PT Tenant Support Worker – 2024-142-04

JOB POSTING 2024-142-04

• INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
• Supportive Housing (Hearthstone Place)
• PT Tenant Support Worker
• Wage: $29.06 per hour
• Part Time, 22/5 hours per week
• Saturday 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sunday 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM, and Monday 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Permanent
• Location: Abbotsford

  Provide Support to Housing Residents
  Join the team at Archway
  Come Help Us Help People

  Location:  Abbotsford

  Onsite Work

Job Summary

Archway is seeking a dynamic and self-motivated individual to fill the position of Part Time Tenant Support Worker at a co-ed, low barrier, and supportive housing residence. The housing residence follows a harm-reduction/health promotion philosophy and is a 24/7 operation. We are looking for a candidate who embraces a team approach and fully understands the complex challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness.

Reporting to the Supportive Housing Program Supervisor, the Part Time Tenant Support Worker provides a range of front-line support services to the residents. Tenant Support Workers are part of a team whose mandate is to ensure the building remains a respectful, secure, safe, clean, and supportive place in which to reside, visit and work.

Your Role:

Archway’s Part Time Tenant Support Worker with the Supportive Housing Program – Hearthstone Place contributes by:

• Supporting residents to maintain their residencies, including but not limited to; directly assisting with room de-cluttering, resident rent contribution payments and/or repayment plans; and connection with community resources/supports.
• Recognizing individual strengths (strength-based) and circumstances and supporting residents in their healthy development, success, and well-being and in their self-determined goals (case planning).
• Stewarding and promoting a culture of learning and respect within the staff team, program, and services.
• Assisting with conflict and crisis de-escalation as needed.
• Performing health and safety checks of the facility, residences, and premises.
• Promoting a harm reduction approach to addiction, mental and physical health, and well-being.
• Promoting positive and inclusive tenant-staff relations.
• Promoting linkages and partnership development with local service providers to ensure optimal service delivery to clients (e.g. Fraser Health Authority, Aboriginal Services, Community Corrections Offices, homeless shelters and transition houses, employment service organizations and referral agencies). etc.

This position is a great fit for someone who is dynamic and self-motivated and has empathy and compassion for individuals who are homeless or who are at risk of being homeless.

Our Offer

• Wage: $29.06 per hour.
• A permanent, part-time position at 22.5 hours per week, working on Saturdays from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sundays from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM, and Mondays from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

Benefits include:

• • Three weeks pro-rated vacation in your first year; four weeks in your second year.
  • A great benefits plan including extended health and dental; you choose your plan.
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program.
  • Access to on-line wellness resources.
  • Build your experience working with those who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
  • Great in-house training opportunities.
  • Rewarding work in a positive environment.

Getting an Interview–you will be considered if you have:

• Post-secondary education in a related field OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.
• Two to three years’ experience in an outreach capacity or within the community services field.

The Job Requires you to have::

• Ability to take direction, work with pride and work with minimal supervision and in consultation with others.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• An understanding of issues surrounding poverty, homelessness, substance abuse and mental health issues.
• Strong crises de-escalation and dispute resolution skills.
• A flexible attitude; ability to adapt to changing situations and duties, and a willingness to work as part of a team.
• Ability to effectively switch tasks to respond to interruptions, distractions, and competing priorities.
• Ability to interact with people in challenging and/or difficult
• Ability to adhere to health and safety protocols in an environment of direct social interaction and engagement with clients and staff.
• A satisfactory criminal record check is a condition of employment and must be maintained.