Direct Support Worker

3 months ago

Huntsville, Canada Community Living Huntsville Full time

Are you a problem-solver who wants to be a champion of change for people with developmental disabilities and your community? You can make a big impact as a Direct Support Professional with Community Living Huntsville

Our passionate team is dedicated to advancing inclusion for people who live with developmental disabilities in North Muskoka. As a Direct Support Professional, you will support people in their homes, workplaces, and community in a way that empowers them and helps them achieve their goals, while growing a more inclusive community.

And while you are making a difference in people’s lives, we will work hard to make a difference in yours with competitive pay, employer-paid benefits, ongoing training and professional development opportunities, a robust employee and family assistance program, positive and collaborative team environment, and opportunities for career advancement.

**Your Role**
- Grow an understanding of the people you support, provide ideas and recommendations to support the development of their Person-Directed Plans, and help them implement their plans
- Support people to build independence both at home and in the community
- Support people to grow relationships with family, friends, community members, employers, and community associations
- Support people to find, secure, and sustain housing
- Help people connect with community spaces and resources
- Encourage and support people’s community participation based on their goals, support them to overcome barriers in the community, and advocate alongside them to promote a more inclusive community
- Assist people with personal care, as needed, in a way that respects their choices, abilities, and dignity, and facilitates their daily, weekly, and monthly rhythms and routines
- Provide encouragement, education, and support, as necessary, to enable people to carry out and improve their daily living skills
- Support the health, safety, and medical needs of the people you support

**Our Offer**

We want our team members to feel supported and thrive in our organization. We offer:

- Competitive pay
- Opportunities for additional hours
- Employer-paid benefits, vacation, and sick time
- Ongoing training and Professional development opportunities
- Robust employee and family assistance program
- Rewarding work in a positive and collaborative team environment
- Opportunities for career advancement

**Your Qualifications**
- Knowledge about and commitment to disability rights, the principles of inclusion, and the Community Living Movement
- DSW diploma or 2-year diploma in the Human Services field
- Strong communication skills
- Physical ability to support people, some with limited mobility, in all aspects of daily living and in different settings
- Tolerance of, and ability to handle, a heavy workload and competing demands
- Ability to use and learn new technology (computers, software programs, phones, printer/scanners, alarm/security systems, etc.)
- Current First Aid/CPR certification, or willingness to obtain
- Valid driver’s license, acceptable driver’s abstract and reliable transportation to be used in course of employment
- Ability to obtain a clear Vulnerable Sector Check
- Free of communicable diseases
- Ability, availability, and commitment to work a variety of shifts, including evenings, overnights, and weekends

Pay: From $26.64 per hour

Expected hours: 75 per week

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Huntsville, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have a DSW diploma or a diploma in a Human Services Field?

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

**Location**:

- Huntsville, ON (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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