Rehab Assistant

Bayshore•Mississauga, ON

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Integrated Care Solutions NRIO, a division of Bayshore HealthCare, offers community-minded, progressive brain injury rehabilitation focused on empowering individuals to enhance their quality of life. They utilize a person-and family-centered care (PFCC) approach, ensuring respectful, compassionate, and culturally safe care. This role is based in Mississauga, ON, providing supervision, personal care, and rehabilitation support to individuals with acquired brain injuries (ABIs) in a residential setting. The position also involves caring for individuals in the Complex Care Program who require total-care support. Shifts may include full-duty and sleep-shifts, with a reduced wage for sleep-shifts. This is a casual position with fluctuating hours based on client census.

Requirements

Post-secondary studies in social sciences or healthcare related areas
PSW certification and experience is an asset
G driver’s license with a clean driver’s abstract, access to a vehicle and the proper insurance to transport clients in your own vehicle is required (you will be transporting clients within the community)
Availability to work on weekends, days, evenings, occasional overnights and some holidays
Conflict resolution skills and ability to work with clients and team members toward solutions; addressing issues such as verbal aggression, physical and environmental aggression, elopement, socially and sexually inappropriate behaviours
Ability to problem-solve/handle difficult situations in an objective consistent manner
Ability to work independently and effectively collaborate with a team
Ability to be self-directed and take direction
Willingness and ability to perform: personal care tasks medication assistance, assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), administrative tasks, light cleaning, advocacy, and clinical therapy implementation
Enjoy dealing with people and working in a fast-paced customer service environment
Strong communication (oral and written) skills
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Ability to perform bending, stretching and lifting while assisting clients
Ability to be organized and able to complete tasks within allocated time frames
Demonstrated knowledge of personal computers and proficiency with secure email
Commitment to continual learning, upgrading and enhancing skills

Responsibilities

Work with individuals with acquired brain injuries while assisting them with increasing levels of independence through individualized rehabilitation programs (responsible for up to 5 clients at a particular time)
Perform personal care (e.g. bed-baths, dressing, oral care) medication management, and various forms of transfer tasks
Utilize appropriate Crisis and Behavioural Management strategies
Complete documentation following company and provincial guidelines
Follow the designed rehabilitation program as accurately as possible
Collect required clinical data through documentation, tracking, etc.
Complete research to assist with enhancing client programs
Other clinical and administrative duties as assigned
Housekeeping duties as assigned