POSITION: Coordinator, Cordova House & Victory House
DEPARTMENT: Mental Health Housing
POSTING NUMBER: 22-48
REPORTS TO: Manager of Housing
AFFILIATION: Excluded
DURATION: Ongoing
STATUS: Regular Full-time:Monday-Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
START: ASAP
JOB SUMMARY
The Coordinator oversees the day-to-day operations of Cordova House and Victory House (a total of 114 units), supportive and mental health housing, respectively, in developing and implementing care and services in accordance with The Bloom Group’s policies. The Coordinator ensures all program deliverables, quality improvement initiatives, standards, and regulations are met in consultation with the Manager of Housing. Acting as a resource to staff in the provision of services, the Coordinator recruits, schedules, deploys, and evaluates staff; and provides supervision. The Coordinator facilitates collaboration and consultation between Cordova House, Victory House, and community partners and service providers. Fostering a positive and collaborative working environment, the Coordinator is committed to participating in their own continuing professional development and supporting that of the staff team
EDUCATION/PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor of Social Work degree or other equivalent undergraduate degree in social/human services with emphasis on people experiencing mental health and addictions issues
- Five (5) years’ experience working in community mental health/addictions or residential services or in a related area
- Two (2) year’s supervisory/management experience in a related field
- Certificate/Diploma from a recognized property or social housing management course is an asset
- Experience working in a unionized environment preferred
ABILITIES/SKILLS:
- Knowledge of strengths-based recovery and harm reduction principles and practices in mental health care and addictions
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to take initiative and work with minimal amount of supervision
- Ability to work in a stressful and changing work environment
- Ability to work with, and empathize with people experiencing abuse, poverty, family violence, cross-cultural issues, addictions, AIDS, and other life-limiting illnesses, mental illness, and the grief process
- Ability to operate basic computer programs, MS Windows environment, MS Outlook, Word and Excel and ability to master specialized housing, billing, and care plan computer software
- Ability to assist in developing, implementing and evaluating programs in areas of clinical practice
Posted: May 25th, 2022
Deadline for submission: June 1st, 2022 for internal applications
OPEN TO: INTERNAL
The Bloom Group is actively recruiting through the current Covid-19 pandemic. Successful candidates will be provided with the training and equipment to safely carry out their duties and ensuring the best protection for the staff and clients.
Thank you for your interest in a career with The Bloom Group.
Should your application be selected for further consideration we will be in contact with you shortly.
