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Supportive Living Coordinator Full Time
Overview:
The Supportive Living Coordinator is responsible for overseeing and coordinating services for individuals with disabilities, mental health needs, or other challenges to help them live independently in a supportive environment. This role involves assessing individual’s needs, developing personalized care plans, coordinating with service providers, and ensuring a safe and empowering living environment.
Key Responsibilities:
• Conduct comprehensive assessments to evaluate clients’ needs, strength, mental health, addiction recovery needs, housing stability, and personal goals for independent living.
• Develop, implement, and monitor individualized recovery and support plans in collaboration with individuals, healthcare providers, and community agencies.
• Coordinate and schedule services such as personal care, meal preparation, housekeeping, transportation, and medical appointments.
• Coordinate access to essential services, including counseling, medical care, addiction treatment, housing assistance, and life skills training.
• Provide crisis intervention, harm reduction strategies, relapse prevention support and problem-solving support as needed.
• Advocate for individuals’ rights and access to community resources, including housing, employment, mental health programs and social services.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date client records, progress notes, and reports in compliance with regulations.
• Ensure compliance with program policies, funding requirements, and relevant legislation.
• Facilitate group support sessions, wellness activities, and skill-building workshops to promote recovery and independent living.
• Build relationships with community partners, healthcare providers, and government agencies to enhance service delivery.
Operational Oversight
• Attends appropriate meetings when necessary
• Coordinate all residential referrals
• Ensures timely development of funding proposals in conjunction with Executive Director and families
• Monitor staffing and service delivery in outlying areas
• Recommends changes to agency’s policies and procedures
• Maintain accurate records of care services, incidents, and resident progress.
• Manage budgets and resources for resident care programs.
• Assist with admissions, discharges, and transitions between care levels.
Service Delivery
• Meet with individuals and provide information about supportive living services
• Assess individuals’ community support needs to enable them to live, work and participate in the community
• Attend Case Conferences, Service Planning meetings and Program Reviews as required
• Assess individual level of needs to determine type of services and SCLS eligibility
• Develop/review Individual Service Plans
• Chair Survivor Meetings
Administration and Reporting
• Submits monthly management reports
• Ensures all documentation and reports are updated and maintained in accordance with the agency’s policies and procedures
• Prepare and submit quarterly and annual reporting to the funding body
Staff Supervision
• Provides effective support and evaluation of staff, including bi-annual performance appraisals of staff
• Assists in the recruitment, selection and orientation of new staff
• Promotes staff competence through staff training and development programs
• Review and/or develop training plans
• Oversee and train support staff
• Assign duties and ensure proper staffing levels.
Community and Stakeholder Partnerships
• Networking /partnerships within community agencies
• Attend Interagency Meetings
• Attend community awareness Nights
Core Competencies:
• Establish and maintain open, timely and appropriate communication and relationships with clients, families/guardians, community and other staff
• Documentation – maintain documents in accordance with FOIP and agencies policies
• Team work – able to work within several different departments within SPAN to ensure success
• Be qualified to operate a personal motor vehicle in the Province of Alberta
Education and Experience:
• Degree or Diploma in Community Rehabilitation, social work (or equivalent) or relevant experience
• Demonstrated supervisory, communication and organization skills
• Three to five years experience
Other Knowledge and Skills:
• Solid understanding of basic computer programs, social media and website navigation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, Excel
• Public speaking / group facilitation
• Proficiency in English written and oral language skills
• Availability for after hour emergencies
• Proficiency in time and priority management
• Follows guidelines regarding restrictive procedures (adheres to Restrictive Procedures Manual and Abuse Protocol Training)
• Understands and respects confidentiality of information
Working Conditions:
This role is primarily office based and requires occasion travel in and around the town of St. Paul. Some out of town travel may be required.
Addendum:
While every effort has been made to ensure that this document is representative of duties associated position listed above, the list of tasks and responsibilities is not exhaustive and that the organization reserves the right to make changes to the job description in the future.
indigenous applicants are welcome!