Union: Non-Union

Number of vacancies : 1

New or Replacement Position: Replacement

Site: UHN All Sites & Community

Department: Social Medicine & Population Health

Reports to: Senior Manager, Social Medicine & Population Health

Salary range : $65,919 - $82,389 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Status: Permanent Full-Time

Closing Date: August 10, 2026

Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine

Position Summary

The Community Health Worker will collaborate with clinicians, Peer Workers, and community-led organizations on the development of a comprehensive plan to help address individual client's social and other needs.

The Community Health Worker will work at UHN and in community settings to provide direct 1:1 support to marginalized clients through the cooperative coordination of health and social services. The CHW will support the provision of information, resources, and advocacy, and will participate in case discussions and debriefs. The Community Health Worker will provide support to UHN Social Medicine programs, including supportive housing areas, to build, grow, strengthen, and sustain relationships with community partners; and provide supports to staff around the needs of marginalized clients.

This position recognizes UHN's commitment to health equity, to create a culturally safe institution for structurally marginalized people, and to educating future health care providers about health equity.

Duties





- Completing assessments of social issues and interventions in order to facilitate outpatients to continue to live in their community as well as supporting inpatients transitioning from the hospital back to the community
- Educating patients/families/support persons and hospital staff, on a consultation basis
- Facilitate engagement of Social Medicine patients and housing initiative tenants in health and social care services to promote wellbeing, stability, and positive outcomes.
- Regarding financial resources available (both in the community and privately), assisting in accessing government, charitable and private resources, support services, such as housing and transportation
- Advocating at organizational and community levels on behalf of patients/families/support person in accessing resources appropriate to their needs, including document replacement, citizenship and health coverage;
- Assisting with application forms and letter writing (e.g. TDP, ODSP, EI, CPP-D, WheelTrans, Immigration Visa), food assistance and employment support
- Performs cross-functional and/or other duties consistent with the job classification, as assigned or requested

Qualifications

- At minimum, completion of a bachelors degree in a relevant health or social work field, or recognized equivalent of lived or work experience




- Registered Social Service Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, if applicable
- Minimum 2 years of practical and related experience and/or 1-year on-the-job training required
- Strong knowledge of, and familiarity with, community resources to address the social determinants of health, including housing, poverty, and food insecurity
- Experience working in a supportive housing environment
- Dynamic knowledge of community engagement principles
- Experience with the provision of trauma-informed care and anti-racist, anti-discriminatory, anti-oppressive practices
- Well-developed decision-making, problem-solving, and judgement skills
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
- Well-developed public speaking abilities
- Facilitation and/or teaching experience
- Proven ability to work as a team member and independently
- Ability to have and use diplomacy and tact at all times
- Strong understanding of acute care setting and ability to navigate hospital systems an asset

We encourage anyone who has lived experience of structural marginalization including homelessness or substance use to apply.

Why join UHN?

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

- Competitive offer packages
- Government orga

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