Community Crisis Worker

2 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada Gerstein Crisis Centre Full time

**Position**: Gerstein Crisis Centre is looking to hire relief workers available for day and nightshifts.

**Closing Date**:Monday, January 9th, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

**Salary**:$32.23 plus 4% vacation

**Description**:
Gerstein Centre is a voluntary, community-based 24-hour mental health crisis intervention service located in downtown Toronto area. We have 2 residential sites, with 24 beds in total. Gerstein on Charles (10 beds) operates a 24-hour crisis phone line, provides support and crisis intervention to people in the community through the mobile crisis team and can offer people experiencing mental health crisis short-stays (3-5 days) at the Centre. Gerstein on Bloor (14 beds) offers short-term residential crisis support to adults with mental health issues experiencing crisis compounded by involvement with the justice system, serious substance use issues and/or homelessness.

**Successful applicants will have**:

- Availability during the week, Monday-Friday - day or night shifts
- At least 3 years experience providing community-based crisis intervention, mental health, and addictions services strong assessment skills, including but not limited to, suicide risk assessment.
- An extensive knowledge of community supports available in the City of Toronto experience with the mental
- Health, criminal justice and shelter systems a solid understanding of Harm Reduction and Recovery philosophies
- Demonstrated capability to be flexible and to work under pressure excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in English with additional language(s) considered an asset computer proficiency within a Windows environment.

**The Community Crisis Worker**:

- Provides telephone crisis counselling.
- Screens and assesses referrals to short-term residential crisis beds.
- Provides short term crisis support, case management, advocacy and community referrals for individuals staying in the short-term residential crisis beds
- Provides crisis intervention and exercises good judgment in emergency and or/crisis situations.
- Can work independently and within a team and shares responsibility for high support beds within a residential setting.

**Please note**:

- The position involves shift work which includes weekdays, afternoons, overnights and weekends. Applications without weekday or weeknight availability will not be considered at this time.
- The position includes some light housekeeping and cooking.
- Individuals with lived experience, members of racialized communities and members of Indigenous communities are encouraged to apply.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

**Salary**: $32.23 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
All GCC employees are required to provide proof of full vaccination for COVID-19.

Application question(s):

- Do you have an extensive knowledge of community supports available in the City of Toronto?

**Experience**:

- related: 3 years (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 2023-01-09



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