Group Home Worker

**The Blossom Group (Apple Blossom Village and Blooming Acres)** is seeking a highly skilled Group Home Worker, to be an integral part of a busy, dynamic, and growing clinical program. We provide a home for people with complex special needs. Through our therapeutic live-in programs, **we support children, youth, and adults through a range of cognitive, social and emotional issues, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, neurobiological and developmental disabilities, and those with coexisting mental health and behavioral issues.**
- Our vision is a world that embraces people with complex special needs.
- Our mission is to create supportive nurturing communities that enable residents to develop to their maximum potential and enjoy an exceptional quality of life.
- To achieve our vision and mission we strive for excellence in every aspect of care and create individualized programs that are developmentally focused, family involved, relationship based, competence centered, trauma informed, and ecologically oriented.

**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- 1:1 support for complex care clients in residence and out in the community, by providing behaviour management support.
- Support clients to reach their full potential by building relationships, demonstrating an interest, responding to needs, negotiating focused goals and building self-esteem.
- Support and follow individual plans consistently while facilitating and implementing educational, recreational (including swimming), and vocational programs.
- Communicating and documenting any change in the status or needs of individual clients while maintaining positive and effective relationships with clients, their families, co-workers, and management.
- Participate as a member in a team environment by promoting and maintaining professional conduct, resolving conflict, acknowledging individual differences and supporting team members and clients.
- Protect self and others by maintaining a safe environment via safety inspections, emergency procedures, crisis intervention techniques and Safe Management.
- Direct care of our complex clients; including feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, and bowel and bladder care (for some individuals).
- Responsible for implementing programs and making suggestions for improving programming.
- On-going housekeeping-related duties which include, meal preparation, laundry, and in-depth cleaning of the facility.
- Complete necessary documentation in accordance with our Policies and Procedures, and the Ministry/QAM requirements and maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Must be available to work all shifts including weekends, weekdays, evenings and holidays.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- A valid class G driver's license is required for this role.
- **Location: Orillia**

**This position has a base rate of $22.00 per hour, with an additional $3 wage enhancement per hour, paid by the government, and a $5.00 special care rate to work with one specific client, as reflected in the wage posted.**

**QUALIFIED APPLICANTS MUST HOLD APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS PERMITTING THEM TO RESIDE AND WORK IN CANADA**

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

Pay: $30.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

**Experience**:

- crisis intervention: 5 years (required)
- Working with persons with developmental disabilities: 5 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- G Class Driver's License (required)

Work Location: In person