Manager of Community Inclusion

Spark your passion and discover your potential with Aspire Richmond (Formerly Richmond Society for
Community Living
- RSCL). Join a team that truly cares about what matters to you. Be empowered,
challenged and supported as a leader to ignite change

Our roots run deep in the Richmond community with 40 years of program delivery and almost 300
employees. We live and breathe inclusion with a strong belief in the importance of grassroots
advocacy, deep connections and kindness. We treat our employees with the same care as those that
we support. In addition to creating rewarding relationships, you can expect respect, flexibility,
significant professional development, comprehensive compensation and career growth with us.

**Manager, Community Inclusion (Adult Day Program) - Richmond, BC**
Our Community Inclusion Programs are a busy and vibrant part of our agency focused on achieving
the best possible outcomes for supported individuals with a primary focus on meaningful community
inclusion. The Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing programs and services,
managing stakeholder relationships, and overseeing frontline operations
- including case
management, coordinating with partners both within and outside of the agency, and ensuring the
completion of the program’s administrative requirements.

**YOUR IMPACT**:

- Manage day-to-day operations including staff planning and monitoring expenses.
- Ensure high quality services that promote dignity and empower individuals to make informed
- decisions and communicate their needs.- Encourage individuals to build connections; to live self-determined lives in the community
- surrounded by friends and family.- Establish respectful relationships with the individual, their family members and support
- network, providing progress reports as needed.- Support individuals to direct their person-centred planning; to achieve goals based on their
- own preferences, beliefs and desires.- Lead a staff team; fostering a positive workplace culture where staff feel engaged, empowered
- and valued.- Contribute to annual budget planning and policy development as required.

**YOUR CAPABILITIES**:
with direct experience in managing licensed and unlicensed residential programs for adults with
developmental disabilities. Experience working with the deaf/blind community (ASL capability) is an
asset. In addition you have:

- Relevant post-secondary education in social services, human resources, or a related field and/or

an appropriate combination of education and experience.
- Five to seven years of experience in the field, demonstrating progressive program

management accountability.
- Strong communication, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to build and effective team, manage personnel and performance issues in an effective

and progressive manner while maintaining sensitivity to people from diverse cultural, and
socio-economic backgrounds.
- Strong planning and program development skills and experience.
- Able to build effective working relationships with other professionals, family members, and
- organizations to ensure services are in the client’s best interest and supportive of their goals.- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, knowledge of Sharevision an asset.

Aspire Richmond offers a continuum of care throughout the lifespan of an individual with a disability.
This includes early intervention supports for infants and children, child and youth care, adult day and
residential services, employment options and more.

Our extensive professional development will allow you to make a meaningful impact right away. We
are looking for people who share our passion to create a community where everyone belongs that is
rooted in our values of trust, openness, fairness, respect, responsiveness and continuous learning.