Overview

The Community Worker Assistant – Supportive Housing – eight-week contract, 30 hours per week, paying $19 per hour.

PROGRAM AND POSITION SUMMARY:

REPORTING TO: Senior Manager, Supportive Housing

NATURE AND SCOPE: The Community Worker Assistant is available in our Supportive Housing Dept, under the direction of the Senior Manager, Community Support. This position will provide a range of challenging experiences, including working with vulnerable and isolated elderly clients. The student will work directly with Community Workers to assist with the continuity of services promoting independent living within the community.

Work location will depend on COVID public health restrictions.

DUTIES:

• Work with senior clients living in the community of Beaches-East York and assisting in their case management

• Community outreach

• Escort clients to medical and non-medical appointments

• Security checks and medication reminders for clients

• Friendly visiting/ home visits and client shopping as required

• Assisting with client assessment and reassessments using the InterRAI CHA tool

• Liaising with residents, other Agency staff, external stakeholders, community agencies and local businesses

• Entering and documenting data accurately into a database (CIMS experience preferred)

• Attending team meetings

• Providing administrative support including Intake duties as required

• Perform other duties, appropriate to the position, as required.

In order to apply for this position, you must be 15 to 30 years of age. You must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or a person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and be legally entitled to work in Canada.

About The Neighbourhood Group Community Services

The Neighbourhood Group Community Services (TNG) is a multi-service charity serving thousands of low-income people across multiple locations in Toronto.  We now have approximately 600 employees and we are a led by a Board of Directors of 20 leadership volunteers. We have 2000 volunteers and 150 paid peer leaders/educators. Our budget is approximately $50M and we are a United Way of Greater Toronto anchor organization.

This social service agency is a citywide organization whose mission is to “work with people at every stage of their lives, providing access to innovative and effective programs, and collaboratively building and advocating for an equitable, just, and vibrant community.”   Our organization provides the following services:

•            Youth Services at 6 sites;

•            Childcare Centres at 10 sites;

•            Conflict Resolution & Training;

•            Employment Services;

•            Urban Health & Homelessness Services;

•            Senior Services, Homecare and Independent Living

•            Newcomer Services