Social Service Worker

**Job description**

**Social Service Worker, Foster Care Support**

**Locations: Oshawa**

**Compensation: $23.00**

**Hours of work: Various hours of work**

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**What we are looking for**:

- Good oral and verbal communication skills - English is essential.
- **Must be Vaccinated with Minimum 2.**:

- Diploma or Degree in **Social Services worker**, or related program in **Child Youth Care and** **Developmental Services Worker**.
- Deals with others in an effective, compassionate, and supportive manner.
- Respects each resident as an individual and is aware of his/her need for self-respect and privacy, and the right to share in decisions about his/her care.
- Is capable of working in a team environment.
- Demonstrates effective problem-solving skills.
- Positive public relation skills, including the ability to establish and maintain harmonious relations with residents and families.
- Demonstrates ability to organize workload and to respond efficiently and effectively to unexpected workload and situations.
- Demonstrates ability to operate related equipment.
- Steady shifts available but must be willing to work rotational shifts when required (7 days a week), potential for full time for the right individuals.

**Responsibilities**:
Participate in the implementation of behavior support plans including hands-on care and daily living activities. Provide direct and indirect support to individuals as required by personal support plans.
- Promote community inclusion, independence and self-determinism for the individuals supported. Support clients to identify, work towards and achieve their goals/personal outcomes.
- Encourage self-expression of individuals supported and remain knowledgeable of verbal and nonverbal communications, including alternative communication systems and techniques.
- Utilize problem-solving skills to work collaboratively within a team and with families.
- Complete all required electronic documentation and reports, accurately and within set time frames.
- Provide careful and accurate observation of clients, completing written assessments and reports throughout shifts.
- Encourage and assist clients to participate in social, educational, community and recreational activities to enhance their experience and quality of life.
- Take an active role to ensure the home and property (inside and outside) remains clean, tidy, and safe for our clients. It is important that the home is one of pride for the clients, staff, and our community neighbors.
- Must be a graduate from a recognized College with or University equivalent.
- Level 1 First Aid / CPR Certificate.
- Must have valid crisis training**:(Safe Managements**, **U.M.A.B. Understanding & Managing Aggressive Behavior's)**:

- Working with Autism, Mental Health Behavioral, and Developmentally Delayed clients in a Group Home Setting
- Need to have or willing to get a Vulnerable Person Sector Criminal reference search.
- Must have ASD experience working with clients utilizing crisis prevention and therapeutic approaches.
- Support client(s) in personal and developmental, hygiene and overall care of client’s progress and routines.

**Work Conditions**:
Families’ 1st has Standard Shift work required that occurs in this industry of some evenings, weekends, and Holidays. Families’ 1st has designed schedules that are consistent and allow for a team rotation of steady shifts, some weekends off and predictability to allow for planned time when off. Our schedules enhance and build teams of consistency, continuity, and stability.

Must have physical fitness sufficient to:

- Kneel, squat, bend, and twist regularly.
- Regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs.
- Perform tasks involving firm grasping.
- Full range of motion with respect to arm and leg movements and body mobility

Physically capable to engage and carry out physical intervention or containment; required in you’re the standard industry required obtainment and renewal of (annual) Safe Management Training certification.

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

Pay: $23.00 per hour

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- On call
- Weekends as needed

**Education**:

- Secondary School (required)

Licence/Certification:

- UMAB (Understanding and Managing Behaviors) (required)

Work Location: In person