Rehabilitation Services Coordinator - Winnipeg, Canada - March of Dimes Canada

March of Dimes Canada

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Winnipeg, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Rehabilitation Services Coordinator - Permanent Full Time Position 35 Hours per week - Winnipeg, Manitoba

Looking for steady, meaningful work?
Join our Community Support Services team at March of Dimes Canada. Provide daily care and support to people with disabilities and seniors in your community.

As a member of our Community Support Services team, you will provide care and connection to people with disabilities, brain injuries or seniors.

You will provide support within their individual or shared-living homes or within their community.

Because of you, people in your community will live a better-quality life, with dignity. It's a job to be proud of.

Why join March of Dimes Canada?

Deeply satisfying work
Steady employment with one of the most respected agencies in Canada
A stable and supportive team of proud workers, many who have been with us for years
Successful employee training program
Competitive benefits package (including health and dental benefits for parttime staff after one year of employment and who work a minimum number of hours)
Pension plan (optional for parttime staff who work a minimum number of hours)
Paid sick time
Vacation time (vacation pay for parttime staff, including the option to bank time for a onetime payout)
Best practices protecting health and safety
Excellent safety record with COVID1
Scheduling allows for work/life balance
Culturally diverse workplace

Who is March of Dimes Canada?

From our humble beginnings in 1951 as a group of mothers going door-to-door collecting dimes in support of polio research, March of Dimes Canada has grown into a national, multi-service not-for-profit organization.

We work for people with disabilities and seniors, helping them with daily living, rehabilitation, and employment.

What does the Community Support Services team do?

Our Community Support Services team, which is primarily funded by governments, provides essential services that enable people to live as independently as possible.

Whether the disability is physical, cognitive or the result of brain injury or aging, our team of 1,600 employees assists people in their homes and communities, helping them gain a greater level of functioning and connection with others.

Over the past year, the number of people we serve rose to more than 6,100 people.

This Opportunity

We are currently looking to fill one Rehabilitation Services Coordinator - One Permanent Full Time Position 35 Hours per week on Winnipeg.

Starting wage at $28.43 per hour.

Duties include the following:

Plans and implements programs designed to enhance the efficiency and safe delivery of Community Support Services to clients with various disabilities.
Effectively manages and approves program resources, human and financial needs to meet program goals and objectives
Recruits, employs, trains, supervises and evaluates support service staff, within a predetermined budget in accordancewith the approved program plans.
To coordinate the assessment development, implementation or care plans.
Monitorsand evaluatesoperational effectiveness, and effects changes required for improvement.
Participates as a member of CSS administration team in planning, problem resolution, quality improvement and review of service delivery performance.
Act as a resource to staff and families in the provision of longterm support and service coordination for complex to enable adults with disabilities to remain in community.
Act as a staff resource to support activities of Community Support Supervisor/Program Manager
Valid drives license and access to vehicle
Ability to travel regularly between MODC programs and the community of Winnipeg, Manitoba
Compensated Oncall on a rotational basis

Background / Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Human Services program or equivalent preferred

years' experience in the Social Services/Health Sector, coordinating services for individuals with a disabilities.

Knowledge of cognitive impairment and mental health diagnosis
Community based experience working with individuals with a cognitive impairment, physical disabilities or special needs
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Highly organized and excellent time management skills
Demonstrated ability to supervise and train employees to include organizing, prioritizing and scheduling workassignments
Problem solving and conflict resolution skills
Knowledge of human relations
Knowledge of behaviour management principles
Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
General understanding of computer hardware and software
Strong ability to assess and determine effective compensatory strategies to support maximum community participation/inclusion.
Please note that March of Dimes Canada has a mandatory COVID19 vaccination policy. All employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID19 by receiving all required doses of a vaccine approved by Health Ca