Frontline Community Navigator – HART Hub Dufferin

Canadian Mental Health Association, Peel; Orangeville; On-site; CAD 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks vacation

Up to 18 paid sick days per year + 2–3

HOOPP Pension Plan

Professional development funding $250/

Wellness $350 annual allowance

Job summary

CMHA Peel Dufferin is hiring a full-time Navigator based at 30 Centre St, Orangeville. You will perform initial assessments, develop client-centered plans, and coordinate services within a multidisciplinary team at the HART Hub Dufferin.

You will work 12:30pm–8:30pm, including some weekends/holidays, and contribute to crisis intervention and linkage to community resources. Competitive benefits are included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Social Work, Sociology or Health Services.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in mental health/addictions with emphasis on assessment and short-term support.
• Experience with screening and assessment procedures/tools.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build trust across diverse cultures.
• Willingness to operate within anti-racist/anti-oppressive frameworks.
• Fluency in a second language; ASL is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Act as a low-barrier first clinical response and front-line resource to the community, including assisting the registration and intake and processing referrals from other sources.
• Conduct screening/assessment interviews with clients requesting services.
• Develop a client-centered case plan in collaboration with the client and supports in a stepped-care approach.
• Establish rapport and engage clients with available supports.
• Assess risk and provide crisis support; connect to crisis services when appropriate.
• Provide short-term task-based interventions or 1:1 support as needed.
• Facilitate groups as needed and act as a back-up facilitator.
• Coordinate with primary care to report service initiation and care plans.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Crisis intervention

Screening/assessment

Cultural competence

ASL (asset)

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Social Work/Sociology/Health Services

Job description

CMHA Peel Dufferin is hiring a full-time Navigator based at 30 Centre St, Orangeville. You will perform initial assessments, develop client-centered plans, and coordinate services within a multidisciplinary team at the HART Hub Dufferin.

You will work 12:30pm–8:30pm, including some weekends/holidays, and contribute to crisis intervention and linkage to community resources. Competitive benefits are included.