Residential Counsellor, Cornerstone

We’re Hiring: Full Time Residential Counsellor, Cornerstone

Location: Brantford, ON

Hours: Sunday to Thursday 4pm-12am

Start Date: As soon as possible(Vacant Position)

Apply by: November 20^th, 2026 | Reference: FT Residential Counsellor

Email Applications to: [email protected]

About SOAR Community Services

At SOAR, we believe in lifting communities through compassionate, inclusive, and innovative care. Serving the communities of Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk since 1968, we are accredited in Children and Youth Mental Health, Community Mental Health and Addictions Services and Youth Justice Services through the Canadian Centre for Accreditation. Our departments include Employment, Justice, Mental Health and Addictions, and Housing. Join a team that’s committed to making a difference – every day.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Full Time Residential 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 17-29 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.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, implement, and monitor Support Plans and help clients develop the skills and resources they need to enhance their development of interpersonal and instrumental life skills.
• Assess needs utilizing the Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (SPDAT).
• Tour the facilities to ensure that the residence, clients and grounds are safe and secure and take corrective action.
• Apply the principles of the Housing First approach in day-to-day work and interactions.
• Work collaboratively with the Cornerstone team to ensure program delivery to all clients.
• Integrate a harm reduction approach.

What You’ll Bring

• College Diploma in Social Services; University Degree in related Social Sciences is preferred.
• Minimum 2 years’ combined student placement and/or paid experience in substance use, concurrent disorders and/or mental health clinical or group settings.
• Experience delivering group and/or individual life skills programs.
• Must have access to reliable transportation, as some travel may be required.
• Must hold a valid G driver’s license and be able to transport clients to appointments, community activities, and program-related events.

Why Join SOAR?

• Salary: Starting at $24.74 per hour.

• Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and travel insurance, with options fully paid for Full Time staff.

• Time off: 3 weeks’ vacation, 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.

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.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Sunday to Thursday 4pm-12am