Community Services Coordinator
Requisition ID: 396801
Position Number: 20087179
Posting End Date: February 11, 2026
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: WRHA Community Health Services - Downtown Comm Health & SS
Department / Unit: Downtown/Point Douglas My Health Team
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: CUPE
Anticipated Start Date - End Date: January 28, 2026 - March 31, 2027
Reason for Term: Other Leave
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary: $28.877, $29.863, $30.900, $31.915, $33.095, $34.198, $35.406, $36.493
Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.
Position Overview
The Community Services Coordinator functions as a member of the Health Outreach and Community Supports (HOCS) team to respond to requests to assist with the health and social needs, including mental health needs, of marginalized, at-risk populations and the agencies that serve them. The HOCS service is population focused and a regional resource to all areas where population needs surface. This includes the emergency homeless shelters, Housing First programs, other partner agencies, regional health and social service sites as well as acute care sites.
The Community Services Coordinator provides outreach assistance in consultation requests, coordinated service planning, capacity building efforts, and direct service needs to implement individual plans or access health and social service resources. Through development of supportive relationships, the Community Services Coordinator provides tangible assistance in a manner that aims to increase individual capacity and foster mental health. The Community Services Coordinator may provide support assistance to bridge service gaps by collaborating in plan development and providing assistance to implement action plans including supporting connections to services and resources. The Community Coordinator may assist individuals to connect to a range of services including services for: obtaining identification, specialized mental health treatment, crisis response service, general health services, housing access, income support, protection and advocacy, and connections to family, peer and community networks. The Community Services Coordinator will provide comprehensive knowledge in mental health resources and how to connect. The Community Services Coordinator adheres to the documentation, consent and privacy standards of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. The Community Services Coordinator ensures that she/he performs the duties in a manner which is consistent with the standards of the appropriate professional/licensing body.
Experience
- Minimum two years of experience working with marginalized populations, including individuals experiencing homelessness and mental health issues.
- Experience supporting individuals to realize individual goals and access services as required.
- Experience and willingness to learn and use new concepts, techniques and best practice.
- Experience with development and/or support of person-centred plans for individuals with mental health issues.
- Experience with providing capacity building support.
- Experience providing supportive counselling.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Recognized post-secondary certificate and or diploma in a health services or social sciences field required.
- Health care degree preferred.
- ASIST Certificate (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training).
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Member in good standing of relevant professional organization.
- Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle.
Qualifications and Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Effective networking and agency relations skills.
- Ability to work cooperatively with other disciplines.
- Ability to perform both independently and as an integrated community team member, including effective communication with team manager.
- Demonstrated effective organizational, interpersonal, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
- Knowledge of Aboriginal cultural history and population impacts.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of population public health.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of Harm Reduction.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of Housing First.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of Trauma-Informed Recovery.
- Knowledge of and commitment to Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery.
- Computer literacy for communication, word processing and utilized clinical applications.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to provide service in a mobile, outreach capacity.
- May be exposed to physical and emotional stress.
- May encounter aggressive and/or agitated clients/visitors/staff.
This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
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