14 Sep
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Salvationarmyca
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Yellowknife
14 Sep
Salvationarmyca
Yellowknife
Who We Are
For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship. As a faith- and values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.
Mission Statement
The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.
Case Management
- Keeps abreast of the day-to-day resident issues
- Assists program participants with aftercare plans for individuals who have completed recovery programs in the north or addictions treatment centers in the south
- Provides counselling on addictions to individuals and couples
- Assists with screening current clients and oversees their case management
- Provide advocacy services or teaches self-advocacy for program participants.as needed
- Ensure program participants understand and adhere to program rules and responsibilities
- Coordinate second phase resident referrals to services with other agencies or professionals (income support, employment, treatment programs, counselors, doctors)
- Consolidates and analyzes data collected by a variety of assessment tools for the purpose of guiding client recovery program
Behavior Management
- Implements emergency/incidental behavioral interventions, including, utilizing Non-Violent Crisis Intervention or Verbal Judo training
- Identifies and documents potential problematic or maladaptive behaviors
- Provides incidental problem solving and emotional support to program participants
- Provides immediate stabilization crisis management support and provides emergency incidental behavior management
- Plans and implements formal sessions for program participants or refers them to external agencies that offer formal sessions on a variety of topics including anger management, grief and loss, sexuality, self-esteem, violence, addictions and personal safety
- Develops and monitors behavioral modification strategies as needed
Program Operations
- Attend team meetings and training sessions to contribute to the identification and resolution of trends or issues that will affect the program
- Research and develop various Addictions aftercare related support programs
- Provide input into the development and implementation of short and long-term plans for their area of responsibility
- Plans and carries out community based on-the-land-activities for/with THARP clients and possible other aftercare program participants (e.g. WMS Second Phase clients)
- Carries out cultural and addiction and recovery workshops for THARP clients and community members as needed
- Facilitates counselling with community elders
- Establish networks with like-minded organizations
- Organizes, promotes, and assists program development to build capacity of program participants for independent healthy community living.
(i.e. life skills, recreation, leisure, wellness - physical/mental/emotional, vocational development)
- Provides information and life skills support to THARP clients related to personal, family, housing, healing, safety, work, school, income maintenance, etc.
- Role models, encourages and assists program participants to practice self-help, non-violent problem solving and decision-making skills daily
- Interacts with significant others involved with program participants to support the program participant's relationships with family and the community
- Facilitates and oversees resident house meetings who provide feedback and input into program and resident issues
- May assist Resource Centre and Bailey House program participants on an as needed basis
Program Administration
- Makes general and specific recommendations for improvement of program content and equipment
- Maintains consistent and accurate case notes
- Prepares monthly and/or quarterly program reports of program participants
- Prepares incident reports and program participant specific information in aftercare program participant files
- Completes THARP client exits summaries and closes all file work for clients discharged from program
- Ensures second phase resident's program fees are paid and works with those residents to develop budgets if required
- Hands over all resident records up to previous fiscal year to Program Supervisor to be stored for future easy access
- Ensures files and documentation adhere to agency guidelines and are easily available
- Develops and maintains open communication and refers to other resources, professionals, and agencies
- Utilizes communication skills to ensure positive image of organization in community
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📌 Addiction Recovery Aftercare Caseworker (Yellowknife)
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