TPYS - Housing Worker; -YPS

Position: TPYS - Housing Worker (2026-140-YPS)
Competition #-YPS
Employment Type:Full Time, Bargaining Unit (1 Vacancy)
Work Hours:40 hours per week (Mon-Fri 8:15am-4:15pm)
Work Setting:Exclusively Onsite – Shelter Program
Salary:$56,005.91
Final date to receive applications:February 25, 2026 by 11:59 pm
Who We Are
Wood Green is a team of diverse and innovative change makers working together to make a difference in our communities. A United Way Anchor Agency with a proven track record and an entrepreneurial mindset, we continuously seek to develop solutions to critical social needs while striving to become a Centre for Equity.
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We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve. We encourage, and are pleased to consider, applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized persons/persons of colour, women/women identifying, persons with disabilities, 2

SLGBTQIA+ persons, and others who contribute towards promoting innovative ideas and solutions.
Program Overview – Youth Shelter & Housing

Turning Point Youth Services (TPYS) is an accredited, non-profit agency serving youth (12 to 24 years of age) and their families in the east end of Toronto. Turning Point’s mission is to empower youth to make positive change, an to accomplish this, it offers a continuum of services for youth and their families with a focus on mental health, housing/sheltering, and youth justice.

Turning Point Youth Services and Wood Green Community Services announced on July 2, 2024 the integration of the two organizations. The combination of these two agencies will enable a more effective and integrated approach to the provision of comprehensive support services for youth in the GTA.

What You Will Do

Promote a safe and therapeutic environment and establish therapeutic relationships with clients through role modeling consistent with the Agency Mission, Vision and Values.

Incorporate into your work a strengths-based relationship-based philosophy of care and a belief in the resilience of youth.

Promote and integrate Youth and Family Engagement.

Promote an environment of inclusion that promotes equity and respects diversity.

Assess and understand client mental health needs through a developmental and trauma informed lens, offer and actualize methods of intervention not considered psychotherapy, in compliance with relevant legislation and the CRPO guidelines regarding the Controlled Act of Psychotherapy which identify, limit and control the means of psychotherapy techniques delivered through a therapeutic relationship.

Assist clients with securing appropriate housing.

Provide a range of services to youth, including, but not limited to:
Individual and group workshops geared to independent living skills

Landlord outreach and landlord conflict resolution once placed Liaison with furniture bank and other services geared toward furnishing their new accommodations

After-care support in case of eviction.

Provide pre-housing support services, including, but not limited to:

Securing income

Securing identification

Independent living skills training and education on tenant rights and responsibilities.

Assist the Community Support Worker and front line staff in the development of consistent case plans, group activities, mediation services and transition of youth from the shelter into long-term accommodations.

Ensure that client records are maintained as per agency standards and in accordance with privacy policies and legislation.

Ensure that administrative duties are completed within required timeframes.

Effectively utilize communication systems to convey client and program related information.

Develop and maintain linkages and service partnerships with other community agencies that benefit homeless youth

Represent the Agency in a professional manner when dealing with families, external professionals, general public and community partners.

Participate actively in team meetings.

Participate in ongoing training and supervision sessions on a regular basis.

Participate in all mandatory training provided by the Agency.

Perform other duties as required

What You Bring to the Team

University or College Degree/Diploma…