Temporary Full Time Housing Resource Centre Case Manager
- Brantford, ON, Canada
Salary: Starting at $24.25 per hour. · Full-time
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- Salary: Starting at $24.25 per hour.
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
Full-Time
Temporary
Location
Brantford, ON
Salary
Starting at $24.25 per hour.
Positions
1
Posted
October 13, 2026
Expires
October 27, 2026
Hours of Work
Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Duties
The Opportunity
We are recruiting for a Temporary Full Time Housing Resource Centre Case Manager. This role is a vital part of our Housing Program, supporting individuals and their families who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. Clients will be supported with both low-touch and medium-high touch services based on their self-identified need and will be referred to resources including legal clinics, income support services, food bank services, identification and tax clinics, as well as Brant Access to Housing, Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, and the Housing Stability Fund in addition to being supported with housing searches and learning their rights and responsibilities as a tenant to prepare for successful tenancy.
What You’ll Do
- Deliver direct client service to all individuals and families who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
- Complete SPDAT assessments and support with housing applications including Brant Access to Housing, Canada - Ontario Housing Benefit and the Housing Stability Fund.
- Work collaboratively with the Housing Services team in order to ensure program delivery to all clients.
- Integrate a harm reduction approach.
- Ensure all documentation, filing, and paperwork is completed according to Agency standards in multiple electronic databases for reporting requirements.
- Participate in department and sector case management meetings.
- Liaise with available resources including landlords and referring agencies according to client-identified prioritization of needs and interventions.
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 individuals with substance use, mental health and/or concurrent disorders and/or individuals experiencing homelessness.
- Be proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases.
- Have a valid Driver’s License
- Be able to manage occasional exposure to vicarious traumatic stress.
- Be able to make regular visits to uncontrolled environments, such as client homes and public meeting locations. This may include exposure to smoking environments.
- 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.
- Eligible to work in Canada
- Vacant Position
- Salary: Starting at $24.25 per hour.
- Time off: 60 hours of personal leave, and 15 hours of wellness time (pro-rated first year).
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for staff and their families.
- RSP/TFSA matching 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.
Start Date: November 1st, 2026
Apply by: October 27th, 2026 | Reference: Temp. FT HRC - Case Manager
Contract End Date: April 2nd, 2027
Email Applications to: recruit@soarcs.ca
Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide direct, needs-based case management to individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including assessments, housing applications, housing searches, and referrals to community resources. Coordinate with the Housing Services team, landlords, and referring agencies; use a harm reduction approach; and maintain required records and participate in case management meetings.
Requirements
A college diploma in a Human or Social Services field and at least two years of combined student placement and/or paid experience working with people affected by homelessness, substance use, mental health, or concurrent disorders are required. Candidates must be proficient in Microsoft Office, familiar with databases, hold a valid driver’s license, and be able to work in uncontrolled environments and manage occasional vicarious traumatic stress; a vulnerable sector police check is required.
Skills
- Direct Client Service
- Case Management
- SPDAT Assessments
- Housing Applications
- Housing Search Support
- Harm Reduction
- Client Advocacy
- Resource Referrals
- Landlord Liaison
- Interagency Collaboration
- Documentation and Recordkeeping
- Electronic Databases
- Microsoft Office
- Tenant Rights Education
- Working with Homelessness
- Working with Substance Use and Mental Health
Benefits
- Personal Leave
- Wellness Time
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Retirement Savings Plan and Tax-Free Savings Account Matching
- Supportive, Values-Driven Workplace
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Categories
- Social Services
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Housing Resource Centre
- Homelessness
- Case Management
- SPDAT
- Housing Applications
- Brant Access to Housing
- Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit
- Housing Stability Fund
- Harm Reduction
- Substance Use
- Mental Health
- Concurrent Disorders
- Housing Search
- Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
- Community Resources
- Legal Clinics
- Income Support
- Food Bank Services
- Identification Clinics
- Tax Clinics
- Landlord Liaison
- Electronic Databases
- Microsoft Office
- Vulnerable Sector Check
- Driver’s License