Community Health Worker

Union: NonUnion
Site: Toronto Western Hospital/Toronto General Hospital
Department: Mental Health
Reports to: Clinical Manager
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Days
Status: Permanent Full Time
Closing Date: May 9 2025

The Community Health Worker (CHW) will collaborate with clinicians and communityled organizations on the development of a comprehensive plan to help address individual clients social and other needs.

The Community Health Worker will work at UHN and in community settings to provide direct 1:1 support to marginalized clients through the collaborative coordination of health and social services. The Community Health Worker will support the provision of information resources and advocacy and will participate in case discussions and debriefs. The Community Health Worker will provide support to the UHN SUIT team and other areas of UHN to build grow strengthen and sustain relationships with community partners; and provide supports to staff around the needs of marginalized clients.

The SUIT Team CHW is a member of the broader Addiction Services Program and applies the principles of harm reduction to their work with patients. This position will also provide occasional support to the Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) service.

Duties

• Completing assessments of social issues and interventions in order to facilitate outpatients to continue to live in their community as well as supporting inpatients transitioning from the hospital back to the community
• Educating patients/families/support persons and hospital staff on a consultation basis
• Regarding financial resources available (both in the community and privately) assisting in accessing government charitable and private resources support services such as housing and transportation
• Advocating at organizational and community levels on behalf of patients/families/support person in accessing resources appropriate to their needs including document replacement citizenship and health coverage
• Assisting with application forms and letter writing (e.g. TDP ODSP EI CPPD WheelTrans Immigration Visa) food assistance and employment support

Qualifications :

• At minimum completion of a bachelors degree in a relevant health or social work field or recognized equivalent of lived or work experience
• Registered Social Service Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
• Minimum 23 years of practical and related experience and/or 1 year onthejob training required
• Strong knowledge of and familiarity with community resources to address the social determinants of health including housing poverty and food insecurity 
• Dynamic knowledge of community engagement principles 
• Experience with the provision of traumainformed care and antiracist antidiscriminatory antioppressive practices
• Welldeveloped decisionmaking problemsolving and judgement skills
• Excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills
• Welldeveloped public speaking abilities
• Facilitation and/or teaching experience 
• Proven ability to work as a team member and independently
• Ability to have and use diplomacy and tact at all times
• Strong understanding of acute care setting and ability to navigate hospital systems an asset
• We encourage anyone who has lived experience of structural marginalization including homelessness or substance use to apply

Additional Information :

Why join UHN

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world UHN offers a wide range of benefits programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor allowing you to find value where it matters most to you now and throughout your career at UHN.

• Competitive offer packages
• Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• A flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel restaurants parking phone plans auto insurance discounts onsite gyms etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHNs attendance management program to be eligible for consideration.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates.  Please ensure you check your email regularly.

Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime