Participant Support Worker - Hestia

Young Women's Christian Assoc. • Lethbridge, AB

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About The Position

This role involves providing assessment, support, and instruction to participants on daily living skills. Key areas include nutrition and cooking, household responsibilities, personal hygiene, time management, medication support, budgeting, personal coping strategies, problem-solving, recreation, and socialization. The role also includes assisting and encouraging participants in pursuing leisure activities, exercise programs, and community socialization opportunities, as well as developing activities for individual or group participation. Additionally, the position requires coordinating and participating in group recreation activities, assisting participants in developing personal daily living goals and facilitating their progression, and helping participants with family communication, mediation, and boundaries. A core aspect of the role is to act as a positive, pro-social role model for participants.

Requirements

• Experience in providing assessment, support, and instruction on daily living skills.
• Ability to assist and encourage participants in leisure activities, exercise, and socialization.
• Skills in developing activities for individual or group participation.
• Experience in coordinating and participating in group recreation activities.
• Ability to assist participants in developing personal daily living goals and facilitating their progression.
• Experience assisting participants with family communication, mediation, and boundaries.
• Capacity to act as a positive, pro-social role model.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, support, and instruction to participants on daily living skills, including nutrition and cooking, household responsibilities, personal hygiene, time management, medication support, budgeting, personal coping strategies, problem solving, recreation and socialization.
• Assist and encourage participants in the pursuit of leisure activities, exercise programs and community socialization opportunities.
• Develop activities for individual or group participation.
• Coordinate and participate in group recreation activities.
• Assist participants in developing personal daily living goals and facilitate progression of the goals.
• Assist participants with family communication, mediation, and boundaries.
• Act as a positive, pro-social role model for participants.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed