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The Housing Support Worker is responsible for engaging with Families/individuals dealing with homelessness, and providing advocacy and support services to assist in housing placements. This includes screening potential candidates for appropriate housing programs, support services, training & overseeing/conducting the application process, conducting housing searches, placement into housing, and ensuring transition to a Housing First Team or other appropriate support services so that the individual can remain housed. The Housing Support Worker advocates for individuals/families in need of housing, by networking with funded agency housing teams, community agencies, landlords, government representatives, and as well as members of the Support Services Team.
-Sound understanding of available housing, income support and related agency/government assistant programs in the Regina community
-Excellent interpersonal communication skills to connect with individuals, funded agencies and other stakeholders for Housing Support. Need Valid Drivers License.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory