DEPARTMENT: Urban Health and Homelessness Services
\nSTATUS: Regular Full-Time, CUPE 7797
\n# HRS \/ WEEK: 35
\nCONTRACT DATES: n\/a
\nREPORT TO: EPIC Program Supervisor
\nHOURLY RATE: $29.95
\nEXTERNAL CLOSING DATE: Posted until filled<\/p>\n
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Urban Health and Homelessness Services (UHHS) serves individuals who are low-income, socially isolated, homeless and hard to house. Our team provides resources, counseling and referrals that assist with long term solutions to individuals\u2019 housing, health and financial needs. We specialize in trauma informed mental health and harm reduction services.
\nThe position provides mobile, rapid eviction prevention services to vulnerable households across greater Toronto as referred by the City\u2019s EPIC Intake and Assessment Team. The EPIC worker provides assessments, referrals, creates a client centered action plan and provides other supports as needed using a Housing First model. In consultation with the team, the EPIC worker will liaise with landlords, coordinate mediation and conflict resolution as appropriate and provide short-term housing stabilization supports. This position is part of the Urban Health and Homelessness Services Department and works to provide support to those who are at imminent risk of eviction. This position reports to the EPIC Program Supervisor and is part of CUPE 7797.<\/p>\n
MAJOR DUTIES:
\n\u2022 Work with households requiring eviction prevention support to maintain housing through assessment, referral, mediation coordination, education and planning.
\n\u2022 Accept referrals from the City\u2019s Intake and Assessment Team to provide rapid eviction prevention support.
\n\u2022 Create client centred, individualized action plans with clear steps to intervene in a pending eviction.
\n\u2022 Provide a maximum of three months support to tenant and landlord following successful eviction prevention or re- housing.
\n\u2022 Act as a resource for the agency in the area of eviction prevention and participate in eviction prevention related meetings within the agency and other community organizations.
\n\u2022 Provide education on landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities, coordinate mediation services, provide referrals to legal services and financial resources.
\n\u2022 Provide information, referrals and client advocacy as required.
\n\u2022 Work with other team members to provide support for other UHHS programs while maintaining program protocols, preventing and appropriately handling crises, and in monitoring other common programmatic activities.
\n\u2022 Other duties as assigned.<\/p>\n
REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:
\n\u2022 SSW, or relevant community college diploma or Bachelor\u2019s or Master\u2019s degree and 2 years recent experience in the area of housing placement in the Greater Toronto Area, or a combined equivalent of education and experience.
\n\u2022 Strong knowledge of needs, experiences and community services for the homeless population.
\n\u2022 Knowledge and understanding of the affordable and social housing sector, the Residential Tenancy Act, other relevant legislation and eviction prevention strategies.
\n\u2022 Knowledgeable and supportive of harm reduction and trauma informed approaches.
\n\u2022 Superior knowledge and skills in assessment, counseling and case management.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated abilities with MS Office, databases, search engines, and electronic communication.
\n\u2022 Strong professional written and verbal communication skills.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated dependability and attention to detail.
\n\u2022 Other languages an asset.<\/p>\n
To apply, submit your resume with \u201cTNG2026-10\u201d in the subject line of your email to: careers@tngcs.org<\/p>\n
TNG is committed to reflecting the communities we serve and to nurturing a respectful and inclusive work environment for all. We encourage qualified applicants of all ages, races, colours, ethnic origins, religions, abilities, gender identities, gender expression and sexual orientations to apply. Candidates invited for an interview are encouraged to inform Human Resources in confidence of their accommodation requirement. This posting is for an existing vacancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":8319,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"TOronto","_application":"careers@tngcs.org","_company_name":"TNG","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.tngcs.org","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[10],"job-categories":[37],"job-types":[2],"class_list":{"0":"post-10771","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"job_listing_region-toronto","7":"job_listing_category-social-services","8":"job_listing_type-full-time","10":"job-type-full-time"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/10771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=10771"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=10771"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobhouse.ca\/jobboards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=10771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}