Direct Support Staff

1 week ago


Orangeville, Canada Active Lives Dufferin Full time

**Active Lives**

**Direct Support Staff**

**Responsible for implementing programs directed at teaching people with exceptionality's life skills, job skills, self help skills, leisure skills.**

Job Description includes but is not limited to:

- Provides direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting participants through the day's activities and assisting with fine and gross motor delays, social skills and communications (ie. augmentative & ASL)
- Develops lesson plans, prepares and organizes materials needed for program activities.
- Teaches and assists participants with the various activities planned throughout the day.
- Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks.
- Fosters positive relationships between fellow participants, caretakers and individuals served.
- Encourages self-help activities.
- Maintains a safe environment and ensures client safety.
- Reports changes in client’s condition or family situation to supervisor and/or RPN.
- Completes reports such as Incident Reports, program review reports and data sheets
- Carries out all Health & Safety policies and procedures to ensure participant and staff safety and well being.
- Implements COVID-19 cleaning protocols, policies & procedures.
- Posts to various social media platforms adhering to participant’s media release waiver.
- Organizing and sorting through program materials
- Administrative duties such as but not limited to: inventory & purchasing, building data bases for contacts and researching grant and partnership opportunities.

**Skills Required**: Education and/or experience working with special needs preferred
- Excellent observational skills (ie. Being able to observe when a non-verbal participant needs assistance and/or scanning the room to ensure all participants are accounted for

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- ASL (American Sign Language) would be a definite asset
- Ability to work as part of team and/or independently
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills to ensure cohesiveness of the team
- Problem solving
- Resourcefulness
- Emotional intelligence
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Proficiency on various social media platforms

**Salary**: $17.00-$18.65 per hour

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Work Location: In person


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