Community Disability Counsellor

5 days ago

Edmonton, Canada Catholic Social Services Full time

**_Catholic Social Services is currently seeking a full time contract, 40 hours per week, Community Disability Counsellor in EDMONTON to join our Diego team. Providing excellent client-centered care, you are confident, thoughtful, and motivated to achieve success when supporting others in your community_**

**_This position has a weekly schedule of: _**_Mon to Friday a combination of days 0700-1500 and 1300-2100/1500-2300 _**_evening_**_ shifts_**

**Job Summary**:
Supporting adults with various disabilities in group care, you are critical to the personal success of individuals in our care. Skilled with assessment, program planning and implementation, you are a strong advocate for dignity and independence. Assisting with daily living, medical needs, behavioral supports and personal care, you are also an important link to community resources. As our programs operate on a 24 hour basis, shift work is required and may include weekends, depending on the needs of the program.

**Education & Qualifications**:

- Diploma/Degree in Human Services or equivalent
- Minimum 1 year experience working with persons with developmental disabilities, behavior, mental health & addictions
- Experience with or willingness to be trained on physical holds on the individuals that we serve
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (NVCI) must be completed upon hire
- Program development experience is considered an asset
- Should have good experience in personal care, as well as lifting
- Vulnerable Sector Check issued by RCMP or City Police
- Child Intervention Record Check
- Clear and current driver's abstract
- A vehicle and valid Class 5 driver's license - requirement to transport clients in your personal vehicle
- Proof of vehicle insurance showing $2 million liability coverage

**What We Offer**:

- The compensation for this position ranges from **$23.40 - $24.83** per hour and is based on qualifications and experience.
- Flexible benefit options when eligible.
- Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.

**About Catholic Social Services**:
You will be joining an established Agency that is _guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect._

With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1800 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.

**Our values are at the core of everything we do**
- **Humility**: We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
- **Compassion**: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
- **Respect**: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

**How to Apply**:
**_We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, and people of faith or no faith._

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