11:59 pm

**Program Overview - Crisis Outreach Service for Seniors, Community Care**
This position works on behalf of WoodGreen in an inter-agency, multi-disciplinary Crisis Outreach Service for Seniors (COSS) serving seniors with physical, cognitive, mental health, and other concerns causing them to be in crisis. This service is offered through a partnership between WoodGreen, St. Michaels Homes, South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Reconnect Community Health Services, and LOFT Community Services with the goal of ensuring a continuum of care for seniors with cognitive, mental health, and substance use issues.

**What You Will Do**
- Participate in crisis shifts; visit clients in their homes or community locations with a partner.
- Perform psychosocial and geriatric assessments.
- Provide short-term intensive case management services to a caseload of seniors with mental health and substance use issues, including ongoing assessment, service navigation and care coordination.
- Provide assessment of risk in crisis situations, consult and devise an intervention and action plan
- Provide service/care co-ordination, system navigation, short and long-term planning and follow-up support.
- In collaboration with clients, develop and implement a care plan to address their priority and emerging needs.
- Provide supportive counseling to seniors and older adults utilizing a wide range of therapeutic approaches that best meet the clients’ needs and circumstances.
- Participate in case conferences and clinical meetings in order to ensure the coordination of services and a continuum of care.
- Provide advocacy support and advocate with clients and/or their family or caregivers.
- Work closely with the hospitals, and other referral sources, to support clients and facilitate smooth transitions between hospitals, other institutions and community.
- Provide service that is responsive, as well as culturally and linguistically sensitive.
- Engage in ongoing outreach to ensure access to the program.
- Maintain and develop contacts with other seniors’ groups and community agencies, and attend external meetings as recommended by the supervisor or manager
- Keep current about the range of services available in other agencies.
- Provide mentorship, training and/or supervision to student placements and volunteers.
- Work flexible hours based on the needs of the clients, their caregiver, and the service.
- Promote the healthy functioning of the team and unit and participate in meetings regularly.
- Participate in ongoing training and education.
- Participate in supervision sessions and annual performance appraisals with program supervisor/manager.
- Maintain appropriate records and documentation in a timely manner and collect statistical data required for the accountability of the program.
- Ensure the anti-racism objectives and community development principles of the organization are achieved within the program.

**What You Bring to the Team**
- Masters of Social Work or post-graduate degree in relevant field MSW or Post-Graduate degree in a related area with 2+ years of extensive crisis/complex seniors experience or BSW with 5+ years of extensive crisis/complex/seniors’ experience
- Registration in good standing with the Ontario College of Social workers and Social Service Workers or another relevant regulatory body in Ontario (e.g. CPRO or COTO).
- Requires related experience in crisis support and demonstrated experience working with complex seniors

**What Will Set You Apart**
- Experience in crisis support/intervention.
- Ability to support older adult and senior population including individuals who have significant mental health and/or addiction issues, history of trauma, violence/abuse, dementia, cognitive impairments, responsive behaviours, chronic physical health issues, etc.
- Skills in case management, system navigation, service planning, implementation and coordination, therapeutic or supportive counselling.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and in collaboration with community professionals.
- Knowledge of theories of addiction, evidence-based treatment models, best practice approaches, and a brief therapy modality, such as Narrative, Solution-Focused, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed approaches, Gentle Persuasive Approach, PIECES, Problem Solving Technique (PST), etc.
- Thorough knowledge of issues affecting older adults and geriatric populations and an understanding of mental health, addictions, health sector, an

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