Volunteer Coordinator for Safe Spaces Hoarding Support

1 month ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada VHA Home HealthCare Full time

At VHA Home HealthCare, we are committed to providing high-quality, client-centered care to those who need it most in their homes, schools, retirement homes, and other community settings. Our team is made up of close to 3,000 caring and committed professionals who love what they do. Our providers tell us: "Home care is where I can truly make a difference. There is such a sense of accomplishment from helping people live independently at home."

Our Safe Spaces Hoarding Support Volunteer Program is designed to help vulnerable, isolated individuals with hoarding tendencies, de-clutter, sort, and organize their homes. We provide clients with opportunities that improve their social, physical, mental, and emotional health.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

  • 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

Other Responsibilities:

  • 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:

  • 3 hours plus travel time weekly, once a week for 12 weeks
  • 12 weekly visits make one volunteer assignment
  • Visits happen during weekdays between 9-4pm only. No evening or weekend availability

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 an asset
  • Coaching, teaching, and mentoring an asset

Orientation and Training:

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

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, (online and in-person) 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:

At VHA Home HealthCare, we passionately strive to uphold our commitments to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We champion inclusion and diversity in all parts of our organization and are strong believers that a diverse workforce is key to the ongoing and future success of VHA. We aim to review all applicants with fair and unbiased recruitment practices where opportunities are presented based on merits, skills, and experience. VHA is committed to providing reasonable accommodation and our services are accessible and sensitive to the needs of diverse groups.

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