QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completed relevant post-secondary education (Social Service Worker diploma, Dual Pathways Program - Social Service Worker and Mental Health and Addictions, and/or Bachelor of Social Work) and at least 2 years relevant experience, or a combination of education and experience.
• Completion of workshops and courses pertaining to mental illness, trauma, harm reduction, crisis de-escalation and anti-oppressive practice.
• Demonstrated knowledge of harm reduction principles and practice.
• Demonstrated knowledge of community resources and supports focused on mental health, addictions, individual and group supports.
• Experience delivering culturally sensitive services in a multicultural environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of mental health, substance use/addictions, advocacy, refugee and immigration issues and homelessness.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to work with women and their families using brief solution-focused techniques.
• Demonstrates knowledge, understanding, and ability to respond appropriately to women and their children as they deal with the short and long-term effects of surviving trauma including having lived in an abusive situation; having survived an abusive situation and dealing with the impact of leaving an abusive situation.
• Incorporates knowledge and understanding of the impact of marginalization on women.
• Women may be marginalized by: living in a rural and/or isolated location; housing/homelessness; poverty; physical and mental health status; use of legal/illegal drugs &/or alcohol; racialization; immigration status; sexual orientation; gender identity; family status; physical & mental health status of their children; differing ability/disability; language; culture; religion; education; employment; source of income; socio-economic status; literacy and numeracy skills; and so forth.
• Demonstrates knowledge, commitment and ability to incorporate anti-oppression & antiracist understanding into daily practice.
• Knowledge of, and proven ability to use, Crisis Prevention & Intervention skills in order to diffuse and prevent crisis situations.
• Strong crisis intervention, de-escalating, conflict management and resolution skills.
• Demonstrates ability to be self-reflective and self-aware in the role of Shelter Counsellor.
• Demonstrates awareness of the personal impact of VAW work and creates and uses a personal well-being plan in order to deal with the impact of the work.
• Demonstrates ability to adhere to professional standards in all facets of shelter work; with clients, with co-workers, and with the public.
• Demonstrates knowledge, commitment and ability to create a healthy workplace environment for residents and co-workers.
• Demonstrates the ability to incorporate training and professional development into day-today work.
• Basic understanding of the spectrum of sex work from consensual to coerced human trafficking.
• A solid understanding of de-colonization practices and the impacts of colonization and de-colonization practices.
• Food Handlers Certificate an asset.
• Life Skills Certificate an asset.
• A certificate in trauma counselling would be an asset
• Ability to work shiftwork days/nights/evenings and weekends required.
• Clear CPIC with vulnerable sector screening required
• The YWCA Vaccination Policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Valid exemptions pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

YWCA PETERBOROUGH HALIBURTON ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES ALL WOMEN-IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL EQUITY DESERVING GROUPS. YWCA PETERBOROUGH HALIBURTON EMBRACES DIVERSITY AND IS COMMITTED TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE. OUR GOAL IS TO ATTRACT, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN HIGHLY TALENTED EMPLOYEES FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS ALLOWING US TO BENEFIT FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES. WE THANK ALL APPLICANTS AND ADVISE THAT ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

In accordance with Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance to Human Resources at humanresources@ywcapeterbough.org

Please refer the Job description for details