Respite Support Aide

3 weeks ago

Calgary, Canada Bright Star Respite Full time

**Here’s how you will contribute as a Respite Support Worker**:
As a Respite Support Aide at Bright Star Respite, you should enjoy working with children that have exceptional abilities such as Autism, ADHD & Downs Syndrome. You must also be good at relationship building with families and other agencies & have excellent problem-solving, organizational, and collaboration skills. Bright Star Respite is focused on Trauma-Informed Care for both our communities and staff teams, and provides services based on research and evidence-based practices. We encourage employees to bring their authentic self to work in our diverse and inclusive environment. The organization is committed to Indigenous ceremony and practice and welcomes knowledge of ceremony and lived experience. Our culture is focused on providing a safe and supportive workplace including paid training, excellent benefits, a wellness program, and much more.

Within our programs, you will help to foster a family-oriented environment for children ages ranging from 3 years old to 17 years by working within a relational, developmental model and utilizing a harm reduction, attachment-based approach. Your role will be to support children and families to re-connect within themselves and their communities in meaningful ways, creating long lasting, permanent relationships. You will also encourage and support the development of healthy living skills. And to ensure a safe, stable and consistent environment for the children and families.

This exciting position starts as soon as we find the right person

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide direct care & constant supervision, including personal hygiene and meaningful

assistance.
- Foster genuine relationships promoting dignity, care, and compassion to teach life skills.
- Empower children to participate in recreational activities and achieve their IPP goals.
- Communicate effectively with other team members, which includes parents/guardians of the children, direct supervisor, and co-workers.
- Assist in light housekeeping to maintain a safe, clean, home-like environment.
- Maintain timely, accurate and professional documentation in accordance with Bright

Star Respite’s policies and procedures.

**Must have**:

- warm, friendly, and supportive attitude.
- a creative and confident approach to challenges and problem solving, and endless

patience.
- the desire to work with children with exceptional needs and make a difference for them and their families.
- preferred experience working with children, early childhood education, or human

services education.
- Willingness to participate in ongoing professional development trainings

**Here’s what we have to offer**:
**Training** - comprehensive onboarding/orientation process which includes service specific, leading-edge training, and agency-wide core training.

**Feedback**- a strong reflective supervision model that provides regular formal and informal opportunities for feedback.

**Performance Coaching** - formal and informal coaching regarding the development of personal and professional growth and development

**Compensation** - Our comprehensive compensation package offered to employees reflects a strong commitment to employee wellbeing and is competitive within the marketplace.
- Alberta Blue Cross Extended Health Care Benefit Plan
- 2 weeks vacation
- Ongoing paid training

**What you will bring to the role**:

- Diploma in Community Support Worker, Health Care Aides Child & Youth Care or Social Work with over 2 years related experience
- Certificate in Human Services with experience
- Experience working with families from diverse cultures
- Experience & knowledge of Indigenous traditions and culture
- Experience working with children with ADHD, Autism, FASD, PTSD, G-Tube, Type 1

diabetes, wheelchair use, severe sleep disorder, acute anxiety, eating disorder & suicidal

ideation.
- Knowledge, skills, and abilities to work with people affected by trauma

**Background Check Process & Requirement**:

- Police Information Check
- Vulnerable Sector (completed within the last 6 months)
- Child Intervention Records Check (completed within the last 6 months)
- Standard First Aid Level C CPR within 3 months of start date.

Bright Star Respite is an equity opportunity employer & first preference for hire will be given to BIPOC & LGBTQ2 persons.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Casual

Pay: $18.00-$22.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 - 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Flexible schedule

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Calgary, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

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