Residential Support Worker - Toronto, Canada - LOFT Community Services

LOFT Community Services

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

DATE:
March 13th, 2024

LOCATION:
Toronto, ON - Layered Supports

COMPENSATION:
$46,577 - $56,329 Annually Prorated

CONTRACT DURATION:1 year

_This is an Evening Position
_

LOFT Community Services is a unique and dynamic charitable organization that supports people living with complicated issues such as mental and physical health challenges, substance use challenges, poverty and homelessness.

Serving approximately 19,633 annually and providing 1,861 units of supportive housing last year, LOFT is one of Ontario's largest mental health service providers of its kind.

LOFT is also recognized as a Nonprofit Employer of Choice Award (NEOC) recipient.

To help fulfill its mission, LOFT is hiring a
Residential Support Worker
.

Job Summary

The Residential Support Worker provides a range of services and support to clients transitioning from homelessness to both transitional and permanent housing sites.

One of these sites is a 24/7 staff permanent site for transgender and non-binary clients.

The position performs a variety of functions to support the physical, social and mental well-being of clients and facilitates the overall effective operation of the residences.

He/she/they will encourage members to set goals and liaise with appropriate community agencies in providing services to members.

Responsible for in-house social support, referrals, life skills teaching, crisis intervention and coordinating resident and staff activities while working as part of a team.

This position will also be responsible for assisting with property issues, including cleaning and coordinating repairs as necessary.

The position may be exposed to secondhand smoke.

The
Layered Supports Program provides a range of assistance and support in facilitating the consumer's transition from being homeless to having stable housing and from there to their best possible housing support level match.

This program is based out of the Parkdale area and is responsible for 2 residential sites:
one high support 24/7 staffed house with 18 beds, and one low support house with 13 beds.

Our high support site supports folks who identify as transgender/gender-diverse and are living with mental health and/or substance use challenges.

Our low support site supports folks for a transitional period to support from shelter in securing long term/permanent housing. The program is supported by residential support workers and case managers.

What You Will Do
Through a team oriented professional approach, the position provides support to the client to increase their independence, dignity and self-respect, in a safe and secure environment by:

Building a rapport with each individual and providing coaching or mentoring to enable each in meeting the daily requirements of their housing environment and a healthy lifestyle; directly assisting with their daily living activities, particularly in the acquisition of life skills in such areas as hygiene, medication management, cooking, meal planning, cleaning, shopping and budgeting; developing strategies or establishing plans for maintaining these daily activities and other aspects of their recovery plan, for increasing their awareness of safety issues and for ensuring that residents receive adequate support in various aspects of their life; orientation of new clients; participating in intake for the program.
Supporting and participating in house meetings, resident association activities or other group activities which promote the wellbeing of the residents and the smooth operation of the house; conducting and facilitating resident group meetings, assisting clientrun initiatives, preparing schedules of house activities; maintaining a general awareness of the activities or whereabouts of residents in the house, identifying issues, communicating or noting incidents for director as required; maintaining petty cash, collecting rents and intervening in issues pertaining to maintenance or property; providing cleaning or minor house maintenance as required; teaching residents the appropriate fire safety protocols and conducting regular health and safety checks;
Maintaining a strong support network of social, family, medical and psychiatric community links and resources; providing reminders and occasionally accompanying clients on their medical, psychiatric or other appointments; assisting the client in navigating the social services and health care systems and liaising with community agencies, hospitals or significant others; providing 24 hour crisis support on a rotational basis through a pager or similar system;
Promote the psychosocial rehabilitation/ recovery approach, assist in harm reduction strategies, teaching conflict resolution, crisis management and problem solving on activities related to shared living; mediating issues or conflicts between residents, or between residents and neighbours, followingup on issues to ensure satisfactory resolution; Participating in the administra