Supportive Living/Community Resource Worker (Casual)

OneSky Community Resources•Penticton, BC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supportive Living Worker/Community Resource Worker is responsible to empower and support persons with disabilities to engage in life skills, daily activities and social engagements of the participants choosing. The SLW/CRW is to assist each individual as a valued, contributing citizen of inclusive communities. The SLW/CRW assists participants to live successfully in their homes. The SLW/CRW ensures that individual participant’s physical, emotional, social, educational, and medical needs are being met. The SLW/CRW supports individuals to enhance quality of life with activities of daily living, personal/perineal care, community inclusion and the development of life skills, according to their choice.

Requirements

Certificate in a related human/social service field and/or at least one year recent related experience working with persons with disabilities.
Proven ability to work with challenging and aggressive behaviours calmly and effectively.
Understanding and ability to work with individuals with developmental disabilities.
Enthusiasm and energy and be a contributing team member.
Must have at least Class 7 drivers license to start and be able to obtain a Class 5 within 6 months.
Current First Aid and CPR.
Current (in the last 3 years) TB test results.
Clear, current Criminal Record Check (provided by OneSky).
A completed Physicians Approval of Health.
Food Safe Certification.
Safety-Care Training (provided by OneSky) – Mandt and NVCI also acceptable.
Use of own safe, reliable vehicle to transport participants with the ability to add “business use" insurance.
Willingness to join the BCGEU union.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working with people with dual diagnosis and challenging and/or aggressive behaviours an asset.
Experienced with various lifts, feeding protocols, toileting protocols, basic adaptive sign language is an asset.

Responsibilities

Empower and support persons with disabilities to engage in life skills, daily activities and social engagements of the participants choosing.
Assist each individual as a valued, contributing citizen of inclusive communities.
Assist participants to live successfully in their homes.
Ensure that individual participant’s physical, emotional, social, educational, and medical needs are being met.
Support individuals to enhance quality of life with activities of daily living, personal/perineal care, community inclusion and the development of life skills, according to their choice.