Overnight Housing Worker

Strong understanding of systems that cause and support homelessness, poverty and discrimination and respect for those realities.

Well-developed interpersonal skills that will produce effective, productive and appropriate relationships with the tenants, community, external agencies and staff at Fred Victor.

Experience working with people who are actively using substanc es from a harm reduction lens

This position will use a trauma informed, harm reduction, client centered, anti-oppressive approach to all of their work. This position requires respect for, and expertise working with, tenants who are facing mental and physical health issues, active substance use, history of trauma, abuse and social isolation and who come from racially and ethnically diverse background

Demonstrated experience in conflict resolution and crisis management

Extensive experience working with people who come from diverse racial, gender, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and who have experienced varying degrees of mental health, social isolation and substance use

Lived experience

Strong customer service skills

Extensive knowledge of community-based resources

Proven ability to challenge organization, staff and tenant communities in a positive and creative way to effect better service

Well-developed interpersonal skills that will produce effective, productive and appropriate relationships with the tenants, community, external agencies and staff at Fred Victor

Strong team work

Highly developed written and oral communication skills

Highly developed interpersonal skills

Highly developed group facilitation skills

Highly developed understanding of and proven ability to communicate appropriate professional boundaries

Highly developed ability to plan and prioritize work

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Literacy in Word, Pirouette, Excel

A Police Record Check is required by the final candidate prior to hiring.

Fred Victor is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment where employees feel valued and respected, and where every employee has the opportunity to realize their potential. As such, we welcome and encourage applicants who identify as racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons across the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identities and have lived-experience

If you are a person with a disability and require accommodation and/or assistance during the application process, please contact us in advance. We strive to provide reasonable accommodations whenever requested. Information received relating to accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality.