Support Worker

**Brain Injury Rehabilitation Worker
- Contract Full Time - Nepean, ON**

**Looking for steady, meaningful work?**

Join our Community Support Services team at March of Dimes Canada. Provide daily care and support to people with disabilities and seniors in your community.

We currently have a Team opportunity available in our Newmarket program.

As a member of our Community Support Services team, you will provide care and connection to people with disabilities, brain injuries or seniors. You will provide support within their individual or shared-living homes or within their community.

Because of you, people in your community will live a better-quality life, with dignity. It’s a job to be proud of.

**Why join March of Dimes Canada?**
- Deeply satisfying work
- Steady employment with one of the most respected agencies in CanadaFull
- and part-time jobs
- A stable and supportive team of proud workers, many who have been with us for years
- Successful employee training program
- Competitive benefits package (including health and dental benefits for part-time staff after one year of employment and who work a minimum number of hours)
- Pension plan (optional for part-time staff who work a minimum number of hours)
- Paid sick time
- Vacation time (vacation pay for part-time staff, including the option to bank time for a one-time payout)
- Best practices protecting health and safety
- Excellent safety record with COVID-19
- Scheduling allows for work/life balance
- Culturally diverse workplace

**Who is March of Dimes Canada?**

From our humble beginnings in 1951 as a group of mothers going door-to-door collecting dimes in support of polio research, March of Dimes Canada has grown into a national, multi-service not-for-profit organization. We work for people with disabilities and seniors, helping them with daily living, rehabilitation, and employment.

**What does the Community Support Services team do?**

Our Community Support Services team, which is primarily funded by governments, provides essential services that enable people to live as independently as possible. Whether the disability is physical, cognitive or the result of brain injury or aging, our team of 1,600 employees assists people in their homes and communities, helping them gain a greater level of functioning and connection with others. Over the past year, the number of people we serve rose to more than 6,100 people.

**This Opportunity**

We are currently looking to fill a **Contract Full-Time **Rehabilitation Worker role in our Supportive Housing Program in Nepean Ontario.

**Duties include the following**:

- Implement individualized support services plans within the home and/or community for adults with brain injury (BI)
- Assist individuals with brain injury in instrumental activities of daily living, cognitive and problem-solving skills, community orientation and integration
- Provide services on a flexible basis during weekday business hours
- Reporting responsibilities including daily log note recording, incident reports, and verbal reports as required
- Participate in training as required
- Ability to provide 24/7 client care (depending on the program)
- Follow policies and procedures as required
- Perform personal care duties as required
- Participate within the On-Call rotation.
- Valid Driver’s license.

**Background / Qualifications**:

- Post-Secondary in Human or Social Services preferred or Rehabilitation Assistant diploma
- Minimum of three years’ experience in Human Services field and/or working with people with ABI
- Current CPR, First Aid is an asset
- Access to vehicle to use for business and valid driver’s license
- Proven consistency in work performance, including reliability and flexibility
- Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills
- Sound problem solving skills
- Proven ability to work independently / autonomously
- Knowledge of and experience working with local community housing and social services resources
- Ability to speak, read, and write English
- March of Dimes Canada has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. All employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by receiving all required doses of a vaccine approved by Health Canada at least 14 days prior to the commencement of their employment, or as otherwise recommended by public health authorities. We will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals who are unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons or on the basis of any other protected ground, as required under applicable human rights legislation._

**Job Types**: Fixed term contract, Full-time

**Salary**: $22.75 per hour

Work Location: One location