Residential Support Worker

Growing Up Hope Society believes that families are stronger together and that with the right support children can find the safety to thrive, remaining connected to their natural family.

The goals of Growing Up Hope Society’s Family Togetherness Program are aimed at:

- Keeping families together while addressing the needs/issues that brought them into care.
- Providing the space and the time to practice new parenting skills in a fully supported environment.
- Sheltering and providing for the entire family in order to reduce the daily living stressors so that parents can focus on healing their traumas and those of their children.
- Providing a culturally relevant program for connection and access to cultural events.
- Meeting individual family needs through tailored programming.
- Minimizing ACEs for children by providing a healthy and safe home environment with their parents.
- Long-term successful parenting that sees a reduction in return to care.

Growing Up Hope Society is looking for 5f/t, 3 p/t, and 1 casual Residence Workers for a new residence set to open, with shifts spread among other local established residences. All shifts, including day, evening, night & overnight shifts (overnight is advertised in a separate ad) Rate of pay and specific days and shifts to be discussed, with some flexibility. We have houses in three cities, but are hiring specific to Mission and Abbotsford.
- Supporting children in care with managing life (school/appointments/work/shopping/leisure)
- Attending appointments / meetings /activities
- Evaluating development of skills taught in our life skills program and provide input for updating Care Plans
- Modeling attachment parenting through positive interaction and relationship building
- Model appropriate / professional conduct with community
- Identify and advise residence coordinators of concerning behaviours
- Following house protocols for safety, incident reporting
- Administer medication in accordance with policy
- Provides emotional support and feedback to children and their families in a respectful way
- Completes related records such as log books, charts, incident reports
- Light house keeping and home maintenance duties (laundry, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, lawn mowing, inventory etc) and meal preparation
- Recognizes aggressive behaviour triggers and is able to deescalate using relationship (or other non-violent crisis intervention strategies)
- Other related duties as required

Qualifications:

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, legible penmanship
- Certificate in related human / social service field
- and/or at least 1 year related experience or combination education/training/experience
- Understanding of Canada’s history with Indigenous people and its impact on our families
- Complete HUB clearance, including Criminal Record and Prior Contact (MCFD) Search proving ability to work with vulnerable youth and families
- FoodSafe Certification
- First Aid / CPR (including CPR C for infants and children)
- Class 5 Driver’s Licence, own vehicle with 5 million liability insurance, provide a clean Driver’s Abstract
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs and be physically capable of activities such as walking, hiking, light yard maintenance, swimming, gardening
- Must possess knowledge of Canada's history with Indigenous Peoples

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

**Salary**: $25.05-$28.75 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed

Application question(s):

- Previous HUB clearance an asset, current vulnerable sector criminal record search will and HUB clearance will be mandatory. All related paperwork and clearances required before offer letter can go out, ensure paperwork is done in a timely fashion.
- Are you available weekends?* This is a deal breaker*

**Experience**:

- supportive care: 1 year (preferred)
- education in related field: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Class 5 Licence AND insured vehicle (required)
- First Aid Certification (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: as soon as cleared through HUB

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

Pay: $25.05-$28.29 per hour

Expected hours: 25 - 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)
- Diploma in Social Service field

**Experience**:

- supportive care: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Cer