social worker

*Join our team as a Social Worker for an Innovative Pilot Project! * We are launching an exciting one-year pilot project aimed at increasing housing stability and reducing inflows to homelessness for individuals housed in private market rental units through a scattered site Intensive Case Management support team. The team made up of Intensive Case Managers and Social Workers will develop individualized health and housing care plans and coordinate care. This role will enhance individualized care and help break down health-related barriers that can prevent individuals from securing and maintaining housing. You?ll have a unique opportunity to work directly with individuals in the community, supporting their ability to manage daily living, build routines, foster community connections, and develop essential skills for sustaining housing through both individual and group interventions. Organization Overview: Stepping Stone is a community-based agency that believes in the Housing First philosophies and practices. We strive to improve the quality of life for people who are struggling with chronic homelessness, significant mental health issues and substance misuse. Our shelter program provides individuals a place to stay and staff support 24/7, along with wrap-around health care services on site to help people experiencing homelessness transition to housing and successfully stay housed. *Job Summary: * The Social Worker will meet with guests directly onsite, offering hands-on, practical support. Adaptability and a comfort level with complex needs are essential, as you will work with individuals facing mental health challenges, addiction, acquired brain injuries, cognitive impairments, developmental disabilities, and more. The primary goal of this role is to support guests in housing stability through personalized interventions that promote stability and growth. The Social Worker will develop care plans that can be followed by the entire team. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with Intensive Case Managers to ensure a holistic and coordinated approach to care. Qualifications, Skills and Experience: * Master?s degree (MSW). * Current registration in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. * Experience working with vulnerable populations, ideally in homelessness or community health settings. * Strong knowledge of harm reduction, mental health, substance abuse, and cultural competence. * Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with experience in program development and evaluation as an asset. * Valid driver?s license and insurance for guest transport and home visits. Overview of Duties and Responsibilities: * Actively engage individuals with complex needs living in private market rental units to maintain housing stability * In partnership with the team?s Intensive Case Managers and in collaboration with the clients, lead the formulation of a housing and health plan that is reviewed and modified with the individual on a regular basis and provide crisis intervention when necessary * Assist and advice the team?s ICMs with care planning to ensure mental health, addiction and medical goals are being created and carried forward with a team comprising of both internal staff and external partners * Ensure that care plans are created through an ABI, trauma-informed and person-centred lens * Develop stage-matched, client centered care * Provide targeted interventions for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) to improve safety, independence, and confidence. * Conduct intake assessments through a trauma-informed, person centred lens. * Conduct screening and assessment to determine the appropriate wraparound services; ensuring the organization and delivery of these services is established by liaising and collaborating on a regular basis with the team?s Intensive Case Managers. * Develop and lead exercise, life skills, and therapeutic