PROGRAM AREA: Integrated Programs (ETF)
HOURS/WEEK: 35 hours per week, 5 month contract ending March 31, 2026
What We Live By:
Our Vision: A community without barriers to health and wellbeing.
Our Mission: We work with our community to promote and sustain health and wellbeing for all.
Our Values: Compassion, Social Justice, Courage, Integrity, Adaptability.
Guelph Community Health Centre prioritizes people who face barriers to health and accessing services, and people who identify as:
Homeless or at risk of homelessness
Living on low income
Newcomers to Canada with language barriers
Having moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues
Having moderate to severe disabilities
Indigenous First Nations, Inuit and Métis
Black, mixed race and racialized populations
Experiencing intersectional oppression
2SLGBTQIA+
Vulnerable children and their families experiencing conflict, isolation or attachment struggles
Program Description:
The Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF) is a funding initiative offered by Health Canada to municipalities and Indigenous communities to address urgent substance use needs.
The HOME Team is the Guelph Community Health Centre’s contribution to ETF along with the Sanguen Health Centre, and the Mount Forest Family Health Team, which will provide mobile wrap-around support services to individuals struggling with substance use who face barriers to accessing traditional services. The HOME team will expand on existing programs to operate a mobile outreach vehicle in the City of Guelph, in tandem with Sanguen’s Mobile Health Van in Wellington County, and offer additional place-based supports.
Reporting to the Guelph CHC Allied Health Supervisor, the HOME Outreach Worker will work in tandem with a HOME Peer to seek out and engage with community members facing barriers to accessing service, particularly due to being unhoused and marginalized. By building rapport with clients, they will seek to reduce barriers to access and increase client interaction with social and health services.
PRINCIPAL JOB DUTIES
To meet clients where they are at in terms of motivation, need, and geography.
Build rapport with clients to gain trust and engagement that can be leveraged to deepen their connection to relevant services
Support access to food, housing, financial assistance, as well as mental health and substance use services
Document client interactions, as needed
Receive and support referrals from clients, service organizations, and relevant institutions
Coordinate with other outreach-based providers and organizations to provide responsive, community-based care safely
The ability to lift, move or manipulate objects up to 50 lbs
Manually load and unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, and lifting devices
Other projects related to ETF, as needed
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
Post-secondary degree or diploma in social service-related discipline.
Emergency First Aid and CPR Certification Level C – Mandatory.
Driver’s license and insurance – Mandatory
Lived experience with substance use and/or mental health an asset
Experience working with individuals marginalized by their mental and/or substance use health, alienated from services, and frequently in crisis, both in-patient and community settings.
Demonstrated knowledge of community resources related to the served population in Guelph.
Awareness of and comfort attending community locations such as social service offices, community food pantries, drop-in centres, and outdoor spaces frequented by relevant clientele
Ability to work independently, in the community, and within an interdisciplinary team environment.
Engaging, collaborative and creative, astute to clients' needs with the ability to adapt and be flexible.
Excellent assessment, communication and organizational skills.
We know that experience comes in many forms. If you have some of these qualities and are excited about this opportunity, then we want to hear from you. Please visit our website www.guelphchc.ca and apply using the online application tool. In your application, please include a resume and cover letter outlining how your skills, qualifications, and experience meet the position requirements.
Guelph Community Health Centre is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including individuals from priority populations who may identify as 2SLGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals, and members of Black and other racialized communities.
We thank, in advance, those who apply, but will contact only those who qualify for interviews.
If at any stage in the selection process you require accommodation, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.
We require that all finalist applicants undergo a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screen through their local Police Services Branch prior to start date.
