Psychosocial Support Worker

Posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 5 : 00 AM | Expires Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 4 : 59 AM

Come Build Hope and Homes with Us!

Psychosocial Support Worker – Full Time

Closing Date for Applications : February 13, 2026

Position Description : Being a key member of the collaborative interdisciplinary team, as the PsychosocialSupport Worker, you will come alongside tenants who have experience with mental healthand / or substance use to optimize housing stability.Offeringsupport services that help individuals to flourishwithin their community. Using a service plan, you will assist tenants to learn skill sets needed for independent livingwithin community. Engage inacollaborative assessment process oftenant’sprogress, helping them achieve theirsocial inclusion and community development goals, focusing on purpose-filled planning and intervene in crisis situations.As part of an interdisciplinary team, you will also enhance community engagement, tenant-led initiatives, and develop a safe environment for our tenants tothrive. This position will require a high level of resilience and willingness to work in close proximity to challenging situations.

What matters to you? Being in a work culture that operates out of their core values of DIGNITY, LOVE and HOPE- embracing diversity, promoting equality and inclusion. A place that sees you as a LEADER contributing your individuality to champion the vision of creating communities that TRANSFORM lives.

About Indwell : Founded in 1974, our Christian charity continues to thrive and grow exponentially as we serve people impacted by poverty and homelessness through our vision of HOPE and HOMES for All. We are the fastest growing developer in Ontario creating affordable high quality efficient housing communities coupled with supportive programs to over 1,300 tenants to meet their needs of health, wellness, and belonging. To learn more, go to : indwell.ca / our-model

What our Tenants say :

"The welcoming you get when you walk through the doors, from tenants to staff. They're always checking on you." "Living at Indwell has been teaching me to do things and taught me how to get along with better people, be better people and trust people and let people do and say what they want." "An affordable rent. It’s huge, it’s huge. It means I can eat properly. And that affects my physical and mental health, so that is huge."

Hours of Work : 40 hours per week- including evenings, weekends and some and public holidays. Hours will be scheduled based on the support needs of individuals living in supported apartments.As the program operates 7 days a week, being on-call for 1 week every 5 weeks is required to support the tenants and each other on the team. The on-call rotation consists of carrying a work cell phone 24 / 7 for that one week, responding to urgent matters.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING :

Support, Direction and Commitment to Interdisciplinary Team

• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide direct and indirect support to residents, encouraging housing stability. These supports will include : medication administration, apartment checks, implementation of pest management protocols, community events, meal program, and other supports as necessary.
• Attend trainings on recovery; psychiatric rehabilitation, trauma, supported employment practices, substance use and cultural competency.Keep apprised of new research and developments in these areas through journals, web sites andliteraturetotransfer knowledge to the team and tenants in the most effective manner available.
• Enhance the Indwell-wide role of Psychosocial Support by attending Cross Regional Teams to continuously improve the work done by the Psychosocial Support team.
• Assist tenants in gaining access to needed psychiatric, medical, social, residential, financial, and other services appropriate for the individual.Actively engage tenants in services including visits,appointments, programming, and activities within the community.
• Connect tenants to community resources and peer supports to promote community integration and inclusion. Provide education on available treatment or support models available in the community, completing referrals when needed and preparing individuals for such connections.
• Ensure all required documentation is completed in a timely, comprehensive, and legible manner and that health records are protected.
• Consult and collaborate with all team members on a regular basis. The goal of the Psychosocial Support Worker role is to holistically support a tenant within an interdisciplinaryteam. Therefore, team approaches should always be considered.
• Complete required assessment tools according to appropriate timelines.
• Coordinate, lead, and / or contribute to evidence-based service planning for tenants.
• Take responsibility for a primary case load (within a team-model) under the supervision ofthe Housing Support Team Lead and / or Program Supervisor
• Ensure effective integration of residents within the Cove’s Landing supportive housing program.
• Assisttenantsin developing and practicing the skills definedin their service plansin consultation with tenant and interdisciplinary team.This may include accompanyingtenantsto appointments, leisure activities or other activities of interest including religious,educational,or vocational opportunities to provide support and encouragement.
• Providing supportwithidentifying early warning signs of mental health decline, developing coping, crisis, and safety plans and developing and facilitating psychoeducational, self-help groups through a biopsychosocial and psychosocial rehabilitation lens : facilitating tenants’ learning of coping skills to help handle stressful situations / environments and developing resources that reduce future stressors.
• Championing the importance of skill development as part of an interdisciplinary team. This involves coming alongside the tenant in theirgoals; coachingindependent living skills,coaching through appointment coordination, maximizing abilities to promote community independence, encourage tenants in maintaining good personal hygiene, self-confidence,and work with their social inclusion goals.
• Strive to help reduce bias and stigma, while fosteringsocial inclusionwithin program communities through program development and implementation.
• Assist tenants to build relationships with external partners and supports. Facilitate referrals as needed to connect tenants to clubs,employment,vocation programs, and more.Focused onInformal partnershipsandinterest groups, the role will include supporting the tenant through participation, coordination, or other levels of support to assist withsocial inclusion in theexternal community. Coaching tenants to independently participate in their chosen communities.
• Supportwill alsoaddress relationships with family, friends, neighbours, and co-workers. Examples of this could include conflict resolution education and coaching around how to be a good neighbour.
• Participate in quality improvement and data gathering as assigned.Consult on effective service plan and assessment tool development when necessary.
• Monitor, review and update the tenants support plans on a scheduled basis and revise the plan, as necessary, ensuring flexibility to meet the tenants’ needs.
• Fostertenant-led initiativeswithin the program toencourageinclusion and purpose for tenantsand the Indwell community.
• Educate tenants onconflict resolutiontechniquesthat will develop skills for neighbour conflictsand further social inclusion within theIndwell program and largercommunity.Working with tenants to improve the capacity of the community so thatit becomes “physically, mentallyhealthierand a better-prepared community.”
• Develop initiatives, programming, and support mechanisms to promote the value of safety within a community for tenants and for staff.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING :

We want you to thrive :

As Indwell works to support diverse tenant populations, we are seeking to create a diverse work culture that closely matches the diversity of our communities with qualified individuals who share our commitment to equity and inclusion, who will contribute to the diversification of ideas and perspectives. Our supports, services and employment are open to people from every creed, race, ethnicity, sex, ability, sexual orientation, and gender identity. And we especially invite applications from Black, Indigenous peoples, members of racialized communities and intersectionalities. Indwell’s leadership are motivated by the example of Jesus Christ as reflected in Indwell’s statement of faith.

Inspired to JOIN OUR TEAM, we invite you…

To APPLY : Please forward your cover letter and resume to our website : www.indwell.ca / careers . We thank all for your interest; however, only those applicants that are being considered will be notified.

Personal information submitted will be used only for employment opportunities within Indwell in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act.

Accommodation will be provided to applicants who make their needs known in advance for the duration of the hiring process as required underIndwell’sEmployment policy.

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