Family Support Coordinator
2 weeks ago
The JAMM Family Group is looking for a Family Coordinator with experience in family-led initiatives to provide leadership to three families in our family-governed group. These families embrace guiding principles to provide an enriched, meaningful life for their adult children in their community.
Responsibilities will include:
- Get to know well, the three families and their supported adult children
- Be a resource to accessing community spaces
- Work with families to design, implement and safeguard valued roles for their children in their local community
- Support families in the recruitment and the orientation of new supporters
- Work closely with supporters, coaching them to recognize opportunities to develop natural connections and relationships in the community and how, as direct support, the supporters are instrumental in maintaining those relationships.
- Provide oversight in running supporter meetings with families and circle meetings.
- Support families to manage various sources of funding, individual budgets and record keeping
- Support families to build a sustainable life for their children in their own homes including succession talks and estate planning
The Family Coordinator is the outside guiding light that helps family members and supporters focus on enhancing our children’s role in community with an eye to keeping them safe and living an enjoyable and productive life.
Personal Skills:
- a proven ability to work in respectful partnership with families and their family members with disabilities
- ability to set priorities within a complex post-pandemic world
- a working knowledge and experience of Social Role Valorization (SRV) principles is an asset
- experience with designing and implementing successful roles within ordinary community life
- excellent time management
- very good oral and written communication skills
**Requirements**:
Regular and reliable access to a car, home computer and internet access
This position is remunerated at $28.00 per hour, on a self-employed contractual basis.
**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 10-15 per week
**Salary**: From $28.00 per hour
**Benefits**:
- Casual dress
COVID-19 considerations:
PPE will be available, if required. All locations will have cleaning and disinfecting protocols.
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