Join this webinar to hear from experts and practitioners in Canada and Ireland and learn how to help Housing First workers maintain their well-being. This webinar is the 7th in the international Housing First webinar series and is presented by the Canadian Housing First Network, the Housing First Europe Hub, and the Provincial System Support Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Date: November 6, 2024
Time: 10-11:30 AM Eastern Time (3 PM UK Time)
About this Webinar
The presenters will discuss the following topics:
- The importance of self-awareness for all Housing First workers when supporting vulnerable people. Learn about one worker’s experience, the impact of vicarious trauma among all Housing First workers, the importance of quality supervision to ensure a positive sense of well-being in the workplace, and the benefits of facilitated debrief following a challenging situation.
Presenter: Carol Mc Loughlin - Housing First, Workplace Mental Health, and the Quadruple Aim. Learn about the findings from two national mixed-methods studies on workplace mental health and work-related challenges among service providers working in Housing First, supportive housing, and other homeless service programs in Canada. You’ll also hear about a theoretical model called "systems trauma" and how structurally-influenced work challenges affect the well-being of service providers. The value of the Quadruple Aim in guiding future policy and research will be discussed.
Presenter: Nick Kerman
About the Presenters
Carol Mc Loughlin is an accredited member of the Irish Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. She is a Master Trainer in the Strengthening Families program and is trained in therapeutic crisis intervention. Her career in the field of Social Care spans over 30 years in both the statutory and voluntary sectors as a front line worker and manager. She has experience in the areas of residential child protection, community family support, community child protection, intellectual disabilities and supported social housing. In 2017 she developed a self-care workshop designed to support professionals and community groups working and living in challenging environments within the field of social care.
Nick Kerman is an associate scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Psychologist in Toronto. He conducts community-based mixed-methods research on interventions and services for people experiencing homelessness and housing instability. His current research focuses on safety and risk management in community health and social service settings, including Housing First programs.
About the Organizers
Canadian Housing First Network - Community of Interest
The Canadian Housing First l Network – Community of Interest (CHFN-COI) assists communities across Canada to develop, evaluate, and improve Housing First (HF) programs based on the Pathways model tested, adapted, and shown to be effective in the At Home / Chez Soi Demonstration Project.
The CHFN-CoI (formerly the Ontario Housing First Regional Network Community of Interest (OHFRN-CoI)), consist of HF champions, HF programs across Canada, policy-makers planners, managers, service providers, researchers, and persons with lived experience, including representatives from the housing, health, and justice sectors and Indigenous housing and support providers. The CHFN is hosted by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) and the Provincial System Support Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Housing First Europe Hub
The Housing First Europe Hub was established in 2016 by the Y-Foundation (Finland) and FEANTSA (the European Federation of National Organisations Working with Homeless People) along with more than 15 partners. Since then, the Hub has grown to include more than 37 organizations, cities, government ministries, housing providers and researchers from across Europe and beyond.
The Hub works in partnership with core and associate partners to promote Housing First as the first and central response to homelessness.
Provincial System Support Program
The Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) works with communities, service providers, and other partners across Ontario to move evidence to action to create sustainable, equitable, system-level change. With staff situated across the province, PSSP is on the ground collaborating with partners to build a better system through our work in implementation, knowledge mobilization, evaluation, data management systems, health equity and lived-experience engagement.
