Service Facilitator

**This position is a 2-year term.**

**About Us**

St.Amant supports over 5,000 people in Manitoba with developmental disabilities, autism and acquired brain injury. We are a not-for-profit organization that offers a wide range of supports for adults, children and their families. Our over 2,000 staff follow a person centred approach and adapt to the needs of each person and each family. St.Amant is guided by its core values of Collaboration, Hospitality, Excellence and Respect.

**Position Summary**:
St.Amant's core values reflect a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. St.Amant maintains ongoing commitment to recruiting a diverse and talented workforce, which is paramount to supporting the vibrant community we serve.

The Service Facilitator has operational responsibility for the Community Stabilization Service (CSS) and plays a critical role in ensuring that the CSS succeeds as a short-term, interdisciplinary consultative service to people with intellectual disabilities whose living arrangements are at risk of breakdown due to complex challenging behaviours or other reasons.

Using a strengths-based, person
- and family-centered approach, the Service Facilitator promotes a positive environment for the individual and works collaboratively to support formal and informal networks, and enhance knowledge, competencies and skills. The Service Facilitator takes an active role in promoting services and developing creative strategies to work with individuals, families, external service providers and systems, as required.

The Service Facilitator is responsible for scheduling and chairing interdisciplinary meetings, placing referrals for additional clinical services as required, and otherwise ensuring that services are delivered in a timely and time limited fashion. The Service Facilitator is responsible for coordinating education and training delivered by CSS team members, and works collaboratively with Community Support Workers to achieve positive outcomes that contribute to the person's dignity, quality of life and self-determination.

St.Amant values and promotes volunteerism in the workplace. Volunteers are an integral part of the work we do. As such and in keeping with the values of our organization, the incumbent to this role is encouraged to actively support, collaborate and invest in volunteer initiatives.

**Qualifications**:
**Education and Experience**:

- Bachelor of Social Work degree, a Bachelor's Degree in a human services field or an acceptable combination of education and work experience
- Registration with Manitoba College of Social Workers (MCSW)
- A minimum of 4 years' work experience in the area of developmental disabilities is preferred and is an asset
- A minimum of 2 years work experience providing services to people with disabilities in a community setting is strongly preferred

**Professional**:

- Demonstrated knowledge and experience using a person-centered model of service provision
- Knowledge of the history of services to people with disabilities, current trends, philosophies and practices concerning their care, education and lifestyles
- Knowledge of relevant legislation including the Vulnerable Persons Act, Accessibility for Manitobans Act, and the Personal Health Information Act
- Non-violent crisis intervention (NVCI) training is an asset
- Knowledge of psychosocial and environmental factors involved in chronic disability is an asset
- Working knowledge of service systems and ability to creatively access or develop informal and formal supports or resources

**Personal**:

- Ability to communicate openly and appropriately using positive interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to engage in a strategic and diplomatic manner with complex support networks
- Ability to organize, chair and conduct meetings
- Ability to understand, support and practice interdisciplinary teamwork
- Able to effectively prioritize, structure and manage responsibilities to achieve targeted outcomes
- Positive, energetic, self-directed and client-focused
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must possess a valid Manitoba driver's license and have access to a vehicle

The above information is intended to describe the general nature of this position and is not considered to be a complete statement of duties and responsibilities. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned provided they are consistent with the qualifications identified and fall within the parameters of this role.

St.Amant is a bilingual organization. Proficiency in both official languages (French/English) would be considered an asset.

St.Amant supports equitable employment practices and promotes an inclusive workforce representative of the people we support including diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, and identities. Applicants can request reasonable accommodations in all aspects of the selection and hiring process.

As a Condition of Employment, new hires must complete a series o