Caseworker

**Job Posting**

**Caseworker/Supportive Employment and Training Facilitator**

**TITLE**:SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FACILITATOR

**LOCATION(S)**:Ottawa

**SALARY**:$52,840.57 to $59,808.00

**HOURS**: 37.5 hours per week

**EMPLOYER**:John Howard Society of Ottawa

**CLOSING DATE**: Wednesday, November 12, at 9:00am

**About the environment**: Employees at JHS Ottawa say the organizational culture is supportive, innovative, and focused on creating a caring environment for both clients, and staff. At JHS Ottawa, you will find an employer that celebrates the uniqueness of each of its staff members and is committed to promoting an engaging working culture where all employees are encouraged to live their strengths and realize their potential. JHS Ottawa will provide permanent new employees access to a benefit plan, four weeks vacation annually, a Defined Contribution Pension Plan after eligibility waiting period, and opportunities for continual learning and development.

**About who we support**: Our employees are supporting a diverse client group including youth and adults, all genders, from a wide cross section of social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds who are representative of our broader community. We are accountable to the people we serve by providing the highest quality of service with integrity through the delivery of responsive, innovative and evidence-informed approaches.

**About the role**:
The primary responsibility of the Supportive Employment and Training (SET) Facilitator is to provide a wide range of direct individualized services to clients in our educational programs including intake and assessment, literacy and numeracy training, and computer literacy training. Additional responsibilities would be to explore new resources in response to emerging client needs and to facilitate client-centred workshops. This position is under the direct supervision of the Manager of Employment and Training Services.
- Education: University degree/College diploma in Education or Social Sciences with teaching experience preferred.
- Have strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong computer proficiency (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and database management)
- Experience working with marginalized clients who face many barriers
- Experience in social services
- Experience in an English as a Second Language setting would be an asset.

**You’ll also be prepared to..**
- Be able to identify individual needs and support clients with appropriate services.
- Be innovative and enthusiastic with a passion for assisting others.
- Be knowledgeable of social, environmental, employment, and cultural issues affecting individuals.

**You’re a fit with our organizational culture, if you mirror our values in the way you work**:

- You are committed to providing the highest quality of care for your clients, though responsive, innovative, and evidence informed approaches.
- Driven by curiosity, you adapt to achieve the best results for clients/communities you serve.
- Celebrating the uniqueness and lived experience of every person is part of your nature, and this conviction creates a sense of belonging, safety, and better outcomes for all.
- As a leader, you lead in a way that helps employees live their strengths and reach their potential.
- Lead with compassion and care for others, and help JHS build a culture of listening, mutual support, and meaningful connections.

**You’re a fit with our organizational culture, if you believe**:

- In building meaningful connections across our programs, partners, and neighbourhoods foster inclusion and empowerment.
- In a person-centred approach, recognizing the value, expertise, and capacity of each individual to make choices that lead to their best self.
- That systemic inequalities exist, and that all people have the right to be treated with dignity, to live free from discrimination, to have a home, and to access employment, education, health promotion and other supports.
- In reducing harm to individuals and communities through a non-judgmental approach that builds resiliency and accountability.
- In the capacity of individuals and communities to adapt, change, and grow while promoting the conditions to inspire positive transformation.
- We sincerely thank all applicants who express interest in JHS and this position
- only those selected for an interview will be contacted._