Mental Health - Toronto, Canada - Fred Victor

Fred Victor

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Toronto, Canada

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Description

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

Job Title:
Mental Health & Addiction Supportive Housing Case Manager

Position Type:
Bargaining Unit, Full‐Time, Contract (1 year)

Number of Positions:2_ _

Rate:
$26.52 per hour

Vacation:7% Vacation Pay

Hours:37.5 hours per week***
Supervisor:Senior Manager, Housing First Intensive Supports***
Posting Date: July 25, 2023

Application Deadline:
August 2, 2023_ _

Location: 800 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3A9 and various sites

Why Fred Victor?

For over 125 years, Fred Victor has been a leader in providing place and purpose to people in need in Toronto.

Our
mission is to improve the health, income and housing stability of people experiencing poverty and homelessness.
We are
committed to ending chronic homelessness. This is an ambitious and bold goal, but we believe, achievable.

Mental Health & Addiction Supportive Housing Program (MH&ASH) is a rent subsidy and case management
'Housing First' program designed to provide intensive case management and housing support to persons who:

have severe and active substance use & mental health challenges.

- are experiencing homelessness or precarious housing.
- high intensity service use of emergency departments, hospitals, withdrawal management and/or the

criminal justice system.
The program works closely with Fred Victor's Addiction Supportive Housing (ASH) case managers who work to
support program clients in the community. The programs manage 32 units of rent-supplemented housing, and
several individuals receive only case management support. The case managers provide intensive case management
to support 10 to 15 clients.

Our work is grounded in the lived experience of the clients and the communities we serve, understanding of social
determinants of health and the principles of anti-racism, anti-oppression, equity, excellence. We are an agile team that
promotes learning and innovation. We provide high quality case management services and housing stabilization
services to individuals experiencing homelessness in the community and dealing with severe & persistent mental health
difficulties.

Does this sound like work you want to be a part of?
We offer an opportunity to join a diverse team of caring professionals in a high-energy, supportive, and
collaborative work environment and a chance to make a difference. With over 60 programs and services and more
than 21 sites, there are lots of opportunities to grow your career with us. Many members of the management team
started in relief and front-line roles.

What You Will Do:

Provide both onsite and communitybased assessment and longterm case management services to

individuals living in units in various locations. Services are short-term and intended to connect individuals to
needed services to support their ongoing wellbeing.

Provide intensive case management to support clients to stabilize their living situation. Identify client's goals

around substance use, mental health, and treatment, which are all part of a comprehensive treatment
planning process which utilizes a harm reduction approach.

Supports clients in the acquisition of skills in daily living, developing coping strategies and promoting new

behaviours that improve wellbeing and safety.

Ongoing screening, assessment, monitoring, referral, advocacy, counselling, education, and life skills training

are all part of this program.
Case Managers work as part of a team to meet clients' housing and other social and health needs. The program
works closely with a variety of health care professionals & coordinates services in various settings including, but not
limited to, hospitals, housing, incarceration systems, various treatment settings, etc.

What You Bring to the Team:

Post-secondary education with a degree or diploma in Social Work, Social Services, or Health.
A minimum of two years of experience within the homelessness services sector, preferably in concurrent

disorder services with an emphasis on providing support through a recovery and strength-based approach.

Working knowledge of the Housing First, Harm Reduction, and Trauma-Informed frameworks.
Engaging effectively with individuals experiencing serious mental health issues and/or addictions, cognitive

difficulties, brain injury or primary health care issues.

What Sets You Apart

Works from a harm reduction approach with clients dealing with addiction issues.
Exceptional ability to work cooperatively with team members, hospital personnel, other service providers and

- other stakeholders to better meet client's needs.