Job Description

POSITION DETAILS!

Student - Children's Community Resource Facilitator (1 position)

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Program:

Options

Time commitment:

3 days per week

Location:

This position will work mainly from the FST offices located at 128A Sterling St., and remotely from a safe home-based office.

Application Deadline:

Open until filled

File Number:

ST-OPTC #16-25 - with cover letter and resume

E-Mail:

hrdep@familyservicetoronto.org

Mail:

HR, 355 Church Street, Toronto ON M5B 0B2

Web:

familyservicetoronto.org

Learn with us!

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Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 100 years, we have worked with individuals and families destabilized by precarious mental health and/or socioeconomic circumstances, to achieve greater resilience and stability in more just and supportive communities. We achieve this through our direct service work of intervention and prevention which includes counselling, peer support and education; knowledge building; and system-level work including social action, advocacy, community building and working with partners to strengthen the sector.


We're proud of our people and culture! We are constantly evolving what we do and how we do it. Our work is grounded in the lived experience of the clients and the community. We celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and excellence. We are agile, learning and always willing to try new things.

Program Summary

The Options program operates within an anti-oppressive framework and is committed to building inclusive communities by working in partnership with individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, and their families, friends and communities, community organizations, developmental service agencies, generic agencies, and relevant systemic and community networks.

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The mandate of this program is to empower children and youth with a developmental disability and their families through interventions that support person-directed, goal-oriented planning, service coordination, circles of care facilitation, self-advocacy, and peer support groups.

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The Opportunity!

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Children's Community Resource Facilitator provides information, referrals, and coordination of service for children with developmental disabilities and their families. Goal-focused, time limited, service plans are developed and reviewed regularly with clients. Information is provided to help clients make informed choices; to access both traditional and non-traditional supports in the community. This will include a tailored understanding of support through the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) Urgent Response Service (URS), which offers short-term, timely support to children and youth up to age 18 who are registered in the OAP and experiencing urgent and escalating needs. URS is designed to address situations that place the child at risk of harm to themselves or others, or that significantly interfere with their ability to function at home, school, or in the community. The facilitator helps families navigate the URS process, including referrals, coordination of service providers, and assistance in developing urgent response service plans, which may involve behavioural consultation, family supports, crisis intervention, and other time-limited services tailored to the immediate needs of the child and family.

Responsibilities:

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Assist clients in identifying their strengths and needs Work with clients to develop goal oriented, time limited-service plan Support clients in the implementation of the plan Support clients to locate, access and evaluate appropriate supports and community resources Monitor and reviews service plan effectiveness with clients/families on regular basis Collaborates with service providers and community resources as needed Ensures regular and timely recording of case notes and clients service data as required by funders and FST policy Participate in the planning and facilitation of community workshops Attend trainings and team meetings as appropriate

Regular supervision and training will be provided to students to obtain relevant knowledge and skills to perform mentioned responsibilities.

Qualifications:

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Students must possess:

Enrolled in Bachelor program related to social science Good documentation and organizational skills Ability to sensitively and professionally respond to clients' needs in a respectful and non-judgemental manner Critical thinking skills, open mindedness and willingness to learn and self reflect Commitment to ideals of equity, diversion and inclusion Successful Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Check required

Skills that would be an asset:

Knowledge of the developmental services sector and community- based resources in Toronto Experience working with individuals with a developmental/intellectual disability and/or in the social service sector Good computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access) Ability to work within a fast-paced environment

Interested?

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Please indicate file number

ST-OPTC #16-25

on your application and submit cover letter and resume to

hrdep@familyservicetoronto.org

or through our website at

Student Placements - Family Service Toronto.

Our goal is to attract, develop, and retain highly talented students from diverse backgrounds allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives.


We actively encourage applicants from all equity seeking groups. First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Black and People of Colour, people with disabilities, people of diverse gender expression, and people with lived experience of poverty are encouraged to apply.


In accordance with Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and FST's Equity and Inclusion policy, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.


We thank all applicants and will contact the individuals selected for an interview.