Supervisor, Housing Services
Why Work for SOAR Community Services
About SOAR Community Services
SOAR Community Services (formerly St. Leonard's Community Services) has been an established part of the community for more than 55 years, and is accredited for our excellence in serving children, youth, adults, and families.
Our Values
These aren’t just “lip-service” to us – we work and live by them. If you do, too, we want to talk to you!
- Inclusive – we value everyone and their unique perspectives and journeys
- Compassionate – we care about our clients, our staff, partners, and the communities we serve
- Collaborative – we work together to support our clients and community
- Integrity – we hold ourselves accountable and are fair, trustworthy, and dedicated to our mission to empower people to achieve their vision of independence, health, and wellbeing
- Innovative – we are open to change and continuous improvement
- Genuine – we are honest, respectful, and authentic with our clients, each other, and our partners
- Optimistic – we believe that everyone can accomplish their goals
Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm with flexibility to meet program needs.
Duties
SOAR Community Services offers a continuum of social housing services to meet client needs ranging from homelessness to independent living. As part of the continuum, we offer Emergency Shelter Intake Services to support clients in securing emergency accommodations, including access to a 16-hour waiting room, the Housing Resource Centre, as well as emergency shelter, Transitional Housing and Supportive Housing programs.
As part of our Housing Resource Centre, individuals and their families will be able to contact staff for support Monday-Friday between 8:30am-4:30am if they are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. Clients will be supported with both low-touch and medium-high touch services based on their self-identified needs and will be referred to resources including legal clinics, income support services, food bank services, identification and tax clinics, as well as Brant Access to Housing, Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, and the Housing Stability Fund in addition to being supported with housing searches and learning their rights and responsibilities as a tenant to prepare for successful tenancy.
The Supportive Housing Program assists clients to secure safe, affordable housing within the community. Clients are supported by a Supportive Housing Counsellor and rent supplements are available to help bridge the difference between the client’s ability to pay and the market rent to a maximum amount.
As the Housing Services Supervisor, you will:
- Supervise staff, participate in the recruiting process for program staff and provide guidance in staff performance management.
- Apply the principles of the Housing First approach in day-to-day work and interactions.
- Work collaboratively with the Housing Services team to ensure program delivery to all clients.
- Prepare monthly statistical reports and billing summaries.
- Integrate a harm reduction approach.
- Develop and evaluate program activities and client groups.
- Assist with the development and implementation of the departmental work plan.
- Facilitate department and sector case management meetings.
- Liaise with local landlords and referring agencies.
- Support with managing program funding and purchasing of necessary supplies; and
- Provide support counselling and life skills training to clients and monitor their progress towards independence.
Qualifications
- Have a college diploma in the Human/Social Services field.
- Have a minimum of 2 years’ combined student placement and/or paid experience working with individuals with substance use, mental health and/or concurrent disorders and/or individuals experiencing homelessness.
- Be proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases.
- Have access to reliable transportation.
- Be able to manage occasional exposure to vicarious traumatic stress.
- Be able to make regular visits to uncontrolled environments, such as client homes and public meeting locations. This may include exposure to smoking environments.
Eligibility
Start Date: March 24, 2025
Benefits
- Have a college diploma in the Human/Social Services field.
- Have a minimum of 2 years’ combined student placement and/or paid experience working with individuals with substance use, mental health and/or concurrent disorders and/or individuals experiencing homelessness.
- Be proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases.
- Have access to reliable transportation.
- Be able to manage occasional exposure to vicarious traumatic stress.
- Be able to make regular visits to uncontrolled environments, such as client homes and public meeting locations. This may include exposure to smoking environments.
How to Apply
Our Commitment to Job Seekers
St. Leonard’s Community Services Inc. is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wyandot, the Haudenosaunee, and some of the Ojibwa Nation. The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this community, on this territory. We also acknowledge that the settler population has been able to benefit from this beautiful land. We are all treaty members and will strive to act in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and center their voices.
The Agency values the diverse and intersectional identities of its clients and staff. The Agency regards equity and diversity as an integral part of excellent community service and is committed to accessibility for all staff. The Agency seeks applicants who embrace our values and beliefs around respect for the dignity and diversity of our clients, staff, and community. As such, we encourage applications from candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including applicants who identify as First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit/Inuk, Black, racialized, a person with a disability, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
The Agency encourages applications from all qualified individuals. If you are an applicant with disabilities and require accommodations, please let us know at the time of our contact so that we may arrange for their provision.
Personal information submitted will only be used for the purposes of the competition in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act.