Python programming Offres d'emploi - Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Purpose:

Sault Area Hospital is recruiting for a Full Time Life Skills Trainer (LST) to join the Withdrawal Management and Mental Health & Addictions Program at the Northway Wellness Centre. Working collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, the LST supports Northway experience by helping support the Transitional Care- Ventures (TC-V) participants develop practical daily living skills by enhancing independence, fostering social connection, and building confidence in achieving individualized recovery goals. The role contributes to the overall therapeutic environment of Northway Wellness Centre, through facilitation of structured LST programming such as vocational and life skills development, meal support for clients in care, and meaningful client engagement.

Duties:

• Developing, coordinating, and facilitating programming including vocational skills, self-management, food preparation, financial literacy, communication, social interaction and other activities of daily living to support transitional employment clients in the safe provision of food to clients, staff, and visitors, and ‘tuck’ shop offerings.
• Provide programming and services to utilizing recovery oriented and strengths-based approaches.
• Responsible for helping clients learn day to day living experiences that can be adapted and applied to their own lives.
• Ensures that client’s physical, emotional, social, educational, medical needs are being met and directly assists to enhance quality of life and personal life goals while receiving services within the Transitional Care Program.
• Coordinating and monitoring day-to-day functioning of TC-V, including hiring staff, maintaining and ordering supplies, safety issues, problem solving, scheduling, interventions as needed, payroll and distribution of pay.
• Developing, coordinating, and facilitating programming around vocational skills, self-management, cooking, healthy eating, financial literacy, communication, social interaction and other activities of daily living.
• Assist clients to develop attainable short and long-term goals for skill development, strategies for meeting goals and action plan for implementation.
• Participating in the development/facilitation of skill-building groups for clients.
• Functioning as a professional role model demonstrating good interpersonal skills and a commitment to self-growth and development.
• Maintaining current knowledge of best practices and benchmarks for the delivery of services, appropriate research, literature, accreditation requirements, policy and legislative requirements and implementing improvements/changes as appropriate.
• Complying with organizational policies, procedures and standards.
• Balancing and closing cash register transactions at end of shift, securing valuables for safekeeping, ensuring TC-V is closed and securely locked.
• Ensuring all prices and quantities are accurate and issuing receipts, refunds, credit and/or change due.
• Ordering and ensuring inventory levels are stocked
• Assisting the management team in maximizing sales and profits by meeting sales goals and budget requirements while minimizing loss and supporting all store profitability processes.
• Assuming other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

• College Diploma in a relative field of study preferably in behavior sciences, social service work, community social services or the equivalent.
• Certification in Safe Food Handling
• Valid Ontario driver’s license

Knowledge, Skill and Ability:

• Knowledge of kitchen and food preparation safety
• Ability to Prepare and cook food according to recipes, quality standards
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• Knowledge of Suicide Intervention
• Knowledge specific to position, such as;Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Job Coaching and support dutiesOntario Disabilities Support ProgramOntario WorksCommunity ResourcesPrinciples and practice of psychosocial rehabilitationPsycho-education and Recovery
• Knowledge of evidence based treatment modalities and services.
• Working knowledge of basic accounting principles
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team.
• Writing skills including the ability to synthesize information into clear, concise messages both for detailed analytical reports and executive summaries.
• Verbal communication including the ability to relate well with others and ability to adapt style as needed.
• Organizational and prioritization skills and ability.
• Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Windows.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain successful working relationships; ability to meet and interact with people in a pleasant, professional, responsible and reassuring manner, both in person and on the telephone; tact, courtesy and alertness in public contacts.
• Demonstrated behaviour consistent with the hospital’s mission statement and core values.