Housing Outreach Worker

2 weeks ago

Calgary, Canada Closer to Home Community Services Full time

**About Us**:Closer to Home Community Services (CTH) is a Calgary and Airdrie based not-for-profit agency that delivers a variety of services designed to meet the needs of vulnerable children and their families. Be a part of an innovative team that envisions:

- A future where every child will belong to a family and feel valued and secure All families can care for their children and contribute meaningfully in their community

**About the Position**:In this full-time position, the Housing Outreach Worker works in collaboration with the Calgary Homeless Foundation, Closer to Home’s Housing Outreach Workers, and the community to ensure housing stability for families in the Home Again Program in Seton. The Housing Outreach Worker will provide integral support in developing and maintaining partnership(s) with private landlords in the community, by meeting with landlords in the community to advocate on behalf of clients, providing crisis support to clients and landlords, and facilitating workshops to help families build life skills and meet their goals. The Housing Outreach Worker will employ a housing-first approach and will be working with individuals with mental health and addictions issues. Specific responsibilities will include negotiating with landlords, developing and facilitating skill building workshops, and visiting with clients in their home.

**About You**:You possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills and have the ability to effectively communicate with and relate to people of all ages. You are extremely detail oriented, organized and can effectively manage multiple priorities at one time. You are able to develop and maintain strong working relationships with parents, children and youth and the family as a whole as well as with community agencies and resources. You are a compassionate individual with a positive and empathetic approach who understands how to set appropriate professional boundaries. You have experience with individuals from a variety of cultural backgrounds, are sensitive to their cultural and spiritual needs and can incorporate these into planning for families. You have experience working with populations experiencing homelessness, Indigenous populations, and in the housing sector. You possess knowledge and experience with housing locating, landlord relations, and subsidized housing programs. You possess the skills to provide case management to families to assist with maintaining housing and goal setting around finances, education, employment, and basic needs. You have an understanding of the barriers to housing for Indigenous people, and how to help combat this. In addition, you are eager to learn and carry out the principles and philosophy of Closer to Home and the Teaching-Family Model.

**Required Competencies**:All positions at Closer to Home Community Services require (5) competencies: _Instills Trust, _Consumer Focus, Communicates Effectively, Situational Adaptability and Ensures Accountability. _

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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