Addiction and Mental Health Worker, HART Hub Oxford

Full-Time, Contract (End Date: March 31, 2028)

As an Addiction and Mental Health Worker within the Oxford HART Hub, you will actively support individuals who are experiencing withdrawal from substances in a community setting. You will work with HART Hub community partners to provide coordinated, collaborative, community-based health and social services from an interdisciplinary, integrated and holistic perspective for people using substances.

You will also assist clients with integrated care planning, system connection and navigation, while providing onsite support with basic needs, as well as mental health and addiction supports.

This position will be located at the Oxford Wellness Centre and will provide support to other HART Hub sites within Oxford County. These programs provide care under the Terms & Conditions outlined by the Ministry of Health for Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub care providers.

General Direct Service:

• Provide intake, screening, assessment and treatment planning
• Acquire and maintain a high level of current knowledge about substance use disorders and trends as well as treatment options
• Support clients on their journey towards physical/mental health improvement
• Ensure clients basic needs are being met (e.g., provision of food, showers, hygiene and a place to rest)
• Assist with the development of care plans, navigating local services, and engaging in proactive crisis intervention
• Provide integrated care plans that encompass acute and primary care, mental health, addictions, income, transportation and safety
• Manage indirect services and administrative duties

Intake, Screening, Crisis:

• Provide Intake Services, as scheduled
• Select, administer and interpret evidence-informed screening tools as a part of a standardized screening process to determine program eligibility and level of care required
• Recognize and respond effectively to an individual/group/community in crisis
• Provide crisis intervention and de-escalation
• Make an active effort to adapt services to clients’ social and cultural needs, and provide accessible options for communication where clients have varying needs
• Assess client’s transportation needs upon intake and provide bus passes and other forms of travel assistance, while leveraging existing funding supports
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skill required to match clients with the most appropriate available services as determined through the screening, assessment, referral and treatment planning process
• Manage and meet targets for a clinical caseload and maintain direct service requirements.
• Participate in the facilitation of community treatment groups as needed and appropriate

• Ontario G Driver’s Licence
• Access to a vehicle for personal transportation
• Transportation of clients in personal vehicle; two million-dollar ($2 000 000.00) liability insurance required

• What you'll be making - Starting rate for this role is $27.14 per hour (Level 1 – Direct Service), with a wage differential, based on regulation ($30.01 per hour for Level 1 – Direct Service, Regulated):
  • Successful candidates who are registered with one of the designated professional colleges (e.g. OCSWSSW, CNO, COTO, CRPO, CPSO, or CPO) will receive the wage differential for regulation
  • Successful external applicants will start at Level 1, with grid progression based on seniority up to Level 8 ($34.41 per hour for non-regulated, and $37.26 per hour for regulated); for internal applicants, grid level placement will occur as per the Collective Agreement
  • Premiums of $2.00 per hour will be applied for eligible Evening/Night (8:00pm – 7:00am) and Weekend Shifts.
• Your pension plan –Immediately eligible for optional enrolment in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• What your benefits will be – 9% in lieu of benefits