Case Manager – HIV/AIDS Response Team (HART)

Sanctum Care Group; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

The HIV AIDS Response Team (HART) within Sanctum Care Group Inc. delivers rapid wrap-around in-patient support for people living with HIV, often facing mental illness, addictions, poverty, and social barriers. The role focuses on coordinating care and advocating for clients.

The successful candidate will have experience in social work or related fields, strong communication, and the ability to engage diverse populations while supporting housing and health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating psycho-social and medical components of care plans.
• Ability to locate housing and coordinate discharge planning.
• Strong counselling and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate psycho social and medical components of individual care plans, facilitating referrals to appropriate agencies and securing housing at discharge.
• Provide therapeutic counselling/assistance to clients with multiple barriers to treatment and ensure outcomes are recorded in charts.
• Assist clients with securing forms of identification, assist with legal issues, and provide transportation to appointments.

Skills

Cultural sensitivity

Communication with diverse clients

Conflict resolution

Mental Health & Addictions experience

Education

Degree in social work or related field

Job description

The HIV AIDS Response Team (HART) is part of a non-profit organization called Sanctum Care Group Inc. HART is a dynamic team that delivers rapid wrap-around in-patient support to persons living with HIV. This support is meant to address and close existing gaps and barriers both medical and social in nature to allow for stabilization and improved health and social outcomes for persons living with HIV.

HART works with people living with HIV/AIDS who may also be affected by mental illness, addictions, poverty, and other psycho social factors.

The key responsibilities in the Case Manager's role include:

• Coordination of psycho social and medical components of individual care plans, facilitating referrals to appropriate agencies which will assist in attaining goals of care plans. Locate housing and provide coordination with clients to secure housing upon discharge from hospital.
• Provide therapeutic counselling/assistance to clients who may present with multiple issues affecting their ability to complete treatment of acute illness, ensure outcomes are recorded, measured and documented in individual charts as per the direction of the Executive Director.
• Assist clients with securing forms of identification, assist with legal issues, provide necessary transportation to appointments.

The successful applicant will possess:

• Cultural sensitivity of First Nations issues.
• Extensive knowledge of community resources with an emphasis on life skills support, housing services and how to access and advocate for these services on behalf of clients.
• An ability to communicate with and maintain an effective working relationship with clients from diverse social, economic and cultural backgrounds.
• An ability to communicate with and maintain an effective working relationship with other members of the Sanctum Care Group Inc.'s team and health care providers.
• An understanding of the issues related to HIV including harm reduction.
• Conflict resolution and interpersonal skills.
• A background working in Mental Health and Addictions.
• A degree in social work, addictions, or related field.
• A valid drivers license and access to a vehicle

About the position:

Monday - Friday, 8:30 am-5:00 pmThe pay range for this position is $29.00 to $34.00 per hour