Developmental Service Worker - Osgoode, Canada - Chamomile Adult Services
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 44 hours per week
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 5 years or more
Work site environment:
- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Programs dealing with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Work setting:
- Group home
Tasks:
- Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories
- Administrative and office activities
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
- Conduct followup assessments
- Housekeeping activities
- Food preparation
- Provide suicide and crisis intervention
- Resolve conflict situations
- Implement behaviour management programs
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
- Screen, recruit and train volunteers and support staff
- Assist clients/guests with special needs
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
- Supervise support staff
- Perform administrative tasks
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses:
- Developmental services worker¿(DSW)¿Training
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Target audience:
- Culturally diverse groups
- Persons with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with learning disabilities
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Medical exam
Transportation/travel information:
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
Weight handling:
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability:
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Team player
- Accurate
- Interpersonal awareness
- Values and ethics
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or oncall work?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Health benefits:
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
Long term benefits:
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Other benefits
Other benefits:
- Free parking available
- Team building opportunities
- Travel insurance
- Variable or compressed work week
- Wellness program
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