Transition House Worker

Durée de l'emploi: Temporaire
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 35 to 40 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:

- **Education**:

- College/CEGEP
- or equivalent experience
- **Work site environment**:

- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
- Early intervention programming for at-risk youth
- Crime prevention
- Services for the homeless
- Programs dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- **Work setting**:

- Urban area
- Community agency
- Social service or charity agency
- Shelter for the homeless
- Community centre
- Associations and non profit organizations
- **Tasks**:

- Prepare reports or case histories
- Administrative and office activities
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Perform administrative tasks
- Conduct social research
- Implement life skills workshops
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Recommend actions when probation or parole is violated
- Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
- Housekeeping activities
- Food preparation
- Provide suicide and crisis intervention
- Resolve conflict situations
- Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses
- Assist offenders in pre-release and release planning
- Implement substance abuse treatment programs
- Implement behaviour management programs
- Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
- Establish registry of special needs support workers
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Develop service intervention logic models and outcome measures
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Screen, recruit and train volunteers and support staff
- Assist clients/guests with special needs
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
- Manage events
- Manage knowledge
- Offer mentoring
- Refer clients to agencies that provide financial assistance, legal aid, housing, medical treatment and other services
- **Supervision**:

- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
- 5-10 people
- 11-15 people
- 16-20 people
- Working groups
- Committees
- **Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Food Safety Certificate
- **Target audience**:

- Aboriginal groups
- Adolescents
- Females
- Males
- Street population
- Adults
- **Computer and technology knowledge**:

- Electronic mail
- MS Office
- **Area of work experience**:

- Community service organization
- **Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- **Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- **Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
- **Weight handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- **Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Values and ethics
- Client focus
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Team player
- Organized
- **Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- **Experience**:

- 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
- **Financial benefits**:

- Mileage paid
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- **Other benefits**:

- Other benefits
- **Support for Indigenous people**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers