Supportive Housing Companion

**GENERAL**

**Description**:

- Supportive Housing Companion**Competition #**:

- PIN SUP 425/24R**Posting Date**:

- 03/19/2024**Status**:

- Active**Type**:

- External**DESCRIPTION**

**The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority**
Our Vision
- We will be recognized as a trusted health-care partner, providing sustainable, accessible, integrated, evidence-based care to improve health status and outcomes in all of our communities and achieve health equity across the region.
- Our Mission
- We work in partnership with all stakeholders, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities, by providing timely access to reliable care in a culturally safe manner that respects diversity.
- Our Values
- Always with compassion, Success in collaboration, Accountability in everything we do, Acting with integrity, Respectful of each other
- **Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service**

**Supportive Housing Companion**
**Pin Supp Housing Comp_08**

**Closing Date**:

- 03/26/2024

**Facility / Site**:

- Pinawa The Ironwood

**Posting Type**:

- Indefinite Term (Subject to a minimum notice of 24 hours)

**Position Type**:

- Part-Time

**Hours of Work**:

- Days Evenings Nights Weekends

**Term Dates**:
**FTE**:

- 0.55

**Union Group**:

- MGEU - Community Support**Wage / Salary**:

- As per applicable collective agreement**Position Summary**:
The Supportive Housing Tenant Companion is responsible for the safety, support and supervision of clients living in Supportive Housing. The Supportive Housing Tenant Companion is a multi functional position that supports independent living of older adults. Primary functions include assisting clients with the following: client support and supervision, assist with breakfast and snacks, washing dishes, laundry service as required, recreation programs, cleaning, and reporting all client and environmental changes to appropriate staff and management. The position of Supportive Housing Tenant Companion functions in a manner consistent, and supports the mission, vision and values of the Interlake - Eastern Regional Health Authority.

**Qualifications**:

- ** **High school diploma or equivalent.
- Valid, recognized Food Safe Handling certificate.
- Experience in homemaking and caring for older adults.
- Providing support, personal assistance to frail, cognitively impaired or physically disabled individuals.
- Use of computers in a Windows environment.
- Assists clients in a manner that preserves dignity and promotes independence.
- Ability to work with individuals with difficult behaviors.
- Flexible and adapts to changes and/ or situations.
- Recognizes and reports changes in the clients’ ability to function within the Supportive Housing environment.
- Prioritizes tasks.
- Works independently with mínimal supervision.
- Identifies and assesses emergency situations and follow appropriate procedures.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships.
- Works in a team setting with other Supportive Housing staff, Home Care staff and Managers/ Supervisors.
- Short term replacement of staff when necessary.
- Complies with Interlake
- Eastern RHA and Supportive Housing building policies and procedures.
- Demonstrated organizational skills.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Completes and maintains a satisfactory pre-employment security check.
- Satisfactory employment record.

**As a condition of employment, all successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (with vulnerable sector screening), adult abuse and child abuse registry checks prior to commencing employment.**

Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset. Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.

All health care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with the Interlake-Eastern RHA Policy (GA-13-P-110 Required Immunizations for Health Care Workers).

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority delivers health-care services on First Nation Treaty Territories 1, 2, 3 and 5 and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect that First Nations treaties were made on these territories, acknowledge harms and mistakes, and we dedicate ourselves to collaborate in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the spirit of reconciliation.