Activities of Daily Living Worker

Fred Victor
Toronto, ON

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Job details

Full-time
19 hours ago

Benefits

Extended health care
Dental care
RRSP
Life insurance
Paid sick leave

Skills

Medication administration
Trauma-informed care
Customer service
Harm reduction
Coaching
Post-secondary education
Experience working with individuals experiencing homelessness
Case management
Laundry
Client services
Customer service orientation
Organizational skills
Cleaning
Working with individuals with mental health conditions
Experience working with individuals with substance use disorders
Client interaction
Negotiation

Full job description

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

Job Title : Activities of Daily Living Worker
Position Type: Bargaining Unit, Permanent, Full-Time
Number of Positions: 1
Reason for Posting: Existing Vacancy
Rate: $29.40 per hour
Vacation: 4 weeks to start
Benefits: Group benefits with Life Insurance, AD&D, Extended Health and Dental Care with

premiums 100% paid by the employer, LTD with premiums 100% paid by employees; paid
sick leave and float day

RRSP: RRSP with 6.5% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution after successful
completion of probation

Hours: 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday; evenings
Supervisor: Senior Manager, Kingston Road Housing
Posting Date: August 31, 2026
Application Deadline: September 14, 2026
Location: 4628 Kingston Rd, Toronto, ON, M1E 2P6

Why Fred Victor?
For 130 years, Fred Victor has been a leader in helping people rebuild their lives in Toronto. Our mission is to improve
the health, income and housing stability of people experiencing poverty and homelessness. We are committed to ending
homelessness, one person at a time.

Kingston Road Housing – provides safe, deeply affordable housing for single people who are experiencing poverty,
chronic homelessness and often the long-term effects of trauma, social isolation, varying degrees of mental health
and substance use. Kingston Road Housing provides housing with supports, including case management, on site 24
hours per day, 7 days per week. We work from a client centered, harm reduction, trauma informed, anti-oppressive
framework.

Does this sound like work you want to be a part of?
We offer a collaborative environment, an opportunity to join a diverse team of caring professionals and a chance to
make a difference. With over 75 programs and 25 sites, there are lots of opportunities to grow your career with us.
Many members of the management team started in relief and front-line roles.

What You Will Do:

Provides input into each client’s Support/Goal Plan

Responsible for implementing personal support services based on Support/Goal Plan

Assumes a primary role in assisting clients with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

Establishing and/or maintaining clients’ personal hygiene routines

Assisting with clients’ laundry routines

Maintaining and/or cleaning clients’ units/rooms

Supporting clients with the administration of medications

Other supports with ADLs as identified by the Supervisor and/or Team

Supports the maintenance of safe/clean environment:

Assisting with any pest control/eradication efforts, as required

Continually assessing the environment for safety and security issues and recommending action to address any

deficiencies

Collaborates with assigned Primary Case Manager to provide ADL supports, and to meet recovery goals of the

client

Documents all client contacts/interactions in the appropriate client chart according to Fred Victor’s

documentation guidelines

Other duties as assigned by the Senior Manager of Kingston Road Housing.

What You Bring to the Team:

Post-Secondary Education in Social Services or related field and/or lived experience or equivalency
Strong understanding of systems that cause and support homelessness, poverty and discrimination and respect

for those realities.

Previous experience in Life Skills Coaching and Hoarding Coaching
Excellent customer service and delivering case management services skills
Experience working with people who are actively using substances from a harm reduction lens

• This position will use a trauma informed, harm reduction, client centered, anti-oppressive approach to all of

their work. This position requires respect for, and expertise working with, tenants who are facing mental
and physical health issues, active substance use, history of trauma, abuse and social isolation and who come
from racially and ethnically diverse background

What Sets You Apart:

Certification as a PSW or Health Care Aide. Higher level post-secondary education will be considered an

asset

Understanding of systems that cause and support homelessness, poverty and discrimination and respect for

those realities

Understanding that people living on low income are a resource to resolve community issues and not the cause

of the problem

Strong experience in Life skills Coaching and Hoarding Coaching

Strong customer service skills

Understanding of conflict resolution and negotiation skills and crisis management skills.

Ability to work productively within a team setting

Strong organizational skills; highly developed ability to prioritize work through short and long term goals and

remain flexible

Well-developed interpersonal skills that will produce effective, productive and appropriate relationships with

the tenants, and staff at Fred Victor

Proven ability to constructively give and receive feedback

Highly developed understanding of and proven ability to communicate appropriate professional boundaries

Compensation and Benefits:

For the ADL Worker, Fred Victor offers a pay rate of $29.40 per hour.
4 weeks of vacation to start + 1 float day.
Generous paid sick leave allowance.
A comprehensive Dental, Extended Health and LTD group benefits package includes individual and family

coverage, including prescriptions, hospital accommodation, hearing care, paramedical practitioners and a wide
variety of dental care. Additional insurance includes vision care and travel for emergency medical services.

6.5 % of your gross salary will be contributed to a group RRSP on your behalf after successful completion of

probation; you will contribute 4% of your gross salary to the same RRSP.

Access to employee and family assistance plan.

How You Can Apply:

Internal employees who are interested in this opportunity are encouraged to apply through ADP by navigating to
Myself > Talent > Career Centre. External candidates may apply using this link: Fred Victor ADP Career Centre or by
scanning the QR code:

Please note that we are currently soft-launching our new online hiring system through ADP.
During this transition, not all job postings are available in the system yet. We appreciate your
patience as we work through this transition. As part of the application process, applicants are
asked to upload their resume and a cover letter as one document describing their interest in
joining the Fred Victor team

A Police Record Check is required by the final candidate prior to hiring.

Accessibility & Accommodation
Fred Victor is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment where employees feel valued and
respected, and where every employee has the opportunity to realize their potential. As such, we welcome and
encourage applicants who identify as racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons
across the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identities and have lived experience.

If you are a person with a disability and require accommodation and/or assistance during the application process, please
contact us in advance. We strive to provide reasonable accommodation whenever requested. Information received
relating to accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality.

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