Please send your resume and cover letter to: Selection Committee Gerstein Crisis Centre 100 Charles Street East Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1V3 Fax: (416) 929-1080 Email: jobs@gersteincentre.org   Download a PDF of this hiring notice here

Community Crisis Worker, RELIEF

Rate of Pay: $23.32/hour, plus 8%

Gerstein Centre is a voluntary, non-medical 24-hour mental health crisis intervention service located in the downtown Toronto area. We have 2 residential sites, with 24 beds in total. Gerstein on Charles (10 beds) operates a 24-hour crisis phone line, provides support and crisis intervention to people in the community through the mobile crisis team and can offer people experiencing mental health crisis short-stays (3-5 days) at the Centre. Gerstein on Bloor (14 beds) offers short-term residential crisis support to adults with mental health issues experiencing crisis compounded by involvement with the justice system and/or homelessness.

Successful applicants will have:

• at least 3 years experience in community mental health and crisis intervention or experience in a related field.
• strong assessment skills, including but not limited to, suicide risk assessment.
• an extensive knowledge of community supports available in the City of Toronto.
• experience with the mental health, criminal justice and shelter systems.
• demonstrated capability to be flexible and to work under pressure.
• good written and verbal communication skills (a second language would be an asset).

The Community Crisis Worker:

• provides telephone crisis counselling.
• screens and assesses referrals to short-term residential crisis beds.
• provides short term crisis support, case management, advocacy and community referrals for individuals staying in the short-term residential crisis beds.
• provides crisis intervention and exercises good judgment in emergency and/or crisis situations.
• can work independently and within a team and shares responsibility for high-support beds within a residential setting.

Please note:

• the position involves shift work which includes weekdays, afternoons, overnights and weekends.
• the position includes some light housekeeping and cooking.
• consumer/survivors from the psychiatric system, members of ethno-racial communities and Native Canadians are encouraged to apply.

Please send resume and cover letter to:

Selection Committee
Gerstein Crisis Centre
100 Charles Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M4Y 1V3
Fax: (416) 929-1080
jobs@gersteincentre.org

Download a PDF of this hiring notice here.

We thank all applicants, but will contact only those selected to be interviewed.