Support Counsellor, Cornerstone

Soar-Community-Services; Brantford; On-site; CAD 2,421,000 - 3,448,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary starting at $21.30/hr

24 hours personal leave (pro-rated)

Annual Fitness Benefit

EAP for staff and families

RRSP/TFSA for eligible staff

Job summary

SOAR Community Services is seeking a Part Time Support Counsellor for Cornerstone Housing, a 23-bed transitional residence for youth aged 18-29. The role emphasizes counselling and life skills coaching to enable independent living in Brantford, ON.

The position requires a college diploma in Human/Social Services, at least 2 years of youth-facing experience, proficiency with MS Office and databases, and the ability to manage direct/vicarious trauma.

Qualifications

• College diploma in Human/Social Services required.
• Minimum 2 years placement/paid youth experience with substance use or homelessness.
• Proficient in MS Office; familiar with databases.
• Must have reliable transportation; some travel may be required.
• Ability to manage exposure to traumatic stress; police vulnerable sector check required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with established Support Plans.
• Apply Housing First principles in daily work.
• Collaborate with Cornerstone team to deliver program services to youth.
• Integrate harm-reduction approaches.
• Help clients build social functioning skills.
• Tour facilities to ensure safety and security.
• Monitor, document and manage medications.
• Maintain a safe and clean residence.

Skills

MS Office

Databases

Trauma-informed approach

Direct client support

Communication

Education

College diploma in Human/Social Services

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We’re Hiring: Part Time Support Counsellor, Cornerstone!

Location: Brantford, ON

Hours: Varies – availability required for shifts 8am-4pm, 4pm-12am, 12am-8am. May need to work weekends and statutory holidays.

Start Date: As soon as possible(Vacant Position)

Apply by: August 31st, 2026 | Reference: PT Support Counsellor - Cornerstone

Email Applications to: [e-mail]

At SOAR, we believe in lifting communities through compassionate, inclusive, and innovative care. Serving the communities of Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk since 1968, we are accredited in Children and Youth Mental Health, Community Mental Health and Addictions Services and Youth Justice Services through the Canadian Centre for Accreditation. Our departments include Employment, Justice, Mental Health and Addictions, and Housing. Join a team that’s committed to making a difference – every day.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Support Counsellor, Cornerstone. This role is a vital part of our Housing Program, supporting individuals with a 23-bed transitional housing residence for both males and females between the ages of 18-29 years of age. Cornerstone House works with individuals who are precariously housed or at risk of homelessness and provides them with a safe place to stay, help and support with counselling and life skills coaching to support the transition towards independent living.

What You’ll Do

• Assist with established Support Plans
• Apply the principles of the Housing First approach in day-to-day work and interactions
• Work collaboratively with the Cornerstone team in order to ensure program delivery to all youth clients
• Integrate a harm reduction approach
• Help clients develop the skills and resources they need to enhance their social functioning.
• Tour the facilities to ensure the residence, clients and grounds are safe and secure.
• Monitor, distribute and document medication.
• Maintains a safe and clean facility

What You’ll Bring

• Have a college diploma in a Human/Social Services field.
• Have a minimum of 2 years’ combined student placement and/or paid experience working with youth with substance use, mental health and/or homeless issues.
• Be proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases.
• Have access to reliable transportation, as some travel may be required.
• Be able to manage frequent exposure to direct and vicarious traumatic stress.
• Please also note that the successful candidate will be required to provide a police vulnerable sector check as a condition of employment, however strong consideration is made to the type of offense.

Why Join SOAR?

• Salary: Starting at $21.30 per hour
• Time off:24 hours of personal leave (pro-rated first year).
• Annual Fitness Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for staff and their families.
• RSP/TFSA for eligible staff.
• A supportive, values-driven workplace that prioritizes your well-being.

Ready to Make an Impact?

We’re looking for someone passionate about empowering client voices, connection in community care and inclusion in action! If that’s you, we want to hear from you.

Our Commitment to Job Seekers

SOAR Community Services 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.

SOAR Community Services is committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging within our workplace and across the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals with lived and living experience and from members of equity-deserving groups, including Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and persons with disabilities. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals. If you require accommodations as part of the hiring process, please let us know 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 Protection of Privacy Act.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.