Community Living Program Life Skills Worker (Outlook)

City: Kamloops

Reports To: Community Living Program Coordinator

Term: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm with ½ hour unpaid break

Wage Range: $27.53 to $31.57 based on education and related experience

What We Offer:

· Competitive benefits including but not limited to dental, vision, physiotherapy, massage, and fertility upon eligibility

· Municipal Pension Plan upon eligibility

· On-site training and development opportunities such as Violence Prevention, Cultural Awareness and 2SLGBTQ+ training

· Wellness plan benefits: Reimbursement of 50%, up to a maximum of $250.00 per calendar year

· Competitive Vacation entitlements with up to 3 weeks paid vacation in your first year upon eligibility.

· A culture of equality, inclusion, and diversity including paid cultural sensitivity days

Purpose and Function:

To provide life skills/supports to adults living with developmental disabilities while promoting healthy, independent living and vocational skills to those residing at Outlook. The worker will oversee day to day participant needs, case managing individuals working towards independent living and long-term housing goals and assisting Participants to remain connected to community support workers. The Life Skills Worker will also assist the individual to stay on track with their vocational plan created by the Participant. Service delivery is based on a client centered, nonjudgmental perspective.

Specific Responsibilities

• Conduct Individual Case Management meetings with all Participants to ensure compliance with program agreement and mental health and addictions wellness plan.

• Liaise with the Community Living Program Coordinator and applicable team members to ensure a clear and consistent plan is being adhered to.

• Provide individualized support, as needed, to multi-barriered clients in need of low barrier housing and assist them in the development and adherence to a personalized wellness plan.

• Work with the Program Participants to maintain the cleanliness of their suites.

• Encourage and support Program Participants to live as fully and independently as possible within the local community, providing information, emotional, organizational and practical support and training as appropriate.

• Contribute to the protection of Program Participants from abuse, and support Participants when they are in distress.

• Encourage and motivate Program Participants to develop a sense of their own identity, purpose and self-esteem.

• Work closely with referral agencies (i.e. CMHA, IHA, Friendship Centre, Brain Injury, etc.)

• Actively seek the views of Program Participants and involve them in decision-making to improve their services and accommodations.

• Monitor emergencies that take place such as medical or mental health assistance and complete necessary incident reports.

• When necessary, be trained to be the first to respond to an overdose situation with on-the-spot overdose response and support.

• Be prepared to work calmly and together with your team, paramedics and police in crisis situations.

• Deliver services to CLP clients not residing at Outlook as needed.

• Help maintain a clean and organized workspace by doing light housekeeping in the office space.

• Assist and encourage clients to create connections within the community by volunteering and finding employment.

• Ensure compliance with all ASK supportive standards, policies and procedures.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Complete move in/move out paperwork as required by ASK Property Services Department under supervision from Coordinators.

• Maintain complete documentation, statistics and records in files and on ShareVision database.

• Assist team with required verbal and written reports, case notes, letters, memoranda, and year end reports.

• Maintain files and documentation to the COA Standard.

• When requested, be a member of the COA’s Performance and Quality Improvement team in which you will encourage the organization to use data to identify areas of needed improvement and implement improvement plans in support of achieving performance targets, program goals, client satisfaction, and positive client outcomes.

Qualifications and Suitability:

• Bachelor of Social Work, Human Service Diploma or equivalent and/or experience with mental health/addiction and homelessness issues.

• Ability to work as a team member in a case management setting involving multi-agency supports.

• Understands and maintains clientele/worker boundaries.

• Strong working knowledge of community resources.

• Excellent communication, writing, documentation and organizational skills.

• Must pass criminal record check for vulnerable sector and reference screening.

• VAT (Vulnerability Assessment Tool) training an asset.

• Mental Health First Aid, Trauma Informed Practice and ASSIST Training an asset.

• Level 1 First Aid required.

• Must have access to vehicle in good working condition and possess valid driver’s license with relevant insurance in order to transport clients.

• In-house Violence Prevention Training provided.

• As clients are allowed to have pets, it is noted that this is a pet friendly environment.

The ASK Wellness Society is dedicated to promoting diversity/multiculturalism with inclusion as one of our Core Values. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.

You must already hold an open work permit, a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP), permanent residency, or Canadian citizenship. ASK Wellness Society will not apply for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) or sponsor a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)-based work permit.