Volunteer, Safer Spaces Hoarding Support Specialist

2 months ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada VHA Home HealthCare Full time

About VHA Home HealthCare

VHA Home HealthCare is a leading provider of home care services in Ontario, with a team of over 3,000 dedicated professionals. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, client-centered care to those who need it most in their homes, schools, retirement homes, and community settings.

Program Overview

The Safe Spaces Hoarding Support Volunteer Program is designed to help vulnerable, isolated individuals with hoarding tendencies de-clutter, sort, and organize their homes. Our program is developed from a harm reduction approach, providing clients with opportunities to improve their social, physical, mental, and emotional health.

Key Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Work with clients at their own pace, while maintaining clear goals
  • Foster and establish appropriate use of cleared living spaces
  • Be attentive to clients' emotional state
  • Submit Volunteer Log to the Supervisor after each visit
  • Report concerns immediately to the Program Supervisor
  • Maintain confidentiality of client information; follow all policies and work within boundaries of the role
  • Notify the Supervisor as soon as possible if unable to volunteer on an assigned date
  • Attend support meetings

Time Commitment

Volunteers are required to commit to 3 hours plus travel time weekly, once a week for 12 weeks. This will involve 12 weekly visits, making one volunteer assignment. Visits will take place during weekdays between 9-4pm only.

Qualifications

  • Strong active listening and oral communication skills to work one on one with clients in their homes
  • Motivated and patient
  • Interested in mental health issues and compulsive hoarding
  • Comfortable working with clients in their homes
  • Friendly, reliable, responsible, non-judgmental, and non-discriminating
  • Able to act independently within policies and boundaries of the position and client needs and goals
  • Creativity in planning and implementing activities
  • Knowledgeable of available community resources (local dumpsters, community health centers, donation drop-off facilities, etc.)
  • Experience working in the mental health field is an asset
  • Coaching, teaching, and mentoring is an asset

Orientation and Training

  • Orientation and training by VHA staff
  • Meetings with training components

Screening and Supervision

  • Application form with 2 references
  • Interview
  • Signed Release Agreement, Waiver
  • Vulnerable Sector Screening
  • Report to supervisor on a weekly basis and submit weekly log
  • Supervisor will be available for feedback and support

Benefits

  • Volunteers are supported through orientation, training, meetings, workshops, seminars, and one-to-one support
  • Career-related experience
  • We provide an environment where volunteers are engaged, challenged, and rewarded
  • Opportunities to meet new people
  • Develop social and professional networks
  • Build on your communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
  • Gain valuable work experience to build your resume
  • Support your community
  • Enhance clients' lives and deliver life-changing supports and services
  • Reference letter upon request following 100 hours of volunteer service
  • Program Assistant or Coordinator or Supervisor will be available for feedback and support

Accommodation and VHA's Commitment to DEI

VHA Home HealthCare is committed to providing reasonable accommodation and our services are accessible and sensitive to the needs of diverse groups. We aim to review all applicants with fair and unbiased recruitment practices where opportunities are presented based on merits, skills, and experience.

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