Full-time unionized position (35 hours/week: Monday to Friday)

Language:

Bilingualism Required (English & French)

Reports to:

Program Manager

Vacancy:

Existing Vacancy

Every day, our staff make a difference in our client’s lives. Our team is passionate about our mission and supporting clients on their journey to recovery and independent living. We are committed to fostering a culture that aims to positively impact, support, and develop our staff to create an exceptional employee experience. Join our team as a Social Worker

The Opportunity

The social worker works within the Fisher Transitional Rehabilitation Housing Program (TRHP) and is responsible for providing individual/group support, rehabilitation, and education to clients and their families using a client-centred approach. This position reports to the Program Manager.

What You Will Do:

Areas of responsibility of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

Building supportive relationships with clients and their families

- Establish a trusting relationship with clients and their families
- Offer support and guidance according to identified needs
- Mediate relationships between family and client
- Identify and help solve problems that may affect the housing tenure (mediation, conflict resolution, problem solving)

Co-ordinate intake process

- Receive inquiries about the program and support clients in navigating the program’s intake process
- Provide house tours to potential clients
- Co-ordinate 72-hour visits for potential clients
- Liaise with referring sources about potential vacancies




- Organize and facilitate discharge case conferences prior to admission to the program

Developing and providing education programs for clients’ families

- Develop promotional material about the rehabilitation services for family members
- Establish relationships with clients and families
- Act as a resource person to help resolve issues that impact the family
- Act as liaison for families with community support programs
- Design and implement educational programs for families

Designing and implementing therapeutic groups for clients

- Develop, implement, and evaluate therapeutic groups

Participate in the planning, development and monitoring of clients’ rehabilitation program by:

- Establish positive and supportive relationship with clients,
- Teach, coach, and support clients in activities of daily living,
- Support clients off site when applicable.

Refer and link clients to community resources

- Refer clients to resources as needed
- Assist rehabilitation workers in client housing search
- Maintain up to date list of community resources, including housing options
- Support clients with various financial supports (Ontario Works, ODSP, CPP etc)

Other:

- Participate in program development, improvement activities, team meetings
- Participate in professional development sessions




- Identify gaps and needed modifications in services
- Provide consultation and support to other internal rehabilitation programs

What You Will Bring:

- Master’s degree in social work and registered with the Ontario College of Social Work and Social Service Work
- Two years’ experience working with adults recovering from mental illness
- One year experience in working with families
- Demonstrates specific knowledge of mental health, substance use health, and treatment modalities.
- Demonstrates knowledge of community mental health resources in the Ottawa area.
- Demonstrates knowledge of family theories and dynamics.
- Demonstrates knowledge of psychosocial rehabilitation principles: mastery of principles of client-centred care.
- Demonstrates understanding of crisis intervention and suicide prevention and intervention.
- Demonstrates knowledge of computer software applications such as Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and client management software such as EMHware). :

Your Skills and Strength:

- Ability to establish supportive relationships.
- Ability to establish and support a supportive and respectful living environment.
- Ability to explore, support, and evaluate a client’s rehabilitation goals.
- Ability to liaise with families, providing support and education.

Who You Are:

- Displays values and attitudes in keeping with the helping professions.
- Client-centered, caring, supportive and reliable.
- Demonstrates sound judgement and common sense in decision making and in skilled approaches to the work.
- Demonstrates an ability to w

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