Rehabilitation Support Worker

**Brain Injury Rehabilitation Worker - (FT) - York Region, ON** **You’ll feel great about a career with March of Dimes Canada**

At March of Dimes Canada, **our collective work matters**. As a leading national charity backed by a history of more than 70 years of impact, we’re dedicated to being Canada’s leading service provider, resource, and advocate, empowering people with disabilities to live and thrive in communities nationwide.

Our Community Support Services (CSS) team provides essential services that enable our clients to thrive. Whether their disability is physical, the result of brain injury, or aging, our more than 2,000 team members assist clients in their homes and across communities, to live as independently as possible.

**The opportunity**

We are currently looking to hire **a full-time Brain Injury Rehabilitation Worker** for **York Region.**
- **Hours**: This position is **35 hours** per week.
- **Starting wage**:$23.35** per hour.
- **Additional compensation**:This position is inclusive for a $3.00 per hour wage enhancement from the Ontario government for hours spent directly supporting clients.

**Responsibilities**
- Reporting responsibilities (incident reports, and notes to file, completing newsletters and groups calendars of scheduled activities
- Participate in any required mandatory trainings
- Follow policies and procedures
- Implement group activities as per the direction and approval of the Rehabilitation Service Coordinator that support community-based rehabilitation supports and community engagement
- Communicate with client and team members
- Facilitate community groups as well as virtual groups three times per week
- Provide wellness calls where needed
- Ability to organize weekly virtual online group sessions where needed that interests the group participants and promote high level of participation and engagement
- Ability to create weekly newsletters offering community resources where applicable, fun facts, word puzzles, seek input from clients on news letter to gain their input
- Ability to drive to community locations where groups are held weekly, with in Simcoe region

**Qualifications and experience**

- Post-secondary preferred in Human and Social Services
- Minimum of three years’ experience in Human Services field and/or working with people with ABI.
- Experience with report writing an asset
- Current CPR/First Aid an asset
- Experience with group facilitation is an asset
- Proven consistency in work performance, including teamwork, reliability and flexibility
- Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills
- Demonstrated experience supervising or leading teams
- Sound behavioral management skills, cognitive problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of brain injury and cognitive rehabilitation is an asset
- Ability to speak, read, and write english

**Deadline**:Please submit your resume by **July 31, 2025.**

**Questions about working at March of Dimes Canada?**

Whether starting or advancing your career with us, you’ll feel great knowing that you’re:

- Contributing to our important mission**:creating real change for people with disabilities**:

- Joining a **leading national charity** with a history of impact and a future full of possibility
- Enjoying **industry-leading employment incentives and benefits**:

- Supported in your **professional growth, development, and success**:

- Included in our **empathetic and supportive work culture**

Learn more about why we’re a great employer at **marchofdimes.ca/careers.**

**We value the health & safety of our employees**

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**Our Reconciliation, Equity, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion (READI) approach**

MODC is dedicated to building and advancing an inclusive and welcoming culture. It’s also why we’re focused on attracting, retaining, and supporting diverse people. Thanks to our progressive practices, team members of all abilities and backgrounds are encouraged to access the opportunities and supports they need to grow, thrive, and succeed. Our READI approach is rooted in our shared belief that championing equity and empowering ability starts by investing in our team members— and in our shared culture — so that we all feel included, safe, and confident at work every single day.

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Pay: From $23.35 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

Work Location: In person