Social Worker - Community Outreach Services
This posting
This posting will be used to fill 1 Temporary full-time positions working 75 hours bi-weekly. It will establish a 12-month eligibility list which may be used to fill similar positions.
This job is based in the thriving and diverse city of Whitehorse in the beautiful Yukon.
Our team
Community Outreach Services (COS) provides an Intensive Case Management model of care to individuals experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity, live with substance use challenges with or without mental health problems, often have histories of trauma and other complex care needs and experience barriers in receiving care that interfere with their ability to live safely and independently in the community.
COS is a collaborative multidisciplinary team consisting of social workers, outreach supports workers and a community Resource coordinator. The team works alongside their clients to provide a range of services such as street outreach, advocacy and brokerage of services including access to health, housing, income and other identified community resources. The primary goal is to support clients to exit homelessness in a sustained fashion, maintain housing stability and improve overall quality of life and independence.
Your role
For the right candidate, this position offers the opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team whose approaches to care are cemented in client-centered, trauma informed, harm reduction, cultural safety, housing first, and assertive engagement principles and practices.
If you enjoy working as part of a dynamic and fast-paced work environment, and you are committed to meeting clients where they are at often in non-traditional environments such as shelters, and on the streets to assess their needs and risks through the lenses of harm reduction and dignity of risk, this opportunity may be right for you.
- For more information on this job, please contact Mireille Simon, Supervisor Community outreach services at 867-332-5084 or Mireille.Simon@yukon.ca
- For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Dolapo Awobamise, HR Consultant at 867-332-8340 or Dolapo.Awobamise@yukon.ca
Your benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer many additional financial and non-financial benefits.
Your career, your home, your lifestyle
We are the Yukon public service. Every day, we come together to serve the people who live here and make a difference in so many ways. Here, you will find the diverse opportunities you desire to develop your career while enjoying a warm sense of community and vibrant artistic, cultural, and recreational amenities, all set in a spectacular natural environment.
As part of our team, your achievements and enjoyment in both your work and personal life will be valued as you explore the many opportunities the Yukon, and the Government of Yukon, has to offer.
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Important application and job requirements
Essential qualifications
Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet the qualifications below. Selections for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume.
- Bachelor of Social Work degree from a recognized post-secondary institution
- Significant experience providing Intensive case management for vulnerable populations
- Experience supporting clients with complex issues including substance use, mental health disorders, medical, financial and legal challenges and cognitive impairments
- Significant experience working with a multidisciplinary collaborative team environment.
- Experience and knowledge of the principles of Trauma-Informed care, Harm Reduction, Cultural Safety, Housing First, and Assertive Engagement.
- Experience in crisis intervention and crisis prevention
- Experience working with legislative programs would be considered an asset
It may be helpful for you to review “Prepare your resume and cover letter”.
Desired knowledge, skills and suitability
If selected for an interview, candidates should have, and may be assessed on, the following:
- Complex case management services for vulnerable clients experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity, substance use and mental health disorders, and cognitive impairment.
- Bio-psychosocial assessments to determine program eligibility
- Developing, implementing, and evaluating case plans in collaboration with clients, and other formal and informal supports.
- Collaborative engagement and practice with community partners in the homeless serving sector to ensure a coordinated system of care for high-acuity clients
- Outreach, case management, counselling, and linkages supports and services.
It may be helpful for you to review “The job interview process”.
Conditions of employment
You must meet the following conditions before being hired, or within the time frame noted.
- Vulnerable Sector RCMP security clearance
- TB screening
- WHMIS 2015
- Valid Class 5 Driver’s Licence.
Job requirements
This job requires you to perform, and/or be exposed to, the following:
- To provide complex case management, including outreach supports to vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness and housing instability and intersecting complex needs.
- Works primarily in an office setting but there is regular some community outreach involved.
- Exposure to clients with high levels of complex needs.
Learn more
- For help on creating your E-recruitment profile, email E-Recruitment.clientsupport@yukon.ca or phone 867-667-9453.