Support Counsellor - Cornerstone
Why Work for SOAR Community Services
About SOAR Community Services
SOAR Community Services (formerly St. Leonard's Community Services) has been an established part of the community for more than 55 years, and is accredited for our excellence in serving children, youth, adults, and families.
Our Purpose
We support people to achieve new heights.
We do this by:
- Delivering quality services
- Coordinating care
- Partnering with others
- Supporting staff success
- Continuously improving our services
Our Principles
- Empowered Client Voices
- Clarity with Compassion
- Unified by Teamwork
- Integrity Through Consistency
- Inclusion in Action
- Leadership Through Empowerment
- Community Connected Care
- Adaptation and Innovation
- Governance in Partnership
Varies – availability required for shifts 8am-4pm, 4pm-12am, 12am-8am. May need to work weekends and statutory holidays.
Duties
We are recruiting for a Support Counsellor, Cornerstone. This role is a vital part of our Housing Program, supporting individuals with a 23-bed transitional housing residence for both males and females between the ages of 18-29 years of age. Cornerstone House works with individuals who are precariously housed or at risk of homelessness and provides them with a safe place to stay, help and support with counselling and life skills coaching to support the transition towards independent living.
Assist with established Support Plans
Apply the principles of the Housing First approach in day-to-day work and interactions
Work collaboratively with the Cornerstone team in order to ensure program delivery to all youth clients
Integrate a harm reduction approach
Help clients develop the skills and resources they need to enhance their social functioning.
Tour the facilities to ensure the residence, clients and grounds are safe and secure.
Monitor, distribute and document medication.
Maintains a safe and clean facility
Qualifications
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 youth with substance use, mental health and/or homeless issues.
Be proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases.
Have access to reliable transportation, as some travel may be required.
Be able to manage frequent exposure to direct and vicarious traumatic stress.
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.
Eligibility
- Eligible to work in Canada
- Vacant Position
Benefits
Salary: Starting at $21.30 per hour
Time off: 24 hours of personal leave (pro-rated first year).
Annual Fitness Benefit
Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for staff and their families.
RSP/TFSA for eligible staff.
A supportive, values-driven workplace that prioritizes your well-being.
How to Apply
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.
Apply by: July 14th, 2026 | Reference: PT Support Counsellor - Cornerstone
Email Applications to: recruit@soarcs.ca
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.