Job Description
Are you looking for an inviting and exciting career opportunity where you'll be enhancing the life of somebody in your community? If the answer is “Yes!”, this is the job for you!
Catholic Social Services is currently recruiting for a part time (12 hours/week) Community Disability Worker I in Red Deer.
As a Community Disability Worker, you will provide high quality supports to adults with developmental disabilities who live in the community.
Motivated, compassionate and organized, you will enthusiastically assist by providing outreach supports to adults with developmental disabilities living independently or semi-independently in the community. Supports are provided by professional staff to assist individuals in developing and enhancing their life skills based on their own personal goals, abilities, and desires. Open to learning new things, you will teach independent living skills, provide companionship, support behavioral challenges, provide personal care, and implement programs tailored to individual needs. You will be required to accompany individuals on outings and engage in activities supporting their interests as well as their well-being. You are self-motivated, resourceful, and comfortable working both independently and part of a service team. You have great relationship building skills and are proficient with computers.
Hours of work are based on the needs of the individual, therefore, shifts may vary and include days, evenings, and weekends.
Education & Qualifications:
- Grade 12 education
- A minimum 6 months working with persons with developmental disabilities will be considered an asset
- Vulnerable Sector Check issued by the RCMP or City Police
- Child Intervention Record Check
- Clear and current driver’s abstract
- A vehicle and class 5 driver’s license - requirement to transport clients in your personal vehicle
- Proof of vehicle insurance showing $2 million liability coverage
- Current Vehicle Registration
- Standard First Aid Certification considered an asset
What We Offer:
- The compensation for this position is $19.30 - $20.48 per hour and is based on qualifications and experience.
- Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
- Growth Opportunities: apply and grow your skills within a dynamic, innovative and expanding Agency that is taking a leadership role in our industry.
About Catholic Social Services
You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1800 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Edmonton and Central Alberta.
Our values are at the core of everything we do!
- Humility: We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
- Compassion: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
- Respect: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.
How to Apply:
Please apply online at www.cssalberta.ca/careers to competition number 3727
Closing date for applications: until a suitable candidate is found.
We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, and people of faith or no faith.
We thank all applicants. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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