Join Our Team as a Part Time Emergency Housing Intake Worker!
Make a difference. Work with purpose. Achieve new heights.
About SOAR Community Services
At SOAR, we’re more than just a health and social service provider-we’re a passionate team dedicated to empowering lives across Brantford, Brant County, and Haldimand County. From mental health and addictions to housing, justice, and employment, we offer a full spectrum of accredited services that make a real difference.
About the Role
As a Part Time Emergency Housing Intake Worker, you’ll be a front-line hero connecting people in crisis to life saving resources and compassionate care. You’ll work out of our warming and cooling centre, supporting individuals who need emergency shelter, basic amenities and safe space to regroup.
As a Support Counsellor, you’ll be a key part of that transformation. Your impact will include:
- Welcoming and supporting vulnerable individuals seeking shelter and essential services
- Providing access to showers, laundry, food, and hygiene supplies
- Collaborating with our Housing Services team to deliver wraparound services
- Using a harm reduction approach to meet people where they’re at
- Maintaining accurate documentation in multiple electronic systems
- Participating in case management meetings and liaising with community partners
Position Details
- 2 to 3 shifts per week, mostly afternoons and weekends
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: Starting $24.74 per hour plus shift premiums
- Fitness benefit for you and your family (gym membership, equipment, lessons)
- Employee Assistance Plan for wellness
- 24 hours of paid Personal Leave Time (pro-rated first year)
- Fun staff events and a workplace that prioritizes your mental and physical health
- Retirement Savings Plans available
Requirements and Qualifications
- College diploma in related Social/Human Sciences
- Minimum 1 year experience (placement or paid) in therapeutic or correctional settings
- Tech-savvy with MS Office and database skills
- Accessibility to reliable transportation
- Resilience and emotional awareness to manage vicarious trauma
- Comfort working in diverse environments, including client homes and public spaces which may include exposure to smoking environments
Start date: as soon as possible
Reference: PT Emerg. Housing Intake Worker
SOAR Community Services Inc. is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wyandot, the Haudenosaunee, and some of the Ojibwa Nation. The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this community, on this territory. We also acknowledge that the settler population has been able to benefit from this beautiful land. We are all treaty members and will strive to act in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and center their voices.
The Agency values the diverse and intersectional identities of its clients and staff. The Agency regards equity and diversity as an integral part of excellent community service and is committed to accessibility for all staff. The Agency seeks applicants who embrace our values and beliefs around respect for the dignity and diversity of our clients, staff, and community. As such, we encourage applications from candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including applicants who identify as First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit/Inuk, Black, racialized, a person with a disability, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
The Agency encourages applications from all qualified individuals. If you are an applicant with disabilities and require accommodations, please let us know at the time of our contact so that we may arrange for their provision.
Personal information submitted will only be used for the purposes of the competition in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act.
Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $24.74 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Employee assistance program
- Paid time off
- Wellness program
Education:
- DCS / DEC (required)
Experience:
- combined student placement and/or paid relevant: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2025-09-02