Supervisor, Live-In Treatment & Transitional Housing

Abiona Centre For Infant & Early Mental Health (the “Centre”), is a client-centered organization focusing on infant and early childhood mental health. We support pregnant and parenting young mothers aged 13-29, along with their babies who reside at the Centre or in the community. As an accredited Children’s Mental Health Centre, we are the largest Young Parent Infant Centre in the province.

Our commitment is to create a better future for vulnerable pregnant and parenting young mothers and their children 0-6. Our infant and early childhood mental health programs give our clients the tools they need to build secure relationships with their babies, cope with life’s adversities, find help when needed and succeed in life. We offer a live-in treatment program, transitional housing, on-site high school programs, community housing support, housing and community support referral services, and maternal-infant mental health programs.

Collaborating with community partners, our multi-disciplinary team provides wraparound programs addressing mental health, education, life skills, and transitional needs. The Centre also operates an Early

ON Child and Family Centre, along with two Early Learning Centres open to families, young women, and their children in the community.

The Centre’s vision is a world where families led by young women have the emotional and physical supports to realize their full potential.

The Supervisor, Integrated Live-In Treatment and Transitional Housing (LIT TH) works closely with the Manager to ensure smooth operations of the LIT TH programs. The Supervisor implements and ensures the LIT TH programs are in compliance with CCA accreditation standards and licensing agreements with funders and its accountability structures.

The Supervisor will provide leadership, clinical support and education to enable front-line employees to:

• Develop collaborative, therapeutic relationships, strategies and responses that support continued psychological development in the young women and their children, and
• Understand the impact of past and present violence on the lives of young women and their children and provide or refer for therapeutic support, if needed; understand and support the role of family and friendship supports in successful parenting; support the development of age appropriate mother–child relationships; develop life skills and mother-baby dyadic programs in collaboration with colleagues to be offered to the young women and their children to enable them to move towards independent, healthy living;
  
  and provide continuity of care from intake through discharge, with the goal of building resilience and independence for pregnant and parenting adolescents.

This position provides leadership and functions as a role model and coach to staff to achieve the departmental and organizational goals.

Position: Supervisor, Live-In Treatment & Transitional Housing

Term: Full Time permanent / Existing Position

Rate of Pay: $65,229 per annum

Program: Live-In Treatment & Transitional Housing

Reports to: Manager, Live-In Treatment & Transitional Housing

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Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, human services, social services or other related fields, and be a member in good standing with relevant regulatory body; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 5 years’ related experience in work to support pregnant and parenting adolescents and their children to address issues related to mental illness, recovering from trauma, social isolation and independent living.
• At least 1-year supervisory experience in community-based settings; supervisory experience in a unionized environment a definite asset.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills.
• Demonstrated individual and family counselling, client assessment and case management skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of infant attachment theory and remedial practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Good interpersonal skills with clients and families and members of the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams.
• Ability to…