PACT Service Coordinator - Housing Specialist

Pact Service Coordinator - Housing Specialist

The Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is an outreach oriented comprehensive community treatment, rehabilitation, and support service designed to meet the needs of people with severe and persistent mental illness. The service is provided to participants in their homes, at work, and in community settings.

Services include attention to both mental health needs and basic needs such as everyday activities like caring for oneself, taking medications, establishing social relationships, finding and keeping places to live and work as well as managing one's finances. Services enable participants to regain stability, take steps towards recovery and achieve personal goals.

The Service Coordinator – Housing will provide support and assistance to PACT participants in obtaining, maintaining and keeping housing. The service coordinator will work with individuals from all the PACT teams who are homeless, at risk for homelessness or eviction and require more intensive support to keep their housing. The service coordinator will spend 2 days a week at PACT Logan assisting the tenants of 400 Logan in maintaining their housing and preparing them to move to more independent community housing. They will divide the remainder of their time between the other teams to assist those individuals with housing needs. The housing service coordinator will also develop and work in partnership with other community partners who can assist with housing.

Main Function: The Service Coordinator - Housing – PACT is responsible for assessing, planning, development and coordination of treatment, rehabilitation and support services provided to all PACT program participants (Logan, Hargrave, Leila, and Winnipeg West) under the clinical supervision of the team leader. The service coordinator will provide services to individuals using the principles of psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery to guide their practice and function as a clinical member of the inter-disciplinary team. This service coordinator will focus on assisting individuals with housing and act as a resource to the team around housing. The service coordinator will be responsible for recording, liaising with community partners such as EIA, PGTO, provide education to clients and family, delivery of oral medications. The housing service coordinator will engage in community outreach to develop relationships with housing agencies, property managers and landlords to assist PACT individuals to find, get and keep housing. The housing service coordinator will assist the participant in applying and viewing for apartments. If the participant obtains housing they will coordinate and manage the moves and liaise with the landlord as needed.

They will ensure that staff are aware of the housing stock available and who they should refer for additional housing supports.

Under the general supervision of the Team Leader and psychiatrist, the Service Coordinator is responsible for providing case management services and supports to participants involved with the PACT teams.

The position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment. Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.