Residential Care Worker - Winnipeg, Canada - WRHA Community Health Services
Description
Requisition ID: 349163
Position Number:
Posting End Date:
December 4, 2023
City:
Winnipeg
Site:
WRHA Community Health Services
Work Location:
Winnipeg Corporate
Department / Unit:
WRHA - Men's Treatment & Community Servi
Job Stream:
Clinical Support
Union:
Non Union
Anticipated Start Date:
ASAP
FTE:
Casual
Anticipated Shift:
Days;Evenings;Nights;Weekends
Daily Hours Worked:
Variety of shifts
Annual Base Hours: 2080
Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations.
Position Overview:
Reporting to the Men's Services Leadership Team, Residential Care Workers provide client and facility support.
These positions require a commitment to a client-centred philosophy and approach to the development and support of Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) programs and client services.
The Residential Care Worker will demonstrate the following:
- Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.
- Demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for clientcentred care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.
- Commitment to fostering a safe, healthy and nurturing environment for clients.
- Exhibit the ability to respond to client requests in a responsible, timely and flexible manner.
- Demonstrate the ability to consider the needs of clients, other staff persons and the organization when making decisions within the role.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm for ongoing professional development activities and engages in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.
- Recognize the importance of regular individual and team supervision meetings.
- Demonstrate active listening abilities, is coachable and responds positively to supervision.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to personal and professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
- Ability to manage own emotions and strong feelings; maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances; think clearly and stay focused under pressure.
- Demonstrates a commitment to the agency's mission, vision, values, and objectives.
Experience:
- Suitable combination of education and experience working in a residential facility, addictions related employment experience and/or volunteer work.
- Experience working from a client centered perspective.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate):
- Complete high school education, Manitoba standards, required.
Certification/Licensure/Registration:
Not applicable
Qualifications and Skills:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work well within an interdisciplinary team.
- The ability to work within and contribute to a positive team environment.
- An understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations is essential.
- Valid CPR-C with Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training and First Aid certification are required prior to beginning work.
- Knowledge of the addictions field is required.
- Fluency in English (the ability to communicate in aboriginal languages, including Ojibwe and Cree, as well as French is considered an asset).
- Knowledge of Indigenous customs, traditions, and beliefs will be considered an asset.
Physical Requirements:
- Suitable physical health to perform required duties.
- Availability for shift work.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT.
The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
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