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Womens Health in Womens Hands Community Health Centre Womens Health in Womens Hands Community Health Centre (WHIWH-CHC) provides racialized women, trans and nonbinary clients from the African, Black, Caribbean, Latin American, and South Asian communities in Toronto and surrounding municipalities with culturally safe, relevant, and responsive primary healthcare. We are changemakers engaged in knowledge transfer and exchange, research, capacity building, and advocacy within and across multiple systems. WHIWH-CHC is recruiting a highly motivated, professional and dynamic individual to join the team. Individuals who identify as part of the African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities and/or have demonstrated experience working closely with these communities are strongly encouraged to apply. RESPONSIBILITIES - Conduct client intakes and provide supportive counselling, system navigation and resource supports for clients, with a minimum of 3-5 clients per day. - Navigate clients into internal programs and support administrative pathways, and/or support clients with referrals to external programs. - Review and support with the maintenance of the client wait lists. - Support workshop delivery at the Centre using clientcentered, traumainformed approaches. - Support with informational, communitybuilding, skillbuilding and psychoeducational programs and groups. - Strong knowledge of social determinants of health and issues that affect racialized communities. - Assist in supportive safety planning and suicide intervention. - Act as a client advocate on individual and systemic issues. - Participate in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of treatment, education, counselling and health promotion programmes and services for individuals, groups and the community. - Engage community groups and networks in support of community initiatives, and assist clients and the community to build support networks. - Ensure that required documentation is completed and available in the clients health record in a timely manner that meets professional standards of practice. - Initiate and coordinate participation in program and chart review and case conferencing with a continuous quality improvement (QI) focus. - Maintains enthusiastic, passionate and selfdriven work ethic. - Other duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization Registered Social Service Worker and/or has an approved equivalent of education and related experience with client care, intake and system navigation. Member in good standing with a relevant regulatory body such as the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). Able to communicate and work effectively in an interdisciplinary team environment and willingness to accept clinical direction. A minimum of 1 year experience working in a nonprofit and/or Community Health Centre environment is an asset. Advanced understanding and practical application of antioppressive practices, culturallysensitive and clientcentered care, social determinants of health. Experience working with racialized populations and thorough knowledge of community resources/services available for our priority populations in Toronto. Ability to complete documentation in adherence with guidelines from the OCSWSSW or relevant regulatory body. Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with crisis and conflict and to maintain appropriate boundaries. Able to plan, organize and prioritize workload in a fastpaced environment with minimal supervision and takes initiative. Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Must be familiar with computer applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Ability to work evenings and occasional weekends to meet programming needs. Proficiency in languages(s) other than English is an asset. Fluency in one or more languages represented within ACB communities is preferred. REPORTING This position reports to the Director of Population Health. LOCATION Toronto, ON HOW TO APPLY To apply for this challenging opportunity in a dynamic organization please forward your resume and cover letter with the subject line: Intake Counsellor to the attention of: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Early applicants may be contacted for interviews before the posting closes. COMPENSATION $34,300 for a 6month period, will include benefits. WHIWH is committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities it serves and we strongly encourage applicants who reflect Torontos ethnic and cultural diversity and our priority populations. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. WHIWH is working towards gender equity in pay. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. WHIWH has a Covid19 Vaccination Policy that requires employees to take part in COVID19 vaccination programmes recommended by public health authorities unless approved for an exemption request under the Ontario Human Rights Code. Compliance with this policy is mandatory for this position. #J-18808-Ljbffr