Community Support Worker

**COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER**

Are you driven to positively impact the lives of others? Do you value equity, inclusion, and the diversity of human experience? Are you an “outside-the-box” thinker who inspires creativity and innovation? Come join our awesome team of passionate people at Corbrook

**THE POSITION**:
The Community Support Worker plays an integral role in providing a variety of services to people with disabilities at Corbrook. The Community Support Worker works with a creative and enthusiastic team to develop and deliver innovative workshops as part of Corbrook’s recreational and skills-building programming. The Community Support Worker supports a caseload of individuals with varying developmental disabilities, assisting them with goal setting, support plan implementation, and community exploration.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Develop and facilitate creative workshops and activities based on participant interests and goals
- Encourage, inspire, and motivate individuals to identify and meet their goals by participating in dynamic, community-based programming
- Ensure an engaging, safe, interactive, and empowering environment for all participants
- Develop, update, and maintain all required documentation including Individual Support Plans (ISPs) and statistics
- Support individual in the community based on their interest and ISP goal
- Facilitate Fee-for-Service intakes and Personal Directed Planning (PDP)
- Monitor, assess, and document participant skill development and goal achievement
- Support and mentor college practicum students during their placements
- Conduct outreach and education with families, participants, and partners on Corbrook’s services
- Provide referrals and maintain relationships with families, other service providers, Developmental Services Ontario etc. to ensure participants have access to required services
- Liaise with other Corbrook staff for all appropriate overlapping service delivery
- Ensure that Corbrook’s health, safety and risk policies and protocols are followed
- Other related duties as required

**ABOUT YOU**:
**You have**:

- A university degree or college diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation, Social Work, Disability Studies, Equity Studies, Developmental Services, or another related field
- Experience with program development, implementation, and facilitation, preferably geared towards individuals with varying developmental disabilities
- Experience supporting neurodiverse populations through appropriate behaviour management and communication strategies
- The ability to travel within the GTA and York Region as required

**You’re great at**:

- Creative problem solving and critical thinking
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Zoom video conferencing
- Organization and self-accountability
- Working both independently and as part of a team
- Time and stress management
- Expressing yourself verbally and have excellent written communication skills
- Contributing to a positive company culture

**You are**:

- Empathetic and compassionate
- Creative and innovative
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Flexible and able to deal with change and ambiguity
- Enthusiastic about a hobby, passion, or personal skill set
- Open-minded and willing to learn

**ADDITIONAL ASSETS**:

- Ability to work a flexible schedule including weekends and/or evenings as per program, operational or participant need
- Experience training and supervising volunteers
- Certification in CPR/First Aid and Safe Management/Crisis Intervention Training (CPI)

Corbrook is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: $27.00-$27.10 per hour

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-11-28