POSITION: Casual Residence Worker

City: Prince George

Number of Positions: 4

Posting Date: February 1, 2022

Closing Date: Until Filled

Salary: $26.83-$29.76 per hour for day and afternoon shifts

            $23.72-$26.28 per hour for sleeping night shifts

Automobile: Required

Nature:

• Assists Adults with Developmental Disabilities to live successfully in residential settings such as Community Group Housing and Supported Independent Living.
• Ensures that the Individual’s physical, emotional, social, educational and medical needs are met.
• Assists the Individual to enhance quality of life with activities of daily living and the development of life skills.

Qualifications (Education):

• Grade 12 diploma or equivalent
• Non-violent crisis intervention training (Mandt or Equivalent)
• Valid Emergency Level First Aid Certificate with Adult CPR component
• Valid Class 5 BC Drivers License
• Clear Criminal Record Review for the purposes of working with vulnerable adults

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participates in the assessment, goal setting and service planning for individuals living in a residence. Documents, implements and provides input into the evaluation of the services.
• Provides life skills training such as meal preparation, housekeeping, personal care & personal finance and implements individual service plans.
• Assists the Individual with activities of daily living such as feeding, lifts, transfers, hygiene, grooming and toileting.
• This may include transfer of function duties such as gastrostomy feeding, tracheostomy management, suction and bowel management.
• Assists in carrying out health related care, including physical & mental, setting and attending appointments with doctors as needed.
• Administers medication to the Individual in accordance with established policy.
• Participates in various Individual-focused activities in accordance with service plans.
• Acts as a positive role model for Individuals, coworkers and members of the community.
• Assists in creating and maintaining a pleasant working climate that is conducive to the Individual’s training and progress.
• Carries out designated Individual programs & guidelines of both, behavior management and skill acquisition nature, and collects related data.
• Recognizes, analyzes and deals with potential emergency situations such as an Individual’s aggressive behavior to ensure no harm comes to the Individual and/or the public. Reports problems to the team leader.
• Maintains current knowledge of all emergency and safety procedures and is prepared to deal with situations
• as they arise.
• Provides emotional support and feedback to residents and their families.
• Transports and assists Individuals to appointments, shopping or leisure activities.
• Performs residence maintenance and housekeeping duties such as laundry, sweeping, mopping floors, mowing lawns, inventory, shopping, cleaning equipment and food services.
• Assists in approaches designed to teach Individuals to perform these duties to the greatest degree possible.
• Maintains records & reports such as statistics, logbooks and daily activities on residents.
• Identifies social, economic, recreational and educational services in the community that will meet Individual’s needs.
• Assists as requested with orientation and on-the-job training in a mentoring role.

Skills and Abilities Required:

• Effective interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency to teach skills and provide care.
• Ability to work effectively with others in a team setting.
• Knowledge of theory, principles and practices in the field.
• Good time management to meet the needs of PRS and flexibility to reflect the changes inherent within.
• Competency in use of a computer, in particular Microsoft word processing programs.
• Basic accounting skills.

Schedule:

• A casual employee’s schedule is based on the employee’s availability and operational requirements.
• Casual employees are expected to be available for a combination of Day (0700-1500), Afternoon (1500-2300) and Night (2300-0700) shifts.
• Casual employees are expected to be available for both prebooked and short call shifts.

Additional Information:

• The is reimbursement for mileage when using your own vehicle.
• Training opportunities are provided.

Applying:

All interested applicants must submit their resume to [email protected].