Supportive Housing Counsellor

**ABOUT US**

SOAR Community Services is a long-established health and social service provider in Brantford, Brant County and Haldimand County. We deliver a comprehensive continuum of services across addictions, mental health, housing, justice and employment. We are accredited for our excellence in service provision.

**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**

The Supportive Housing Program assists clients to secure safe, affordable housing. Clients are supported by a Counsellor and rent supplements are available to help bridge the difference between the client’s ability to pay and the market rent to a maximum amount.

As a Supportive Housing Counsellor, you will:

- Conduct intake and assessments through case management
- Provide support counselling and life skills training to clients and monitor their progress towards independence
- Liaise with landlords and referring agencies
- Make referrals to community-based withdrawal and/or residential treatment services

Hours of work: Monday - Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm with some flexibility to meet the needs of the program

**COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS**

Annual salary starting at $47,288 plus shift premiums and comprehensive benefits

**The Perks**
- Employee Assistance Plan for all staff and their families
- Full Time staff start at 3 weeks’ vacation (pro-rated)
- 60 hours of Personal Leave Time per year for Full Time staff (pro-rated the first year)
- 15 Hours of Wellness Time (pro-rated)
- Fun events for all staff
- Participation in RSP/TFSA plans for all staff, with Agency pension match for Full Time and eligible Part Time staff
- Group health, vision, dental and travel insurance plans where premiums are 100% paid by the Agency
- An Agency committed to ensuring your physical and mental health/safety is paramount

**REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS**
- Have a college diploma in the Human/Social Services field
- Have a minimum of 2 years’ combined student placement and/or paid experience working with individuals with substance use, mental health and concurrent disorders and/or homeless individuals
- Be proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases
- Have access to reliable transportation
- Be able to manage occasional exposure to vicarious traumatic stress
- Be able to make regular visits to uncontrolled environments, such as client homes and public meeting locations. This may include exposure to smoking environments.
- Be able to do some lifting and carrying, including furniture, groceries and needle exchange supplies.

Start date: as soon as possible

Reference: FT SH Counsellor

SOAR Community Services Inc. is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wyandot, the Haudenosaunee, and some of the Ojibwa Nation. The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this community, on this territory. We also acknowledge that the settler population has been able to benefit from this beautiful land. We are all treaty members and will strive to act in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and center their voices.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Pay: From $47,288.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- DCS / DEC (preferred)

**Experience**:

- combined student placement and/or paid: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-07-25