Weekend Housing Worker - Toronto, Canada - Fred Victor

Fred Victor

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

Job Title:
Weekend Housing Worker

Position Type:
Permanent, Part-time

Number of Positions:1***
Rate: $23.20 per hour

Hours:15 hours per week, Saturdays and Sundays***
Supervisor:Weekend Supervisor Kingston Road***
Posting Date: February 13, 2023

Application Deadline:
February 27, 2023

Location: 4626 Kingston Road, Scarborough

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.

Fred Victor works with a highly diverse population of people and upholds the values of respect, choice and inclusion. _

Kingston Road Housing is deeply affordable housing for people who have experiencing chronic homelessness. We will
provide supports and housing for 86 people including all genders, youth, adults and seniors. The focus of the position is
to work with these tenants to maintain their housing. Staff strive to encourage tenant participation in the development
of short and long term goals, community development strategies, using a facilitative management approach to
encourage tenants to reach their goals, maintain their housing. This position requires respect for, and expertise working
with, tenants who are facing mental health issues, addictions, trauma, abuse and social isolation and who come from
racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds.

Does this sound like work you want to be a part of?
We offer a (high-energy/learning/caring/supportive/collaborative) environment, an opportunity to join a diverse
team of caring professionals 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 a welcoming, friendly and professional Front Desk for Housing and keep the Housing Office open as

often as possible. This includes but is not limited to answering the phones, fielding tenant questions and
concerns, signing in guests, signing out keys, taking work orders, crisis intervention, assisting with tenant
medication, giving notices to tenants and liaising with other workers and professionals.

Utilize trauma informed community development, facilitative management, and conflict resolution approaches

to facilitate supportive, co-operative living and support tenants to develop skills to live cooperatively in their
accommodation.

Provide intake, assessment and case management services, utilizing a clientcentered, strengthbased,

harm reduction approach to clients

Coach or assist a client in the development/maintenance of abilities relating to activities of daily living, selfcare,

crisis management strategies, symptom management, maintaining a support network, and skills teaching such
as budgeting, grocery shopping and other life skills.

Ensure case plans which have been developed are continuing to be followed on the weekends
Ensure all eviction prevention strategies and policies are implemented.
Work with the tenant community to understand the Fred Victor Mission, Vision and Values and how they relate

to being a tenant and participating in FV programming and services.

Work collaboratively with other FV staff in order to provide the best service possible to all and in order to ensure

the safety of all.

Communicate and demonstrate appropriate professional boundaries with the tenant community and abide by

all organizational policies and procedures.

What You Bring to the Team (Qualifications):

Diploma or Degree in social Services field and/or experience working with people experiencing

homelessness in a residential setting

Strong understanding of systems that cause and support homelessness, poverty and discrimination and respect

for those realities.

Strong understanding that people living on low income are a resource to resolve community issues and not the

cause of the problem.

What Sets You Apart (List key qualities/abilities/competencies - some examples listed)

Strong customer service skills.
Highly developed and proven group facilitation skills.
Highly developed written and oral communication skills.
Strong understanding of and experience in community development practices.
Welldeveloped conflict resolution and negotiation skills and crisis management skills.
Ability to work productively within a team setting.
Strong organizational skills; highly developed ability to prioritize work through short and long term goals and remain

flexible.